Purdue researchers have developed a patent-pending, economically viable, simplified light system to automatically indicate an airport runway’s status to pilots, pedestrians and vehicle operators.

Purdue Polytechnic Institute has unveiled a solar-powered, simplified light system that it says will automatically indicate runway status to pilots.

The runway at the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport was closed for awhile Tuesday afternoon, as a crew replaced aging runway lights.

You've probably seen the numbers painted on the ends of airport runways, but they're not just a basic numbering system. They actually have a deeper meaning.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the ...