Congratulations on the presentation. If you are as good a pilot as you are a computer graphics creator, then you're pretty damn good. Thanks. Simple and clear.
Haha, thank you for the kind words. I'm really not a good graphics designer compared to professionals but I know enough to help make my points clearer for viewers :)
Super helpful! I'm a model railroader building a full airport and I'm doing my own markings and lighting! You sir have made my life much easier! Thank you
Before you connect the last taxiway light, do yourself the favour of a lifetime and go for a long weekend in Hamburg. For the MiniaturWunderland with its ever expanding number of countries, implausibly intricate and accurate scaled down landmarks, railway tracks stretching to the horizon and of course the way that they have incorporated their lovingly close take on HAM complete with taxiway green route to Apron lines. Oh and them having just about cracked realistic HO gauge take off & landing of nigh on every aircraft from The Flyer, via Concorde to Super Jumbos. And night time and then day time again. And fires being put out by Sapeur Pompiers. And I have gone on all night already, so just go. And if you've been, go again!
Mate - as a newly qualified pilot who learnt in rural areas (Devon, UK), I didnt have to fly into many larger airports, so the marking were a bit of a mystery. This video is amazing and so helpful - Thank you so much for taking the time to make an easy to follow and so informative video - Thanks
You're welcome, I'm really glad my video could help! Just a disclaimer, I'm not a pilot myself, just an enthusiast so please double check things with an instructor if you are planning on visiting larger airports :)
I completely understand that and always check things in the planning stage. Reading all the manuals is quite complicated when trying to visualise the way they are laid out, but the video filled in the gaps - Thanks again - Chris
Do you have a video where you tell how they communicate at an airport? PS Your videos are the shit. They are extremely interresting and i learned a lot from them :D
As clear as the Azure sky of deepest summer. -- Simply outstanding!! You made it so clear that even a budding aviation enthusiast totally understood and imprinted the layout. Now, if only the Department of Transportation or whoever "designs" highway and road markings would look and see how it's done.
Excellent videos from Doofer911 Taxiways and Runways are not the best explained in airline training and information takes forever to find so this is a great roundup! Thanks
Thank you I'm a air cadet and im doing a test on runways this help with revision thank you and I gonna share you with my friends if they need help with runways
Best of luck with the test! I'm glad my video could help but I feel compelled to say that I'm not a "professional" when it comes to Aviation and I'm not a pilot in real life, so if you've seen something in a textbook or been told something which is different to my video, trust that information over my video!
You're a good sport. Some times I have to rewind a few seconds because I drift in and out of consciousness on these, I enjoyed the little fun you had there, intentional or not. I love Easter eggs.
Wow, that's some serious effort you've put into these runway/taxiway videos! Your explanations are very clear and easy to understand, I've learnt quite a lot. Thanks!
Hey! Your videos are great. I am 11 years old and i wanna be a pilot for finnair and your videos help me learn what i need to know and do. Keep up the great work!!!!
As a keen simulator pilot I have found these vids very interesting, filling in a few holes in my knowledge. Alas I only ever managed a couple of hours in a *real* front seat.
Yeah same, I'm hoping to get a Private Pilots License one day so I'm using this as a tool to learn how to fly, navigate etc. Glad these videos could help though :)
Many airports also have a warning sign RWY AHEAD painted in the middle of the twy to warn pilots they are approaching a rwy. Mostly when the twy is curved and the line of sight would be inconsistent with the shape of the twy.
Eyy! Just saw the exam earlier and I passed it! Well, I'm not yet a pilot and it's just an entrance exam where it will test your knowledge about aviation. But hey, that landing and approach tutorials also did helped me, hoping I can put those in my simulation and real training.
Well explained, will make ur outrageous runway presentation, thru our co employee ,here in manila international airport,promise Po ,before I retire, next year, will give them , something that cherish , And surely will apply in their job..tnxt. , luv ..for ur inf 10:42 o working here MIAA /NS/NAIA .,as lead engineer for airfield lighting system for almost 40 years in service .
Thanks, I always wondered what all the signs meant. Here is a suggestion that is related: take some ground control radio traffic and explain what they mean and how a pilot follows the instruction.
One thing that I picked up from that, especially when I was working at a local airport as a ground handler towing aircraft around the airport was taxiway naming. You noted that the hold point would have a number, which it doesn't. The number that is written on the sign is an indication of a branch of a taxiway. For example, when I was towing an aircraft, my instructions (after pushback) was "tow via G, B, B1, Cross Runway 34L, A1, A, International 3 to the gate". If those numbers were indicating hold points then I wouldn't be able to tow via them, where I clearly had to tow on that taxiway. The holding points never were numbered. Also, the ILS sign in some airports are different. At the airport I was at, the ILS sign didn't read ILS, but Cat II Holding Point 16R
I'm glad I found your videos as I've always been fascinated by the markings and lights at airports. For me, seeing them (and now understanding them!) is the best part of air travel... I'd like to ask you which program you prepared the graphics with? It looks very professional and I'm sure many viewers would like to know. Thanks again!
I fly regularly and am the type of person that likes this type of information to know what I am seeing. I want to note that I have never seen a row of steady runway guard lights. I see either the type of flashing light at both sides which flash faster than the video shows or a combination of the lights on the sides and a row of yellow alternating flashing lights across the taxiway which flash at about the same rate as shown in the video.
At 9:27. I've seen airports that have both that system and the other runway guard system. But the lights on the taxiway alternated as well. That being said are the two methods in your video also different types of runway guard lights airports can have
will you be doing any other videos on things such as airspace and other general aviation law? i'm a person who definitely finds it easier to pick things up by visuals and explanation over reading.
The holding points are usually numbered starting from the closest one to the runway. Taking your example we will have the A1 just before the runway, the A2 for ILS cat 2 h/p, the A3 just before the junction and the B1 on the B taxiway.
The paint contains tiny glass beads ( called ballotini) which reflect the aircraft’s headlight beams back on a parallel line to the aircraft to maximise conspicuity ( at least in U.K.)
I have to say, this is a very good explanation. Now I have two miscellaneous questions that might not necessarily affect what your general explanation covers. But here are my two questions: 1) Does the pilot need ATC clearance to pass an ILS stop mark? 2) Why would a pilot take a taxi way to the threshold of a runway rather than taxiing itself straight onto the runway itself? What's the difference that affects the plane's flight? If you have answers to these, please tell me. I believe there are answers that are very logical that should be self-explanatory, but I just want to confirm whether or not my assumption inside my head is correct or not. Thank you! And great video!
1. If the airport is operating under "Low Visibility Procedures" then the way that ATC manages movement of aircraft on the ground changes completely. On a normal day, I believe that pilots can taxi past ILS stop marks because "normal" stop marks are always found after the ILS mark, closer to the runway. In the UK, ATC will clear an aircraft to a specific point, then give the route. For example in this video, ATC would say something like "Cleared to holding point Alpha via taxiway Alpha." So ATC have cleared the aircraft all the way to the Alpha holding point, past any holds before that. Now if the airport was using Low Visibility Procedures, then they would give instruction and only clear the aircraft as far as the ILS holding point. 2. ATC prefer to have a plane on a runway for as little time as possible to reduce congestion. So again using my video as an example, if the aircraft is at Alpha holding point and they're cleared for takeoff, then they simply turn onto the runway and go, so they're not on the runway for too long. However if ATC let them on via Bravo, and clear them to "Backtrack" to the threshold, the aircraft would have to enter the runway at Bravo, turn left, taxi to the end of the runway, turn around and then go. That takes a lot longer and if you've got a busy airport, then other planes can't land or takeoff with another aircraft on the runway.
at 2:46 about the hold until ATC clearance , when approaching from the other side you say you can proceed with out clearance from ATC. if its night and the red lights are showing can you still proceed with out clearance. assuming you can clearly see the markings. thats if you can see the lights from that direction
Ah I don't think I mentioned that in the video, the red lights are only visible from one direction, so if you were travelling from the runway side, you wouldn't see the lights.
I hope you answer: Why are the runway holdlines for Taxiway Bravo different to taxiway Alpha at night? Edit: So it is different because the holdlines are at different areas on the taxiway. Like, Taxiway Alpha's Holdline is at the far end. However, Taxiway Bravo is not?
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Amazing! That's the clearest explanations I've ever seen. Thank you very much for your work!
I'm glad I could help :)
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Congratulations on the presentation. If you are as good a pilot as you are a computer graphics creator, then you're pretty damn good. Thanks. Simple and clear.
Haha, thank you for the kind words. I'm really not a good graphics designer compared to professionals but I know enough to help make my points clearer for viewers :)
Super helpful! I'm a model railroader building a full airport and I'm doing my own markings and lighting! You sir have made my life much easier! Thank you
Before you connect the last taxiway light, do yourself the favour of a lifetime and go for a long weekend in Hamburg.
For the MiniaturWunderland with its ever expanding number of countries, implausibly intricate and accurate scaled down landmarks, railway tracks stretching to the horizon and of course the way that they have incorporated their lovingly close take on HAM complete with taxiway green route to Apron lines.
Oh and them having just about cracked realistic HO gauge take off & landing of nigh on every aircraft from The Flyer, via Concorde to Super Jumbos.
And night time and then day time again.
And fires being put out by Sapeur Pompiers.
And I have gone on all night already, so just go.
And if you've been, go again!
Mate - as a newly qualified pilot who learnt in rural areas (Devon, UK), I didnt have to fly into many larger airports, so the marking were a bit of a mystery. This video is amazing and so helpful - Thank you so much for taking the time to make an easy to follow and so informative video - Thanks
You're welcome, I'm really glad my video could help! Just a disclaimer, I'm not a pilot myself, just an enthusiast so please double check things with an instructor if you are planning on visiting larger airports :)
I completely understand that and always check things in the planning stage. Reading all the manuals is quite complicated when trying to visualise the way they are laid out, but the video filled in the gaps - Thanks again - Chris
Great video. About your question: the runway sign should say 09L-27R. I didn’t see if someone had already answered.
been looking all night for this comment
This is perhaps the most explanatory and didactic video about this subject. Congratulations!!!
Thanks! Now I can look legit when flying a plane in gta v
Learn all the radio chatter as well, that'll freak people out ;)
Do you have a video where you tell how they communicate at an airport? PS Your videos are the shit. They are extremely interresting and i learned a lot from them :D
I do have a video about using the Air Traffic Control feature in FSX but nothing related to real world radio comms I'm afraid.
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Brilliant sir! There's a natural teacher in there somewhere. These tutorials are where you really shine. Thanks - always worth watching.
You are a great teacher! I am learning so much from ALL of your videos. Thank you!
Great work. Many thanks for educating the public and making aviation safer all around the world.
Thanks Doofer, that's so clear than the navigation book I have looked before!
+軍曹家 Glad I could help! :)
As clear as the Azure sky of deepest summer. -- Simply outstanding!! You made it so clear that even a budding aviation enthusiast totally understood and imprinted the layout.
Now, if only the Department of Transportation or whoever "designs" highway and road markings would look and see how it's done.
Thank you for the kind words, really glad my video helped!
I like it. I'd love a demo take-off and landing with instructions like "wait here" at the holdings, etc.
Excellent videos from Doofer911 Taxiways and Runways are not the best explained in airline training and information takes forever to find so this is a great roundup! Thanks
Thanks for the kind comment, I'm glad you liked the videos! :)
Great presentation, I have never seen a clearer and easier to understand video on airport signs and markings.
Really glad my video could help 😁
Thank you I'm a air cadet and im doing a test on runways this help with revision thank you and I gonna share you with my friends if they need help with runways
Best of luck with the test! I'm glad my video could help but I feel compelled to say that I'm not a "professional" when it comes to Aviation and I'm not a pilot in real life, so if you've seen something in a textbook or been told something which is different to my video, trust that information over my video!
You're a good sport. Some times I have to rewind a few seconds because I drift in and out of consciousness on these, I enjoyed the little fun you had there, intentional or not. I love Easter eggs.
No worries, yeah it was an unintentional accident but I managed to turn it into something a little fun and interactive.
Wow, that's some serious effort you've put into these runway/taxiway videos!
Your explanations are very clear and easy to understand, I've learnt quite a lot.
Thanks!
I'm glad this vid could help :)
Excellent!
Wonderful and informative.
No messing about.
I'm enjoying these!
I'm glad you like the vids :)
Doofer911 i know a Little bit late but what about the cat2/3 Signs could you explain it a bit?
Hey! Your videos are great. I am 11 years old and i wanna be a pilot for finnair and your videos help me learn what i need to know and do. Keep up the great work!!!!
That's awesome! I'm so glad you're interested in flying at such a young age and I'm really glad my videos can help :)
Absolutely detailed and easy to follow, I am new to the whole flight sim thing, but I am liking what I am seeing.....thumbs Mattie!
i always wondered what these numbers and markings were on the runway!...and i wud like to thank u now for educating me on this.
Man you rock!! That is the best explanations I have ever seen in my life.
Very nice .. simple .. straight forward, relevant and informative .. good job with the graphics .. excellent !
Fantastic explanation! Clear, concise, and super helpful. Thank you!
Brilliant video. Expertly explained at a slow pace. I now can find my way round!!!
I'm glad I could help :)
This is the best video ever, thank you for your hard work !
You're welcome, glad you liked the video :)
You do a great job with your videos talking about how the runways work
Thanks for the kind comment, I'm glad you liked the video :)
I've been looking for this explanation for a long time especially the taxiway lightings. Thank you so much for your brilliant work :)
As a keen simulator pilot I have found these vids very interesting, filling in a few holes in my knowledge. Alas I only ever managed a couple of hours in a *real* front seat.
Yeah same, I'm hoping to get a Private Pilots License one day so I'm using this as a tool to learn how to fly, navigate etc. Glad these videos could help though :)
Brilliant stuff - I wished I'd discovered your VLOG ages ago. Thanks
Amazing! This Really Helped Me! I'd Recommend This Video For Student Pilots. Couldn't Of Been Explained Any Better!
It was a great great presentation I have ever seen . thank you very much for your work ....
Thank you so much! Now I can ace my exam!
Best of luck!!
@@Doofer911 Thank you!
This is a fantastic explanation, very easy to understand. Good work!
This has just sorted out Heathrow on a dark and foggy night! Cheers mate :)
This is a great explanation for people who don’t know!
Congrats for the video, very simple and clear explanation, nice job!
Glad you liked it! :)
Clear & concise explanation, Exellent, Thanks !
Very informative great job👏🏻👏🏻
Many airports also have a warning sign RWY AHEAD painted in the middle of the twy to warn pilots they are approaching a rwy. Mostly when the twy is curved and the line of sight would be inconsistent with the shape of the twy.
I was missing that in the video. Often in red color I think?
Thanks, dude! Helped me on my test in Aviation School Also that Runway Marking too!
I'm really glad this video could help, hope you passed that test!
Eyy! Just saw the exam earlier and I passed it! Well, I'm not yet a pilot and it's just an entrance exam where it will test your knowledge about aviation. But hey, that landing and approach tutorials also did helped me, hoping I can put those in my simulation and real training.
Thank you for your presentation!
Well explained, will make ur outrageous runway presentation, thru our co employee ,here in manila international airport,promise Po ,before I retire, next year, will give them , something that cherish ,
And surely will apply in their job..tnxt. , luv
..for ur inf 10:42 o working here MIAA /NS/NAIA .,as lead engineer for airfield lighting system for almost 40 years in service
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Thanks, I always wondered what all the signs meant. Here is a suggestion that is related: take some ground control radio traffic and explain what they mean and how a pilot follows the instruction.
Thanks for the suggestion Tom, it's hard to get ATC recordings in the UK but I might be able to do it for some US airports.
One thing that I picked up from that, especially when I was working at a local airport as a ground handler towing aircraft around the airport was taxiway naming. You noted that the hold point would have a number, which it doesn't. The number that is written on the sign is an indication of a branch of a taxiway. For example, when I was towing an aircraft, my instructions (after pushback) was "tow via G, B, B1, Cross Runway 34L, A1, A, International 3 to the gate". If those numbers were indicating hold points then I wouldn't be able to tow via them, where I clearly had to tow on that taxiway. The holding points never were numbered. Also, the ILS sign in some airports are different. At the airport I was at, the ILS sign didn't read ILS, but Cat II Holding Point 16R
The videos are really helping me on my flight sim
I'm glad, means I did my job :)
lovely reminder, thanks doofer
Your example are the clearest!
Thank you, I do my best to make my videos as simple as possible.
nice video about this the ILS hold looks like film to me
I love this video. Very well explained, thank you!
Wow this video has such a well quality! I enjoied it a lot. Thanks!
I'm glad you liked it!
Thats definitely a lot to take in, but awesome....So much knowledge stuffed into 10 minutes....
I'm glad you liked it! :)
Incredible information! Thank you
another great tutorial ! thank you!
Excellent presentation. Good work
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Excellent presentation. Thank you sir!
way much better than book reading
I'm glad I found your videos as I've always been fascinated by the markings and lights at airports. For me, seeing them (and now understanding them!) is the best part of air travel...
I'd like to ask you which program you prepared the graphics with? It looks very professional and I'm sure many viewers would like to know.
Thanks again!
All the GFX were done in Photoshop and the video was edited in Sony Movie Studio Platinum :)
Thanks! Great videos (I watched pt 1 as well) I fly enough for this info to be really helpful to know what's going on and why.
Preety informative... I love to read about aviation its quite beneficial for me
I''m glad this video could help you learn about aviation :)
Terrific explanation and expression. Thank You!!
You're welcome, glad you liked the video! :)
Thnx my friend. Finally I can take off in peace. Funnily my cousin is a captain but I never bothered to ask him. Thnx.
Incredible content keep it up. This helps me so much
I fly regularly and am the type of person that likes this type of information to know what I am seeing. I want to note that I have never seen a row of steady runway guard lights. I see either the type of flashing light at both sides which flash faster than the video shows or a combination of the lights on the sides and a row of yellow alternating flashing lights across the taxiway which flash at about the same rate as shown in the video.
Once again I loved this video mate..
Thank you very much for these wonderful videos.
Thank you for watching them! Glad you liked the videos :)
Great work. A very concise explanation. I’m not sure where you made the error you mention though? Thanks a lot, keep it up.
Thank you for the clear explanation!nice work!
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
This video was of great help!! Thank you
You're welcome, glad the video could help!
Awesome presentation !
awesome video :D saved me from failing an exam !
Wow.... I'm glad I could help! haha
At 9:27. I've seen airports that have both that system and the other runway guard system. But the lights on the taxiway alternated as well. That being said are the two methods in your video also different types of runway guard lights airports can have
awensome Video, this really helped me !!!
Could you do a video on a airport apron and what all the markings signs lights are used for?
Good work mate, i've learned a lot and i appreciate it!
Thank you very much from Brazil.
You're welcome :)
Good job. Amazing videos for beginners like me.
I'm glad this video could help, thanks for watching :)
brilliant, very helpful explanations, thank-you
You're welcome, glad this video could help :)
will you be doing any other videos on things such as airspace and other general aviation law? i'm a person who definitely finds it easier to pick things up by visuals and explanation over reading.
The holding points are usually numbered starting from the closest one to the runway. Taking your example we will have the A1 just before the runway, the A2 for ILS cat 2 h/p, the A3 just before the junction and the B1 on the B taxiway.
Thanks man for the great video it explains a lot
I have seen some “taxiways with a yellow line and black edged on both sides” can you explain them
Thank you kindly, cheers
awesome video, thanks very much for this
Thanks a lot!! Very interesting and and informative.
You're welcome, glad this video could help your understanding of airports!
Am I the only viewer who doesn't think 8:15 looks messy?
No-one else has mentioned it so I don't think you're alone :)
WildGurgs36 I know I'm 2 years late, but your not the only one
@@spruceclient8307 better late than never!...now to re-watch the vid to see what I meant by that 😆
WildGurgs36 lol I like this conversation
looks clean as possible. nice job mate
Beautiful graphics and explanation - many thanks :)
Glad you liked it :)
Hope you recover from your cold soon...
Cheers mate :)
Thank you so much for the video
of all things u do I love the way u start with greet hello hello lovely way of greeting
haha thanks, I'm not sure where that idea even came from but it's kind of a trademark for me now
Great video, very interested in sim flight, never understood runway and taxi markings.
Glad this video could help! I'm surprised this hasn't been covered in more depth in flight simulators
perfectly explaining!
The paint contains tiny glass beads ( called ballotini) which reflect the aircraft’s headlight beams back on a parallel line to the aircraft to maximise conspicuity ( at least in U.K.)
I have to say, this is a very good explanation. Now I have two miscellaneous questions that might not necessarily affect what your general explanation covers. But here are my two questions:
1) Does the pilot need ATC clearance to pass an ILS stop mark?
2) Why would a pilot take a taxi way to the threshold of a runway rather than taxiing itself straight onto the runway itself? What's the difference that affects the plane's flight?
If you have answers to these, please tell me. I believe there are answers that are very logical that should be self-explanatory, but I just want to confirm whether or not my assumption inside my head is correct or not. Thank you! And great video!
1. If the airport is operating under "Low Visibility Procedures" then the way that ATC manages movement of aircraft on the ground changes completely. On a normal day, I believe that pilots can taxi past ILS stop marks because "normal" stop marks are always found after the ILS mark, closer to the runway. In the UK, ATC will clear an aircraft to a specific point, then give the route. For example in this video, ATC would say something like "Cleared to holding point Alpha via taxiway Alpha." So ATC have cleared the aircraft all the way to the Alpha holding point, past any holds before that. Now if the airport was using Low Visibility Procedures, then they would give instruction and only clear the aircraft as far as the ILS holding point.
2. ATC prefer to have a plane on a runway for as little time as possible to reduce congestion. So again using my video as an example, if the aircraft is at Alpha holding point and they're cleared for takeoff, then they simply turn onto the runway and go, so they're not on the runway for too long. However if ATC let them on via Bravo, and clear them to "Backtrack" to the threshold, the aircraft would have to enter the runway at Bravo, turn left, taxi to the end of the runway, turn around and then go. That takes a lot longer and if you've got a busy airport, then other planes can't land or takeoff with another aircraft on the runway.
@@Doofer911 Thanks a bunch, I'll keep your explanation in mind!
at 2:46 about the hold until ATC clearance , when approaching from the other side you say you can proceed with out clearance from ATC. if its night and the red lights are showing can you still proceed with out clearance. assuming you can clearly see the markings. thats if you can see the lights from that direction
Ah I don't think I mentioned that in the video, the red lights are only visible from one direction, so if you were travelling from the runway side, you wouldn't see the lights.
Thank You
Thanks because it helped me in making my model airport
That's awesome, good luck with the rest of the build!
Thank you
I hope you answer: Why are the runway holdlines for Taxiway Bravo different to taxiway Alpha at night?
Edit: So it is different because the holdlines are at different areas on the taxiway. Like, Taxiway Alpha's Holdline is at the far end. However, Taxiway Bravo is not?
Thanks for the video!
You're welcome, hope it helped!
Why am I watching this.... I’m not even a pilot or working in an airport, but informative.
I'm not sure but I'm glad you found the video informative :)
Doofer911 I will be not bored during taxi ... I'll be looking for these markings on the airport.
Very helpful! Thank you.
Thank you. Very good video.
You're welcome, thanks for watching :)