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Luton

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Luton has one runway.

Runway	Take-off Distance	Landing Distance
08	3240m	2160m
26	3240m	2075m

Terminal Assignments

Airline	Terminals
Aer Arann	Main
Blue Air	Main
Easyjet	Main
El Al	Main
Flybe	Main
Monarch	Main
Ryanair	Main
Sky Europe	Main
Thomson	Main
Transavia	Main
Windjet	Main
Wizz Air	Main

Lighting

Runway Lighting

• High Intensity bi-directional centre line lights at 15 metre intervals.
• Bi-directional High Intensity white edge lights spaced 46 metres apart laterally and 25 metres apart longitudinally.
• Touchdown zone lights consisting of bars of 4 white lights. The bars are spaced at 77 metre intervals longitudinally and cover the first 900 metres of the runway.
• High Intensity green threshold lights stretching the whole width of the runway, with green wing bars
• High Intensity red end bar lights across the whole width at the upwind end of the runway

PAPIs are installed on all runways and consist of 4 units on the left providing guidance in maintaining the required 3 degree approach angle.

Approach Lighting

• 914 metre high white High intensity coded centre line with 3 crossbars
• last 240 metres of approach lighting includes Supplementary Approach lights (SALS) consisting of 9 barrettes of 4 white lights dispersed about the centre line, and the same number of 4 red light barrettes either side.

Preferential Selection of Runway

Luton operates a preferential runway scheme, whereby the Westerly runway (26) will be used for take-off and landing in preference to the Easterly runway (08), unless wind, or other factors dictate. Generally, it is to be said that:

"Runway 26 will normally be used in preference to 08 when the tailwind component is no greater than 5kts and the surface is dry"

The choice of runway configuration will be the decision of ADC.

Night Noise Restrictions

Jet aircraft operating into and out of Luton at night are subject to limits and operating restrictions:
- Between 2330 and 0600 local inbound aircraft are to be vectored onto a closing heading which will intercept the aircraft on the extended centreline no closer than 8nm from touchdown.
- Descent clearance below 3000ft is not to be given until the aircraft is 10nm from touchdown