Auscultation of aerodrome pavements

To maintain and make best use of its pavement assets, the manager of an aerodrome should:

• know their bearing capacity to adapt to changing traffic by undertaking timely the necessary work,
• control the anti-skidding characteristics and quality of the longitudinal profile of the runways to prevent any accident.

To meet these needs, this paper presents the tools and special testing equipment designed by the STAC to measure bearing strength, friction and evenness of airfield pavements.