Air carrier captain reported excessive brightness of the runway lights at bqn airport.

Attributes
ACN	1606451
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	BQN.Airport
State Reference	PR
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Captain Instructor Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

The runway lights at the bqn airport are set excessively bright at night. This condition results in excessive ambient illumination inside the aircraft that can produce glare that may cause uncomfortable squinting; eye tearing; and even temporary blindness during the landing phase. The airport is not equipped with a pilot control lighting system to adjust the runway illumination when the tower is closed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported excessive brightness of the runway lights at BQN airport.

Narrative: The runway lights at the BQN airport are set excessively bright at night. This condition results in excessive ambient illumination inside the aircraft that can produce glare that may cause uncomfortable squinting; eye tearing; and even temporary blindness during the landing phase. The airport is not equipped with a pilot control lighting system to adjust the runway illumination when the tower is closed.

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.