"Zero visibility" is an occurrence that pilots are trained for and it is very essential that they can also land an aircraft only according to the instruments at very bad weather conditions... However I think that you shouldn't accept "zero visibility" so simply and it could contribute to aviation security if airplanes and airports, respectively were visible to the naked eye, too...
Let's see 3 methods of making airplanes and airports visible:
1) There are some spotlights on every airplane already but they could be perhaps much stronger, too... Nowadays LED-lights are fashionable because they are energy-efficient and reliable... I would use leaser-lights instead: they could light up the landscape kilometers before the airplane and they could make the airplane visible, too from the same distance...
2) Night-vision... On the many displays of modern glass cockpits the image of a long-range infra-red camera could also appear if necessary... One of the pilots could navigate based on the instruments and the other one could watch the night-vision display...
3) Satellite images (I mean live and real-time images) of airports could be also used both by airport towers and by airplanes for a better navigation... High-resolution satellite videos could extend the security provided by traditional radar systems...
Best wishes, Joseph de la Mikula and Team
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