S4GA supplied Solar Airfield Lighting to Elliot Lake Airport in Canada. The system is used by the Airport as primary runway illumination during daytime and for night flight operations.
Elliot Lake Airport is a municipal aerodrome offering passengers, cargo, and air ambulance services. For some time it has been struggling with almost 40 year’s old wired RWY lighting. The old system consisted of 113 conventional lights connected by 3,000 meters of underground wires with no drawings pointing to their locations. It has been showing its insufficiency with problems like lights no longer working and underground cable splicing.
At that critical point, the Airport started looking for innovative, reliable, yet a cost-efficient solutions, that would replace the faulty wired system.
In 2020 City Council issued a tender for a new airfield lighting system. In choosing the tender’s winner, the government considered many factors that concluded in indicating S4GA as the leader with advanced solar technology.
Approach Navigation Systems (S4GA exclusive distributor in Canada) has won the tender and successfully installed the Solar Lighting and ALCMS.
After thoughtful consideration, S4GA solar lighting proved to be the best fit for the Canadian Airport that meet and exceed all the Client’s criteria:
Moreover, as S4GA’s technology uses only solar energy to operate, the airport will pay zero electricity bills. It will not only save money but also reduce its CO2 emissions – putting airports closer to carbon neutrality goals.
Additionally, cost savings from the elimination of underground cables, transformers, and ground digging works, covered the cost of LED solar lights batteries that come with a full 5-year warranty.
Despite the project taking time during the COVID-19 pandemic period, the system has been delivered and installed within only 3 weeks.
Get a quoteS4GA Airfield Lighting Control and Monitoring System are designed to provide full remote control and monitoring of solar LED runway lighting from the TWR or maintenance room. It consists of Computer Interface integrated into UR-201 Control and Monitoring Unit.
ALCMS installed by the Elliot Lake Airport allows to monitor and collect light information by S4GA headquarters in Poland. Thanks to this unique feature of our Airfield Lights Control and Monitoring System, our Team can not only provide up-to-date technical support but also by collecting light data we can constantly improve our system and bring solar airfield lighting solutions to the next level.
Additionally to the installation of the Solar Permanent Airfield Lighting System, Elliot Lake Airport decided to use S4GA Solar Engine
to supply electricity to their existing, halogen Precision Approach Path Indicator units. It was possible thanks to UR-3 PAPI Controller-Converter.
UR-3 PAPI Controller-Converter is designed to provide remote control of Halogen PAPI Lights (Precision Approach Path Indicator). Adding UR-3 to S4GA PAPI allows users to remotely control and change the intensity of PAPI via UR-201 Control & Monitoring Unit and UR-101 Handheld Controller.
UR-3 Controller-Converter also provides the ability to power S4GA PAPI using a standard 230 VAC electrical supply. No need for a costly 6.6A grid, powered by a constant current regulator.
Canadian Airport also benefits from using the S4GA Solar Engine designed to power S4GA LED PAPI Lights or other airfield lighting equipment. It consists of premium quality Q.ANTUM solar panel and VICTRON power bank.
