How to Choose Airport, Heliport, or Obstruction Lighting from Flight Light

Start by sorting your project into one of three application groups — airport, heliport, or obstruction — then narrow to a product category (runway lights, taxiway lights, airport beacons, wind cones, obstruction lights, regulators, transformers and connectors, and so on). From there, confirm four things before ordering: power source (including solar or portable options), mounting base, control system compatibility, and connector/transformer specifications. Flight Light states it is an ISO 9001:2015 registered, FAA certified, and UL listed manufacturer of FAA and ICAO lighting solutions, so its catalog is organized around matching a product to the applicable FAA or ICAO scheme rather than around a single generic fixture.

Step 1: Identify the application group

Flight Light separates its catalog into three top-level groups, and each one drives a different set of products:

If your site is a runway or taxiway environment, you are in the airport group. If it is a helipad, start with heliport products. If the goal is marking a structure (tower, crane, building) rather than guiding aircraft on the ground, obstruction lighting is the relevant group.

Step 2: Match the product category to the function

Within the airport group, the category follows directly from what the light has to do:

• Runway lights — runway edge and threshold applications.
• Taxiway lights — taxiway edge and centerline applications.
• Airport beacons — rotating or flashing beacons, typically paired with a base.
• Wind cones — wind direction indication.
• Airfield signs — taxiway and runway signage.
• Regulators — constant current regulation for series lighting circuits.
• Transformers & connectors — the isolation transformers and plug connections that tie individual fixtures into a series circuit.
• Control systems — switching, monitoring, and dimming of the airfield lighting circuit.
• Solar, portable lights — where grid power is unavailable or the installation is temporary.
• Bases — the mounting interface between fixture and structure.
• Lamps — replacement light sources.

A practical way to use this: write down the function first ("mark the taxiway edge"), then pick the category, then check the four compatibility items in Step 3.

Step 3: Check the four compatibility items

These are the points where a correctly categorized product can still be the wrong part:

1. Power source — decide between hardwired and solar/portable. Solar and portable options exist in the catalog specifically for sites without a practical power feed or for temporary installations.
2. Mounting base — the fixture and the base are separate catalog items in several categories, so confirm the base matches the fixture and the structure it sits on.
3. Control system compatibility — if the fixture will be on a controlled circuit, verify it works with the control system and regulator in use. Regulators and control systems are their own categories, which means compatibility is a selection step, not an assumption.
4. Transformers and connectors — for series circuits, the transformer and connector type must match the circuit. These are listed as their own category, so treat them as a specification item rather than an accessory.

Step 4: Confirm the standard the project must meet

Flight Light describes itself as a manufacturer of FAA and ICAO lighting solutions and as FAA certified and UL listed. That matters at selection time because the applicable scheme — FAA or ICAO — determines what the project needs, and the product has to match the scheme the project is being built to. Confirm which standard your project specification calls for before finalizing a category, then verify the specific product against it.

How to get help or place an order

The site offers several paths, and the right one depends on how defined your requirement already is:

• Order online — the site has an online shop ("Place Your Order Online" / "Shop Now") for direct purchasing.
• Get a quote — for a project where you need pricing against a specification, use the quote request rather than the shop.
• Live chat — for a fast question during selection.
• Email and phone — USA 1 800 806 3548, worldwide +1 916 394 2800, email listed on the contact page.

If you are still at the category stage, a quote request or live chat is the faster route; if you already know the exact part, the online shop is the direct path.

What Flight Light is, in one paragraph

Flight Light was founded in 1993 to supply airfield, helipad, and obstruction lighting products to commercial, private, and military customers worldwide. It describes itself as a global manufacturer and distributor of taxiway lights, runway lights, airport beacons, wind cones, and obstruction lights, and as an ISO 9001:2015 registered, FAA certified, and UL listed manufacturer of FAA and ICAO lighting solutions. The site lists Los Angeles Intl., Chicago O'Hare, Oakland Intl., Baghdad, Sharm el-Sheikh, and Kunsan AFB among the airports it has served.