Recommended Practice: Lighting Airport Outdoor Environments
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ANSI/IES RP-37-25
Document Type: Recommended Practice (RP)
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Product Description
Intended Audience: Designers, architects, engineers, users, general public, environmentalists, utilities.
Intended Interest Categories: Specifier (US), Affected (UA), Public Interest (UP), Academic, Research (GAR), Government, Regulatory (GGR), General SME (GSME), Organizational (OM).
Description: Planning and design of lighting systems for “airside”, some “landside”, and adjacent airport areas, including apron areas for commercial use, general aviation, cargo, hangars, and remote aprons . RP-37 does not provide guidance for aeronautical ground lighting systems. The 2025 update adds new recommendations for airside apron tasks, adjacent areas, uniformity, color rendition, sloping areas, ambient lighting near runways (“control zones”), additional use of task lighting, and consideration of sustainable design.
Purchase includes RP-10-20+E1: Lighting Common Applications.
Page count: 74 pages
Publisher: Illuminating Engineering Society (2025)
SKU: ANSI/IES RP-37-25
ISBN-13: 978-0-87995-497-0
Chapters:
- 1.0 Introduction and Scope
- 2.0 Characteristics of Airport Areas
- 3.0 Visibility Issues
- 4.0 Design Criteria
- 5.0 Essential Safety and Security Lighting
- 6.0 Environmental Conditions
- Annex A — Illuminance Recommendations
- Annex B — Design Calculations, Field Measurements, and Performance Evaluations of Apron Floodlighting
- Annex C — Maintenance Considerations
- Annex D — Lighting Equipment
- Annex E — Glossary of Airport and Aviation Terms
- Annex F — Suggested Additional Reading
Citation Format:
Illuminating Engineering Society. ANSI/IES RP-37-25, Recommended Practice: Lighting Airport Outdoor Environments. New York: IES; 2025.