Pilot reports of led that are so bright that it was difficult to see the actual runway.

Attributes
ACN	1280574
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 151 Flight Crew Type 1694
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

During night flight and after break out at 200 feet and 1/2 mile or better; the new led runway lights at 25L were so bright that the actual runway could not be seen normally. To clarify; the approach lights and runway outer marking lights may be bright; but the newer; high intensity runway centerline and landing threshold led lights are far too bright for safe operation; and the high intensity; especially during hazy or foggy visibility conditions; makes it very difficult to actually see the runway itself.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reports of LED that are so bright that it was difficult to see the actual runway.

Narrative: During night flight and after break out at 200 feet and 1/2 mile or better; the new LED runway lights at 25L were so bright that the actual runway could not be seen normally. To clarify; the approach lights and runway outer marking lights may be bright; but the newer; high intensity runway centerline and landing threshold LED lights are far too bright for safe operation; and the high intensity; especially during hazy or foggy visibility conditions; makes it very difficult to actually see the runway itself.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.