Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180
Distraction; Situational Awareness; Physiological - Other
Other Runway Lighting Intensity
General None Reported / Taken
ATC Equipment / Nav Facility / Buildings; Airport
The ABQ Control Tower has no ability to dim the Runway Touchdown Zone and Center Line lights on Runway 8. The light intensity is sufficiently bright as to make the runway impossible to see below 20 FT AGL with night VMC conditions. This makes it difficult to land in a normal manner and would make wildlife on the runway invisible due to windscreen glare. Turn the Center Line and Touchdown Zone lights off during aircraft operations not based on the usage of them.
A Captain reported the ABQ Runway 8 Touchdown Zone and Center Line lights are too bright and not adjustable and so they should be turned off during night VMC operations to prevent obscuring the runway environment on short final.