CLEARWATER, FLA. — The Clearwater Executive Airport, formerly the Clearwater Airpark, will soon have a new piece of safety equipment that will help pilots be able to spot the airport at night.

Bill Hodgson, operations manager for the City of Clearwater’s department of marine & aviation, says a rotating beacon will be installed in the coming weeks. On Monday, the city received the final piece needed to complete the installation. Hodgson says they’re just waiting on a quote from a contractor to get approved, and then the beacon will be put into place.

It will be fixed on top of a 40-foot pole and strobe white and green lights deep into the sky. Hodgson says pilots will be able to spot the beacon’s light from 30 to 40 miles away.

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