Blue Lights On The Runway is the fourth studio album by Irish band Bell X1. It was released in Ireland on 20 February 2009, and on March 3, 2009, in North America. It is a Choice Music Prize nominated album for Best Irish album in 2009. The first single from the album was "The Great Defector" (30 January 2009 in Ireland and 3 February 2009, in the UK and the US). The album's title comes from a line of the lyrics of the The Great Defector: "Blue lights on the runway, I love the colour of it all." It has been certified Platinum in Ireland with record sales exceeding 15,000.