PEARL Medium-Intensity LED Approach Lighting System

The PEARL is ATG Airports' self-contained modular LED airfield lighting solution targeting smaller aerodromes, general aviation airfields, and airstrips that require a standards-compliant lighting system without the infrastructure burden of a full series-circuit CCR installation. The system is sold in four application-specific packages — runway edge, threshold/runway end, approach, and taxiway — that can be bought individually or combined to build up a complete airfield lighting layout.

Installation requires no specialist electrical skills or heavy civil works: the aluminium-construction fittings connect via factory-moulded Y-cable assemblies with FAA L-823 connectors, preventing polarity errors and minimising site wiring time. Three-step dimming covers the intensity range from night approach lighting down to the lowest permitted setting, with total system power consumption at maximum intensity of approximately 450 W for a basic 900-metre runway edge and threshold/end configuration — enabling cost-effective operation on single-phase supplies or generator power.

At minimum intensity the power draw falls to as low as 45 W, making solar or battery-backed operation viable for remote strips without grid connection. LED technology provides near-zero lamp-replacement maintenance over the system's service life, a particularly valuable characteristic at aerodromes with limited maintenance resource.

The PEARL serves the tier of aviation infrastructure below the major hub — charter strips, island airports, military satellite airfields, and new-build aerodromes in developing markets — where the cost and complexity of a full series-circuit AGL installation is disproportionate to the operational demand, but regulatory compliance and flight safety remain non-negotiable.