S4GA solar runway lights have been supplied to a gold mine airstrip in Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), West Africa.
Runway lights supplied to Ivory Coast operate 365 days a year on solar energy. No electricity required to run the system. No trenching works, no electrical infrastructure required to install the system. All lighting fixtures are connected wirelessly via S4GA mesh network.
The system is pilot-controlled: lights can be activated remotely from the air (via VHF radio) and from land (via UR-201 Control & Monitoring Unit installed at ATC Tower or in maintenance room).
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All S4GA airfield lighting products have passed multiple environmental tests and can withstand the most extreme weather conditions – including harmattan winds of West Africa.
RESISTANT TO SANDS. The lights are IP-67 approved which means they have no ingress to dust to 2-8 hours and can be put under the water for 30 min without any effects of immersion.
RESISTANT TO WIND. The lights can withstand wind loading and jet blast resistance of 240 kpm. Tests have been performed at Warsaw Institue of Aviation – watch video.
