Narrative:

I am appalled by the led lighting that has been going in around our airport systems in the last many years and have written other reports. This time there was potential for serious accident. Honestly; I believe no user has been involved in the choice of lighting. I have always felt the lighting is way too bright and not dimmable. ATC has gotten many requests to dim these non-dimmable lights. Crews now just suck it up as we do. This time; the very bright taxiway centerline green lights made it so my first officer and I had great difficulty seeing (other carrier) aircraft we were supposed to give way to while taxiing down taxiway C. These unnecessary taxiway lights are way too bright in las; and many other places around the country. I have always felt these lights can cause an incident or accident. Many places have vasis ten times as bright as the runway lights. Some places have such bright approach and touchdown lighting it is difficult to judge your height in the flare to land. We hardly even need centerline taxi lights except perhaps when visibility is very low...they should be dim so we can see obstacles or animals.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported the LAS airport runway and taxiway LED lights are excessively bright; making it difficult to see other aircraft or obstacles.

Narrative: I am appalled by the LED lighting that has been going in around our airport systems in the last many years and have written other reports. This time there was potential for serious accident. Honestly; I believe no user has been involved in the choice of lighting. I have always felt the lighting is way too bright and not dimmable. ATC has gotten many requests to dim these non-dimmable lights. Crews now just suck it up as we do. This time; the very bright taxiway centerline green lights made it so my First Officer and I had great difficulty seeing (other carrier) aircraft we were supposed to give way to while taxiing down Taxiway C. These unnecessary taxiway lights are way too bright in LAS; and many other places around the country. I have always felt these lights can cause an incident or accident. Many places have VASIs ten times as bright as the runway lights. Some places have such bright approach and touchdown lighting it is difficult to judge your height in the flare to land. We hardly even need centerline taxi lights except perhaps when visibility is very low...they should be dim so we can see obstacles or animals.

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.