Methodology to assess airport pavement condition using GPS, laser, video image and GIS

Maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) scheduling for airport pavement is supported by the scientific literature, while a specific tool for heliport pavements lacks. A heliport pavement management system (HPMS) allows the infrastructure manager to obtain benefits in technical and economic terms, as well as safety and efficiency, during the analyzed period. Structure and rationale of the APSM could be replicated and simplified to implement a HPMS because movements of rotary-wing aircrafts have less complexity than fixed-wing ones and have lower mechanical effects on the pavement. In this study, an innovative pavement condition index-based HPMS has been proposed and implemented to rigid and flexible surfaces of the airport of Vergiate (province of Varese, Italy), and two twenty-year M&R plans have been developed, where the results from reactive and proactive approaches have been compared to identify the best strategy in terms of costs and pavement level of service. The result obtained shows that although the loads and traffic of rotary-wing aircrafts are limited, the adoption of PMS is also necessary in the heliport environment.

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Airport Pavement Condition Rating and Maintenance-Needs Assessment Using Fuzzy Logic

Airfield Pavements ◽

10.1061/40711(141)3 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

T. F. Fwa ◽

S. B. Liu ◽

K. J. Teng

Keyword(s):

Fuzzy Logic ◽

Needs Assessment ◽

Pavement Condition ◽

Condition Rating ◽

Airport Pavement

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Evaluation of Asphalt Concrete Airport Pavement Conditions Based on the Airfield Pavement Condition Index (APCI) in Scope of Flight Safety

Aerospace ◽

10.3390/aerospace7060078 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (6) ◽

pp. 78

Author(s):

Mariusz Wesołowski ◽

Paweł Iwanowski

Keyword(s):

Quality Management System ◽

Condition Index ◽

Assessment Method ◽

Technical Condition ◽

Pavement Management ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Pavement Condition ◽

Airport Pavement ◽

Pavement Condition Index ◽

High Level

Airoport infrastructure development requires care to maintain it in proper technical condition. Due to this, airport pavements should be constantly monitored, and, above all, correctly managed. High-level airport pavement management requires access to reliable information about their current technical condition as well as proper forecasting of this condition in the future. Obtaining good quality information about the technical condition of airport pavement should be based on a proven methodology, taking into account the introduced quality management system. The authors propose a method of technical pavement condition assessment based on the Airfield Pavement Condition Index (APCI), taking into account not only the results of the surface deterioration inventory, but also repair overviews, load bearing capacity, evenness and roughness of the surface, as well as the surface tensile bond strength. The method was developed during long-term work financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. At the beginning of the article, the authors focus on reviewing the currently available methods of assessing the technical condition of the pavement. Then they briefly present the most popular surface assessment method based on the PCI indicator. Afterwards, a proprietary asphalt pavement assessment method based on the APCI indicator is proposed and an example of how to use the method is presented. Finally, they discuss the results and summarize the work done, and present further directions of work.

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