Airfield pavements consist one of the most important airport assets. Among their fundamental functions is the ability to provide sufficient load-carrying capacity of the expected traffic, which helps to ensure both passenger safety and the uninterrupted operation of airport facilities. For this reason, an appropriate pavement design is vital for the proper performance of airfield pavements. However, several airfield pavements often face the challenge of either serving aircraft types that have not been considered during the initial pavement design, or aircrafts, although considered during the design, but exhibiting more operations than the ones foreseen. In these cases, the current airfield pavement overloading ICAO guidance is usually implemented, which mainly provides a practical tool in terms of airfield pavement management. With this in mind, the present paper aims to make an interpretation of the current practical overloading criteria, through the implementation of a variety of techniques that are accepted and utilized worldwide, including the most recent developments of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airfield pavement evaluation techniques (FAARFIELD). With the analysis phases of the investigation completed, the research study will focus on useful results, aiming to make a contribution to the improvement of current practices on airfield pavement overloading. The investigation presents the detailed procedure followed along with related critical results, obtained from the comprehensive airfield pavement evaluation process. This information may be essential for airport authorities in order to make informed decisions, related to airfield pavement management issues.

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Airfield pavements consist one of the most important airport assets. Among their fundamental functions is the ability to provide sufficient load-carrying capacity of the expected traffic, which helps to ensure both passenger safety and the uninterrupted operation of airport facilities. For this reason, an appropriate pavement design is vital for the proper performance of airfield pavements. However, several airfield pavements often face the challenge of either serving aircraft types that have not been considered during the initial pavement design, or aircrafts, although considered during the design, but exhibiting more operations than the ones foreseen. In these cases, the current airfield pavement overloading ICAO guidance is usually implemented, which mainly provides a practical tool in terms of airfield pavement management. With this in mind, the present paper aims to make an interpretation of the current practical overloading criteria, through the implementation of a variety of techniques that are accepted and utilized worldwide, including the most recent developments of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airfield pavement evaluation techniques (FAARFIELD). With the analysis phases of the investigation completed, the research study will focus on useful results, aiming to make a contribution to the improvement of current practices on airfield pavement overloading. The investigation presents the detailed procedure followed along with related critical results, obtained from the comprehensive airfield pavement evaluation process. This information may be essential for airport authorities in order to make informed decisions, related to airfield pavement management issues.

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Airfield Pavement Overloading and Current Practice

Welcome to the International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference of the Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) of ASCE. This international conference will provide an unrivaled chance to interact and exchange information with worldwide leaders in the fields of highway and airport pavements, as well as airport safety technologies.

This conference will bring together designers, project/construction managers, academics, and contractors from around the world to discuss the state-of-the-art implementation, construction, design, in airfield and highway pavements.

Paper Proceedings: https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483527 | https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483503 | https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483510

Conference DOI: https://doi.org/10.26226/m.63284d15cb3e8e0012755dd4