---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 27.1383"
title: "14"
number: "27.1383"
heading: "Landing lights."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/27.1383"
---

# §27.1383. Landing lights.

- (a) Each required landing or hovering light must be approved.
- (b) Each landing light must be installed so that—
  - (1) No objectionable glare is visible to the pilot;
  - (2) The pilot is not adversely affected by halation; and
  - (3) **It provides enough light for night operation, including hovering and landing.**
- (c) At least one separate switch must be provided, as applicable—
  - (1) For each separately installed landing light; and
  - (2) **For each group of landing lights installed at a common location.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.