Regulations last checked for updates: May 21, 2024

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: May 07, 2024
§ 27.1391 - Minimum intensities in the horizontal plane of forward and rear position lights.

Each position light intensity must equal or exceed the applicable values in the following table:

Dihedral angle (light included) Angle from right or left of longitudinal axis, measured from dead ahead Intensity (candles)
L and R (forward red and green)10° to 10°
10° to 20°
20° to 110°
40
30
5
A (rear white)110° to 180°20
authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704
source: Docket No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 27.1391