eal401
2007-06-25, 11:26 AM
Hello, all.
Recently, I was flying into JFK at night and, as many of you probably do, I was looking out the window tracking our approach. ,We eventually made what seemed like the final approach from the south over the water. I could see as we banked, the flicker of the approach light strobes. We flew over this short stretch of approach lights and then banked again to the right (heading east) and continued our approach into the airport.
My question is...what did I see? Is there some kind of approach lights that do not lead directly to the runway threshold, but rather to a second set of lights?
Recently, I was flying into JFK at night and, as many of you probably do, I was looking out the window tracking our approach. ,We eventually made what seemed like the final approach from the south over the water. I could see as we banked, the flicker of the approach light strobes. We flew over this short stretch of approach lights and then banked again to the right (heading east) and continued our approach into the airport.
My question is...what did I see? Is there some kind of approach lights that do not lead directly to the runway threshold, but rather to a second set of lights?