Night flights and runway lights.

[Jim Peace]

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/December/Pilot/ppilot?CMP=ADV:1

[Andy95W]

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/December/Pilot/ppilot?CMP=ADV:1

Jim-

Just saw this same article this morning but didn't know how to post the link. Nice!

Especially liked Barry's last paragraph:

Frankly, I prefer to avoid the possibility of having to make such consequential decisions, and I do this by not flying at night. Does this mean that I am critical of those who do fly cross-country in single-engine airplanes at night? Of course not. I just hope that they forgive me for turning down their invitation to go along.

[Andy95W]

I generally plan all my flights during the daytime. I fly mostly for pleasure so typically I'm not in a rigid schedule. That being said, if stuff happens (and it does) and I'm faced with night flight I don't cancel based solely on the fact that it's dark. At my present level of experience night IMC with low ceilings is something I simply choose not to do. Otherwise, I will launch at night without too much gut wrenching.

Also nicely put, IMO.

[N201MKTurbo]

So, if you have enough fuel and don't hit anything hard or fly in bad weather, your chances of getting where you are going is pretty good no matter what time of day it is.....

There are plenty of places out west (or east for that matter) where there are no good places to land even if it is day time.