Surface-level heliports, meaning heliports located on the ground or on the water, intended for use at night, shall be equipped of several kind of lighting systems in order to guide pilots in their operations.
PROMIC offers a range of lighting products for surface-level heliports:

• Elevated FATO lights
• Inset FATO lights
• TLOF perimeter lights
• Floodlights
• Wind direction indicators

A surface-level heliport intended for use at night is provided by TLOF perimeter lights: they are fixed green omnidirectional lights.
The TLOF heliport lights are set up along the edges of TLOF area, between 1.5m from outside to 50cm from inside.
The TLOF lighting systems shall be minimum 4 on each side, including a light at each corner, intervals max. 5m.

See our Touchdown and Lift-Off lights HFTR.

A surface-level heliport intended for use at night is provided by FATO lights: they are fixed white omnidirectional lights.
The FATO heliport lights are set up along the edges of FATO area, between 1.5m from outside to 1m from inside.
These white light beacons shall be uniformly spaced depending on the shape of the FATO area:

• Area with rectangle form: minimum 4 lights on each side, including a light at each corner, intervals max. 50m.
• Area with circular form: minimum 10 lights, intervals max. 5m.

See our Final Approach and Take-Off lights LowDoLed.

On surface-level heliports, Touchdown and Lift-Off lights (TLOF) are completed with a lighting by floodlights, in order to improve the marks on the runway.
The floodlights shall be located so as to avoid glare to pilots in flight or people working on the area. They will be set up and arranged to reduce shadows on the runway.

See our floodlight 4400.

Completely designed and manufactured in FRANCE, wind indicators masts from PROMIC are engineered according to international (ICAO) and national (STAC) standards. All our wind direction indicators get a required windsock, which can be lighted internally by a floodlight, and at the top of mast by an obstruction light LIOL-B.

Different sizes of indicator masts and windsocks are available :

• Standard wind indicator: height 6.20m – windsock Ø60x240cm
• Rooftop wind indicator: height 4.20m – windsock Ø30x120cm
• Wall wind indicator: height 4.20m – windsock Ø30x120cm – wall fixing
• Airport wind indicator: height 6.20m – windsock Ø90x360cm
• Wind indicator without light: height 4.20m – windsock Ø30x120cm

All our wind direction indicators are delivered premounted and preconnected on standard pallet.

When an elevated or surface-level heliport has taxiways on the floor used at night, the taxiway has to be light with taxiway beacons. They are fixed blue omnidirectional lights, set up all along the taxiway edges, with an interval maximum of 60 meters.
We recommend the installation of 6 lights minimum (3 per edge), to better visualize the taxiway.

See our taxiway light HFTR.

Every heliport light can be controlled by different kind of systems, from remote control or manual light switch.
PROMIC, in partnership with AEROLIGHTING, developed a remote control system for all heliport lights by VHF radio. Thanks to his own VHF radio system on board, the pilot himself can turn on, turn off, or adjust heliport lights intensity from his helicopter.

Find out more information about heliport lights remote control on our dedicated page.

Every heliport light can be controlled by different kind of systems, from remote control or manual light switch.
In partnership with AEROLIGHTING, PROMIC created a remote control system for all heliport lights by sending/reception of SMS. Thus, the heliport lights control can be activated from any place thanks to the SIM card on a mobile phone.

Find out more information about heliport lights remote control on our dedicated page.