SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF AIRCRAFTS AND/OR MOTOR VEHICLES ON AIRPORT RUNWAYS AND TRAFFIC WAYS

System for detecting the position of aircrafts and/or motor vehicles in the airport runways and traffic ways, along which there are installed lighting signallers (2), comprising: radar devices (4) installed in at least a portion of said lighting signallers (2). Each radar device (4) is intended to localize the position of an aircraft (3) and/or motor vehicle situated in a section of runway (1) or traffic way, which is near the corresponding lighting signaller (2), where the radar device (4) itself is installed; and means for transmitting the data processed by each radar device (4) to a remote unit, in order to detect the position of the aircrafts (3) and/or motor vehicles. According to a variant of the invention, in place of the radar devices (4), other position detecting devices are employed, each comprising an accelerometer (41) or a thermal sensor.