Landing Lights

[shnookumlooks]

I turned on basic lights and understand that they have to be on between the runway and FL100. Does this also apply to GA aircraft? You
would rarely cruise a 172 above FL100 so this would mean that the landing lights stay on all the time??

[Drew]

Correct

[ariccsr]

if you are just flying a 172, turn off the light penalty option.

[Brian F.]

Or just leave the light on?

[lar007]

Or turn off the light penalty option and leave the light on

[Ryanamur]

You're OK with basic light. But you can't turn on the Realistic Light Penalty because of the shared beacon/strobe button... and yes, your
Landing Light must stay on below 10,000' even in GA aircraft.

Phil