Crj-200 captain reported that new lead off lights from runway 17 to taxiway H at phl can appear to b...

Narrative:

This is is to bring up a concern about runway/taxiway lighting on runway 35 in phl. Since the new construction was done around taxiway H and runway 35; at night there now appears to be new and bright in-ground taxiway lead in [lead off] lights from runway 17 to H. When you are on the visual to 35 there are two bright taxiway lights; or a cluster of lights that look like two headlights spaced far enough apart and of the same brightness to appear like a vehicle is on the runway facing the approach end. I would like to suggest to phl that they either remove or adjust the angle of the light output so it does not look like a vehicle is on the runway. I have not seen this issue at any other airport; so I would assume it can be fixed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 Captain reported that new lead off lights from Runway 17 to Taxiway H at PHL can appear to be vehicle head lights to an aircraft on short final to Runway 35.

Narrative: This is is to bring up a concern about runway/taxiway lighting on Runway 35 in PHL. Since the new construction was done around Taxiway H and Runway 35; at night there now appears to be new and bright in-ground taxiway lead in [lead off] lights from Runway 17 to H. When you are on the visual to 35 there are two bright taxiway lights; or a cluster of lights that look like two headlights spaced far enough apart and of the same brightness to appear like a vehicle is on the runway facing the approach end. I would like to suggest to PHL that they either remove or adjust the angle of the light output so it does not look like a vehicle is on the runway. I have not seen this issue at any other airport; so I would assume it can be fixed.

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Attributes
ACN	1402996
Time
Date	201611
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	PHL.Airport
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Crj-200 captain reported that new lead off lights from runway 17 to taxiway H at phl can appear to be vehicle head lights to an aircraft on short final to runway 35.