{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2001/schedule-13/paragraph-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2001/schedule-13/paragraph-46.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2128",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule/13/paragraph/46",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Lights and pyrotechnic signals for control of aerodrome traffic",
  "text": "Each signal described in the first column of Table A, when directed from an aerodrome to an aircraft or to a vehicle, or from an aircraft, shall have the meanings respectively appearing in the second, third and fourth columns of that Table opposite the description of the signal.\nTable A—Meaning of Lights and Pyrotechnic Signals\nFrom an aerodrome\nCharacteristic and colour of light beam or pyrotechnic\nto an aircraft in flight\nto an aircraft or vehicle on the aerodrome\nFrom an aircraft in flight to an aerodrome\n(a) Continuous red light.\nGive way to other aircraft and continue circling.\nStop.\n—\n(b) Red pyrotechnic light, or red flare.\nDo not land; wait for permission.\n—\nImmediate assistance is requested.\n(c) Red flashes.\nDo not land; aerodrome not available for landing.\nMove clear of landing area.\n—\n(d) Green flashes.\nReturn to aerodrome; wait for permission to land.\nTo an aircraft: you may move on the manoeuvring area and apron.To a vehicle: you may move on the manoeuvring area.\n—\n(e) Continuous green light.\nYou may land.\nYou make take off (not applicable to a vehicle).\n—\n(f) Continuous green light, or green flashes, or green pyrotechnic light.\n—\n—\nBy night: may I land?By day: may I land in direction different from that indicated by landing T?\n(g) White flashes.\nLand at this aerodrome after receiving continuous green light, and then, after receiving green flashes, proceed to the apron.\nReturn to starting point on the aerodrome.\nI am compelled to land.\n(h) White pyrotechnic lights.\nSwitching on and off the navigation lights.Switching on and off the landing lights.\n—\n—\nI am compelled to land.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/2038",
      "affecting_title": "The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2004"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2128/schedule/13/paragraph/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:46:58.719336+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}