Tag:navigationaid=rwt

Runway threshold lighting is used to highlight the start of the usable runway for landing during periods of darkness or restricted visibility conditions. It is a row of green directional lights at the runway threshold facing the approaching aircraft. Sometimes there is a gap in the center of the threshold lighting.

Note that the runway threshold lights and runway end lights do not coincide if the runway has a Displaced threshold.

How to map

Set a node where the light is and add aeroway=navigationaid + navigationaid=rwt

Continuous runway threshold lighting.

Runway threshold lighting with a gap.

See also

• navigationaid=rel - runway end lighting
• Runway on Wikipedia
• Displaced threshold on Wikipedia
• ICAO Annex 14 Aerodromes, Volume I Aerodrome Design and Operations, Chapter 5, Figure 5-22. Eighth Edition, 2018.
• EASA CS-ADR-DSN Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Aerodrome Design, M.680 Runway threshold and wing bar lights. Issue 7, 2025.