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FAA Obstruction Lighting & Marking Quick Reference

Your interactive tool to quickly look up tower lighting, marking and painting specifications per FAA Advisory Circular AC No: 70/7460-1L effective Dec 4, 2015.

Includes other structures: Wind Turbine, Water Tanks, Power Line Catenaries, Bridge Lighting, Hyperbolic Cooling Tower etc

Simplifies digging through the 90 pages of specifications

  • Quick Reference links for each structure category take you directly to the appropriate profile drawings in Appendix-A of current circular.
  • We have identified for you the notable changes (from previous specs) for each category.
  • In addition we provide a side-by-side comparison to the cancelled specifications.

Official FAA Docs

Current Version

Advisory Circular No: 70/7460-1L
Effective Date: 12/04/15

Canceled Version

Advisory Circular No: 70/7460-1K
Effective Date: 2/1/07

Major Version Changes

Official FAA List of Major Changes

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