Airfield pavements as an element of critical infrastructure in the airport safety management process

Abstract

Contemporary planes moving with high velocity and loads require well design, properly building and maintenance airfield pavements. The main objective of this factors is provide safety conditions for moving planes. Technical condition airfield pavements has a direct impact on the safety performance of air operations. This forces the need to have full knowledge of their condition, which will be allowed to take appropriate decisions to ensure their safe operation. In this paper the issues connected with the assessment of airfield pavements health, such as: methodology assessment of the degradation degree, bearing capacity, evenness, roughness and Polish Standards in force and Air Force Institute of Technology developed procedures are presented. Moreover, possible operating danger and realize research work for safety improvement are presented.