The wind cone, also called the 'windsock' is a colorful tool at each airport that offers relevant information to pilots, allowing them to quickly and easily determine the approximate wind speed and direction before taking off or landing.

Wind Cone Technology

Pilots have much more precise and technologically advanced ways of discovering wind speed and direction than looking at the windsock. But the windsock is still invaluable for the speed and accuracy of the information it can convey.

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ARC Aviation Renewables Corp. is honoured to be announced as finalist of Business in Vancouver’s 2019 BC Export Awards in the Professional Services category.

HONOURING BC’S TOP EXPORTERS:

The BC Export Awards are the province’s most prestigious awards paying tribute to the success and innovative approaches of BC export companies. The awards program annually seeks out BC’s top exporters and honours them for their achievements in 9 categories, including 8 directed at firms and 1 at individuals. The Awards are presented by Business in Vancouver, the Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology and the BC Division of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters with support from annual sponsors. It is the oldest awards ceremony of its kind in Canada. Conceived in 1982, the program has recognized well over 300 companies since its inception, reflecting the growth and diversity of BC’s economy over the past 30 years.

Portable airfield lighting. Aviation Renewables has been awarded a contract to supply, deliver and commission two portable LED airfield lighting systems for a central East African Civil Aviation Department.  Each portable LED airfield lighting system will consist of LED runway lighting, LED threshold lighting, LED taxiway lighting, LED REILs (Runway End Identifier Lights), LED PAPIs and remote control operating systems.  The lights will be housed in portable trailers, which will charge, transport and store the portable LED runway lighting system.  In addition to supplying portable LED airfield lighting, Aviation Renewables will be on-site to conduct technical training and commissioning for the civil aviation department personnel and airport operators in order to ensure safe operations, proper system deployment and routine maintenance schedules over the duration of the contract.

Portable Airfield Lighting System has been supplied, delivered and commissioned at Erik Neilson International Airport by Aviation Renewables. Located in Canada’s Yukon Territory, Whitehorse is home to Northern Canada’s largest international airport serving domestic, charter and international carriers. The Airport had a need for portable LED runway lighting capable of deployment during emergencies, construction activities and temporary runway closures. With the help of Aviation Renewables, the Airport selected an LED airfield lighting system consisting of LED runway, threshold, taxiway and REILs (Runway End Identifier Lights). A remote control operating system with two portable trailers capable of charging, transporting and storing the portable LED runway lighting system will be situated at the airport for operations year-round. At time of delivery, Aviation Renewables provided technical training to airport personnel in order to ensure safe operations, proper system deployment and routine maintenance.

Aviation Renewables has delivered two portable LED taxiway lighting systems to the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA), Canada's largest and busiest international airport. The LED airfield lights are stored in a custom trailer, ready for quick-deployment any day of the year. The standby LED taxiway lighting system helps ensure continuous operations, day or night, in case of an unexpected power outage, maintenance issue or temporary closure event within the airfield.

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Victoria BC, Canada. 6 August, 2018 --/

Aviation Renewables has been awarded a contract to supply portable airfield lighting systems solutions for an international airport in Northern Canada. After careful consultation with the airport management team, a system was designed, shipped and installed within 7 weeks for the runway-resurfacing project on the airport’s primary runway. Aviation Renewables was tasked to deliver LED PAPI systems powered by portable battery systems; threshold LED lighting systems powered by a Solar Series RMS portable charging station; and solar powered LED taxiway lighting. This LED lighting can be controlled via an RF remote control from either the ATC tower or ground personnel; or controlled by photocell for automatic dusk-to-dawn operation.

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Victoria BC, Canada. 8 December, 2017 --/

Aviation Renewables has delivered two custom designed Portable Airfield Lighting Systems to airport operators in Africa. Each system included: Battery Powered Runway Edge, Threshold and Approach Lights, Battery Powered LED PAPIs, iSeries Solar Powered LED Portable Wind Cones, Solar Series Powered Portable LED Elevated Runway Guard Lights, Retro-reflective Portable Airfield Signs and Taxiway Markers, all housed, charged and transported in Modular Trailers.

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Victoria BC, Canada. 15 August, 2017 --/

Aviation Renewables has been awarded a turnkey contract to supply, install, train and commission a solar LED airfield lighting system in Eastern Africa. The solar LED airfield lighting system will be capable of supporting VFR, non-precision and medevac operations at a regional airport, servicing an industrial site on the southeastern seaboard of Africa. The airport consists of a paved 2,000-meter runway, two taxiways, parking apron and terminal building. After a comprehensive design and operations analysis, Aviation Renewables will deliver a complete solar LED airfield lighting system consisting of: solar LED runway edge, solar LED threshold and solar LED taxiway lighting along with two Solar Series LED PAPI systems, two solar LED windsock lighting kits, solar LED obstruction lighting and a control and monitoring system to be installed within the Air Traffic Control tower. The control and monitoring system includes a hand held 2.4 GHZ remote control network, which permits a variety of touch-screen control functions for the solar LED airfield lighting system including: on/off control, intensity selection and diagnostics for battery autonomy, network allocation, light grouping and range control.

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Victoria BC, Canada. 27 March, 2017 --/

Aviation Renewables has been awarded multiple contracts for the provision of training, installation and commissioning of solar LED airfield lighting systems for undisclosed airfields in central and eastern Africa. Chosen as the program lead for each austere location, Aviation Renewables will be responsible for the design, civil works preparation, installation materials, programming and set up, training of airbase staff and ATC operators and testing of all solar LED runway lighting equipment. Each airbase LED airfield lighting system will consist of solar LED runway edge lighting, solar LED threshold lighting, solar LED taxiway lighting, solar LED wind cones, hand held control system and a solar powered air to ground communications system. Each solar LED runway lighting system will operate in either visible or infrared LED mode with the ability to quickly pack up the system and move to another location if required in the event of an emergency or change of location. Aviation Renewables will provide training onsite with installation and commissioning of the system to be executed in under a week’s time.

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Victoria BC, Canada. 11 November, 2016 --/

Aviation Renewables has been awarded a contract to deliver a portable LED runway lighting system to a major international airport located in the Caribbean. The autonomous runway lighting system includes runway edge and threshold lights stored within a trailer, ready for quick deployment in the case of a power failure to the main runway lighting system. Working with Aviation Renewables, the client was able to select the best solution available capable of meeting their emergency, temporary and standby runway lighting needs while meeting budget and delivery timelines.

The emergency runway lighting system was selected as a stand-alone autonomous trailer mounted solution offering the best combination of convenience, performance and quick-deployment. The lights will remain within the trailer, fully charged at all times, until they are needed at a moment’s notice to supplement the airport runway lighting operations for either planned or unplanned events.

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Dozens of islands within the Caribbean have led the transition to Solar Airfield Lighting over the past decade.  Currently there are solar LED airfield lighting systems in The Bahamas, Dominica, Barbados and Antigua, to name a few. This transition has benefited the airports in areas of operations, safety and finance.

Aviation is a vital link, and lighting is critical

Caribbean islands face a unique challenge: they are very dependent on aviation, and electricity can be very expensive.  The Bahamas, for example, is composed of hundreds of islands spread over a wide area.  These ‘Family Islands’, as they are known, have dozens of airports to support the movements of goods and people around the country.  Almost all aviation in the Bahamas is during the day, as airports historically had no lighting.  This posed a major problem in the event of medical emergencies that necessitated evacuation to larger centers, as the MEDEVAC aircraft would attempt landing in some very precarious situations.

Solar Series Wind Cones are being installed at a Waste Water Treatment Plan in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. In an effort to improve operational safety, the customer requested LED windsock lighting so the on-site personnel could be aware of wind direction and velocity. As a heavy industrial facility, the waste water treatment plant is required to monitor environmental conditions in order to keep pollutants away from employees and the community.

With the recent advancements in LED technologies and solar power, Solar LED Obstruction Lighting is quickly becoming a preferred choice for obstruction lighting across the globe. As engineers, customers, end users and authorities compare and contrast conventional lighting technologies to solar powered obstruction lighting, the acceptance and adoption of the technologies continue to grow every year. LED lighting is now so efficient, that Medium and High Intensity Obstruction lighting can be reliably and economically powered with a compact solar power system.

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Steve Thurston, Head of Planning and Development, Southampton Airport speaks about the major benefits and cost savings associated to using the Solar Series Elevated Runway Guard Lights (ERGL's) at Southampton Airport.

Southampton Airport’s vision to become ‘Europe’s leading regional airport’ has provided the motivation for a number of innovate investments in recent years. With a couple of UK firsts amongst the developments, including being the first UK airport to have solar powered LED runway guard lighting, the regional airport with the big ideas is set to continue trend setting in 2012.

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Victoria BC, Canada. 05 November, 2015 --/

Aviation Renewables has been issued a contract to deliver multiple units of its Solar Series LED Windcones and Windsocks for international and regional airport operations within the Caribbean. The Solar Series LED Wind Cones have been installed in multiple locations throughout the Caribbean, and continue to prove their reliability in this tough environment.  With all-aluminum construction, the windcones do not rust in the humid salt-laden air, and have continued to improve safety of operations for both daytime and nighttime operations.  Using high brightness LEDs and a rugged in house fabric, the internally lighted windsocks will be illuminated to support nighttime take off and landings.  By installing the Solar Series LED Wind Cones, the airport benefits from significant up front capital and infrastructure costs along with the elimination of continuous maintenance and energy costs.  As an off grid solution, the island airports further reduce their environmental footprint by going green.  Manufactured with a patented swivel, LED obstruction light and a pole mounted solar power operating system, the internally lighted Wind Cone provides reliable, care free operation in the challenging equatorial conditions of the Caribbean.