POLARIS Portable LED Airfield Lighting System
Self-contained portable LED airfield lighting kit deployable by non-specialist personnel for temporary runways, emergency operations, and remote airstrips.
The POLARIS is ATG Airports' standalone battery-powered or solar-powered LED lighting kit, designed to establish ICAO-compliant runway and helipad lighting without fixed electrical infrastructure. The system targets a wide operational envelope: emergency runway reinstatement at commercial airports following a power or AGL failure, temporary lighting for planned works closures, and permanent semi-portable installations at remote strips, grass airfields, and forward operating locations.
Each POLARIS unit is weatherproof to IP67 and houses high-power LEDs with a rated life exceeding 60,000 hours, matched with dedicated optics for photometric performance above comparable battery-powered incandescent products. The battery charges fully in approximately 8 hours and, depending on mode, supports runtimes from around 14 hours at full steady intensity to up to 24 days on low-power flashing mode — the wide range covering both emergency overnight operations and long-duration remote deployments.
The system covers every standard airfield lighting function: runway edge (white, bidirectional or omnidirectional), taxiway edge (blue), threshold (green), runway end (red), combined threshold/end (green/red), and unserviceability indicator (red). Units operate in continuous or flashing mode. Visibility ranges of 3,000 m under VFR and 1,500 m under Special VFR cover the majority of planned temporary operations.
Deployment requires no civil works, no specialist trades, and no series-circuit CCR — any airfield operations team can configure a compliant runway in the field. This makes POLARIS directly relevant to GCC national aviation authorities managing remote desert airstrips, helicopter operations, and contingency planning at primary airports.
Technical specifications.
| IP Rating | IP67 |
| LED Service Life | >60,000 hours |
| Battery Charge Time | ~8 hours |
| Runtime (full power, steady) | ~14 hours |
| Runtime (low power, flashing) | Up to 24 days |
| VFR Visibility Range | 3,000 m |
| Special VFR Visibility Range | 1,500 m |
| Power Options | Battery or solar |
| Standards | ICAO Annex 14 |
Use cases.
- ›Emergency temporary runway lighting following AGL system failure at commercial airports
- ›Planned works closures requiring temporary compliant runway edge and threshold lighting
- ›Permanent installations at remote grass strips, frozen lake operations, and roadway runways
- ›Helipad and FATO lighting at remote oil-and-gas or construction sites
- ›Forward operating base lighting for military and humanitarian operations