FAA Pavement FAA Pavement Maintenance Guidelines - alacpa

FAA Pavement 

Maintenance 

Guidelines 

Federal Aviation 

Administration 

Presented to: VII ALACPA - 2010 

By: 

Jeffrey S. Gagnon, P.E. 

Manager, AJP-6312 

Date: December 9, 2010 

Outline 

• Background 

• Advisory Circulars 

– AC 150/5380-6B Guidelines and Procedures for 

Maintenance of Airport Pavements 

– AC 150/5380-7A Airport Pavement Management 

Program 

• Other Resources 

FAA February Pavement 20, Maintenance 2008 Guidelines 

Federal Aviation 2 

December 9, 2010 


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Background 

• Aviation’s Impact on the US Economy 

– 12 Million Jobs 

– $1.3 Trillion in Economic Activity 

– 5.6% of Gross Domestic 

Product (GDP) 





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Background 

• In 1995, Public Law 103-305305 was passed requiring that 

for an airport agency to be eligible for federal funding it 

must be able to show that it has an effective pavement 

maintenance management system in place. 

• Section 107, amended d Title 49, Section 47105, 

required sponsor assurances on preventative 

maintenance for project applications involving airfield 

pavements. For any project to replace or reconstruct 

pavement, the sponsor must provide assurance to the 

FAA that they have implemented an effective pavement 

maintenance management program. 





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Background 

• The requirement to establish a pavement maintenance 

management program applies to any pavement at the 

airport which has been constructed, reconstructed, or 

repaired, with federal assistance. 

• All grants involving pavement rehabilitation or 

reconstruction contain a grant assurance that 

addresses the pavement maintenance obligation 

• By 2004, 84% of state aviation agencies in the United 

States use an Airport Pavement e Management age e System 

(APMS) 





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AC 150/5380-6B Guidelines and Procedures for 


• Purpose 

– Adequate load-carrying capacity 

– Good ride quality 

• Pavement Deterioration 

– Effects of Weathering 

– Action of aircraft traffic 

• Airport pavements require continual routine 

maintenance, rehabilitation, and upgrading 

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Background 

• Pavement Maintenance Philosophy 

Cost Effective Time for Preventive Maintenance 

Cost Effective Time for Rehabilitation 

Costly Time for Rehabilitation 





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Advisory Circulars 

AC 150/5380-6B 

Guidelines and Procedures 

for Maintenance of Airport 

Pavements 

Dated: Sept 28, 2007 





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• Chapter 1. Introduction to Airport Pavement Maintenance 

• Chapter 2. Airport Pavements: Composition and Function 

• Chapter 3. Pavement Distress 

• Chapter 4. Guidelines for Inspection of Pavements 

• Chapter 5. Materials and Equipment 

• Chapter 6. Methods of Repair 

• Appendix A. Pavement Maintenance Management Program 

• Appendix B. Generic Specifications 

• Appendix C. Generic Typical Details 

• Appendix D. Bibliography 





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• Effective Program must include 

– Pavement Inventory 

• Location of all runways, taxiways, and apron 

• Dimensions 

• Type of pavement 

• Year of construction or most recent major rehabilitation 

• Whether Federal financial assistance was used to 

construct, reconstruct, or repair the pavement. 





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• Effective Program must include 

– Inspection Schedule. 

• Detailed Inspection. 

• Drive-By Inspection. 

• Record Keeping 

• Inspection date 

• Location 

• Distress types 

• Maintenance scheduled or performed 

– Information Retrieval 

– Program Funding 





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ASTM D 5340-10 

Standard Test Method for 

Airport Pavement Condition 

Index Surveys 





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ASTM D 5340-10 





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AC 150/5380-6B Chapter 3 – Pavement Distresses 

• Pavement Composition 

– Rigid 

– Flexible 

• Types of Pavement Distress 

1. Cracking 

2. Joint seal damage 

3. Disintegration 

4. Distortion 

5. Loss of Skid resistance 





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• Rigid Pavement 

1. Cracking 

• Longitudinal, Transverse, and Diagonal Cracks 

• Corner Breaks. 

• Durability "D" Cracking. 

• Shrinkage Cracking. 

2. Joint seal damage 


• Scaling, Map Cracking, and Crazing 

• Joint Spalling. 

• Corner Spalling. 

• Shattered Slab/Intersecting Cracks 

• Blowups 

• Popouts. 

• Patching. 

4. Distortion 

• Pumping. 

• Settlement or Faulting. 


• Polished Aggregates 

• Contaminants 





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• Flexible Pavement 

1. Cracking 

• Longitudinal and Transverse Cracks. 

• Block Cracking. 

• Reflection Cracking. 

• Alligator or Fatigue Cracking. 

• Slippage Cracks. 


• Raveling 

• Weathering. 

• Potholes. 

• Asphalt Stripping. 

• Jet Blast Erosion. 

• Patching and Utility Cut Patch. 

3. Distortion 

• Rutting. 

• Corrugation. 

• Shoving. 

• Depression. 

• Swelling. 


• Polished Aggregate. 

• Contaminants. 

• Bleeding 

• Fuel/Oil Spillage 





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AC 150/5380-6B Chapter 4 – Guidelines for Inspection 

• Pavement Inspection 

– Schedules 

– Record Keeping 

• Friction Surveys 

– AC 150/5320-12 

• Nondestructive Testing 

– AC 150/5370-11 

• Drainage Surveys 





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AC 150/5380-6B Chapter 5 – Materials & Equipment 

• Common Materials for Maintenance and Repair 

– Provides a listing of ASTM standards 

• Equipment used for Pavement Maintenance 





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AC 150/5380-6B Chapter 6 – Methods of Repair 





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Pavement Maintenance Program 

• Updated annually and feature a schedule of inspections 

and a listing of required equipment and products. 

• Airports should systematically make repairs and take 

preventive measures, when necessary, on an annual 

basis at a minimum. 

• The selection of a specific rehabilitation method 

– Consider both economic and engineering impacts 

– Prioritize long-term effects rather than focusing on immediate 

short-term remedies 

– Compare Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) 

– Consider the future economic consequences of a repair 

method as well as the initial rehabilitating maintenance costs. 





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Pavement Maintenance Program 

DO NOT JUST TREAT THE SYMPTOMS 

DETERMINE THE CAUSE 

CORRECT THE CAUSE 





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Advisory Circulars 

AC 150/5380-7A 

Airport Pavement 

Management Program 

Dated: Sept 01, 2006 





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AC 150/5380-7A 

Airport Pavement Management Program 

• Pavement Management System (PMS) 

“A system which involves the identification of 

optimum strategies at various management levels 

and maintains pavements at an adequate level of 

serviceability. These include, but are not limited it to, 

systematic procedures for scheduling maintenance 

and rehabilitation activities based on optimization of 

benefits and minimization of costs.” 





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AC 150/5380-7A 


• Why ????? 

Cost effective way to track a very important 

capital investment and plan for its 

preservation and eventual rehabilitation. 





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AC 150/5380-7A 


• Benefits of APMS 

– Provides 

• an objective and consistent evaluation of the pavement condition 

• a systematic and documents engineering basis for determining 

maintenance and rehabilitation needs 

• documentation on the present and future condition of the 

pavements 

– Identifies 

• budget requirements necessary to maintain pavements at various 

levels of serviceability 

• impact on the pavement network as a result of performing no 

major repairs 

– Determines 

• life-cycle costs for various maintenance and rehabilitation 

alternatives 





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AC 150/5380-7A 


• Essential Components 

– Database 

• Pavement Structure. 

• Maintenance History. 

• Traffic Data. 

• Pavement Condition Data. 

– System Capabilities 

• Predicting Future Pavement Condition. 

• Determining Optimum M&R Plans for a Given Budget. 

• Determining Budget Requirements to Meet Management 

Objectives. 

• Facilitating the Formulation and Prioritization of M&R 

Projects. 





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AC 150/5380-7A 


• Management Levels els 

– Network-Level Management 

– Project-Level Management 





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AC 150/5380-7A 


• Recommended Reports 

– Inventory Report 

– Inspection Scheduling Report 

– Pavement Condition Report 

– Budget Planning Report 

– Network Maintenance 

– Economic Analysis Report 





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AC 150/5380-7A 


• Commercially Available APMS 

– FAA PAVEAIR 

– MicroPAVER TM 

– Others from Consultants 





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Other Resources 

1. Joint and Crack Sealing and Repair for Concrete Pavements, TB012P, American Concrete 

Pavement Association, Skokie, IL, 1993. 

2. Diamond Grinding and Concrete Pavement Restoration, TB008P, American Concrete Pavement 

Association, Skokie, IL, 2000. 

3. Slab Stabilization Guidelines for Concrete Pavements, TB018P, American Concrete Pavement 


4. Stitching Concrete Pavement Cracks and Joints, SR903P, American Concrete Pavement 


5. Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation, Guide for Load Transfer Restoration, JP001P, American 

Concrete Pavement Association, Skokie, IL, 1998. 

6. The Concrete Pavement Restoration Guide, TB020P, American Concrete Pavement Association, 

Skokie, IL, 1998. 

7. Concrete Pavement Repair Manual, JP002P, American Concrete Pavement Association, Skokie, 

IL, June, 2003. 

8. Concrete Crack and Partial-Depth Spall Repair Manual, JP003P, American Concrete Pavement 


9. SHRP H 349 Concrete Pavement Repair Manuals of Practice, Materials and Procedures for the 

Repair of Joint Seals in Concrete Pavements, Materials and Procedures for Rapid Repair of 

Partial-Depth Spalls in Concrete Pavements, Strategic Highway Research Program–National 

Research Council, Washington, DC, 1993. 

10. SHRP H 348 Asphalt Pavement Repair Manuals of Practice, Materials and Procedures for 

Sealing and Filling Cracks in Asphalt-Surfaced Pavements, Materials and Procedures for the 

Repair of Potholes in Asphalt-Surfaced Pavements, Strategic Highway Research Program– 

National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1993. 





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11. Maintenance of Joints and Cracks in Concrete Pavement, IS188.01P, Portland Cement 

Association, Skokie, Illinois 60077, 1976. 

12. Asphalt in Pavement Maintenance, MS-16, Third Edition, The Asphalt Institute, Lexington, KY 

40512, 1997. 

13. The Basic Asphalt Emulsion Manual, MS-19 Third Edition, The Asphalt Institute, Lexington, KY 

40512, 1998. 

14. Asphalt Overlays for Highway and Street Rehabilitation, MS-17, Third Edition, The Asphalt 

Institute, Lexington, KY 40512, 2000. 

15. Maintenance and Repair of Surface Areas, TM 5-624, MO-1 02, AFR 85-8, Departments of the 

Army, Navy, and Air Force, Washington, DC, 1977. 

16. Pavement Rehabilitation Materials and Techniques, Synthesis of Highway Practice 9, National 

Cooperative Highway Research Program, Washington, DC, 1972. 

17. Sealing Joints and Cracks, Thin Resurfacing, and Locating Voids Under Concrete Slabs, 

Transportation Research Record 752, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1980. 

18. Report No. DOT/FAA/PM-87/8, Micro-PAVER, Concept and Development, Airport Pavement 

Management System. 1988 

19. Report No. CEEDO-TR-77-44-VOL-1, Development of a Pavement Maintenance Management 

System, Volume I: Maintenance and Repair Guidelines for Airfield Pavements, Construction 

Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, December 1977. 


System, Volume II: Airfield Pavement Distress Identification Manual, Construction Engineering 

Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, December 1977. 





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System, Volume III: Maintenance and Repair Guidelines for Airfield Pavements, Construction 

Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, September 1977. 


System, Volume IV: Appendices A through I, Maintenance and Repair Guidelines for Airfield 

Pavements, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, September 1977. 

23. Report No. FAA-RD-75-110-II, Methodology for Determining, Isolating, and Correcting Runway 

Roughness, Civil Engineering Research Facility, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 

June 1977 

24. Document No. D6-81746, Runway Roughness Measurement, Quantification, and Application– 

The Boeing Method, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group–Airport Technology Organization, 

Seattle, Washington, 2002. 

25. Report No. FAA-RD-80-55, Procedures for Condition Survey of Civil Airports, US U.S. Army 

Engineer Waterways Experimental Station, Vicksburg, MS, May 1980. 

26. “Pavement Management for Airports, Roads, and Parking Lots”, M.Y. Shahin, Second Edition, 

Springer, 2005. 

27. AC 150/5320-5, 5, Airport Drainage. 

28. AC 150/5320-6, Airport Pavement Design and Evaluation 

29. AC 150/5320-12, Measurement, Construction, and Maintenance of Skid Resistant Airport 

Pavement Surfaces. 

30. AC 150/5370-11, Use of Nondestructive Testing Devices in the Evaluation of Airport Pavements. 





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Jeffrey Gagnon, P.E. 

Manager - Airport Pavement Sub-Team 




Airport Technology R&D Branch Administration 

Jeffrey.Gagnon@faa.gov 

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Airport Technology R&D Branch 

http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov 





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