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title: "GM1 ADR-DSN.M.706 Runway status lights (RWSLs) — Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Aerodrome Design (CS-ADR-DSN) — Issue 7, Aerodromes · Avioverse"
description: "Where two or more runway-holding positions are provided, the runway-holding position referred is that closest to the runway."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/cs-adr-dsn/chapter-m-visual-aids-for-navigation-lights/gm1-adr-dsn-m-706"
---

# GM1 ADR-DSN.M.706 Runway status lights (RWSLs)

Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Aerodrome Design (CS-ADR-DSN) — Issue 7 · Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 ADR-DSN.M.706 Runway status lights (RWSLs)

(a) Where two or more [runway](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/runway)-holding positions are provided, the [runway-holding position](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/runway-holding-position) referred is that closest to the runway.

(b) Additional take-off hold lights (THLs) may be similarly provided at the starting point of the take-off roll.

(c) Consideration for reduced beam width may be required for some runway entrance lights (RELs) lights at acute-angled runway/[taxiway](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/taxiway) intersections to ensure the RELs are not visible to [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) on the runway.

\[Issue: ADR-DSN/4]

GM · GM1 ADR-DSN.M.706 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2017/021/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

[All rules in CHAPTER M — VISUAL AIDS FOR NAVIGATION (LIGHTS)](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/cs-adr-dsn/chapter-m-visual-aids-for-navigation-lights)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 13 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.