AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR SAFETY

THE VIEWS HELD BY THE AVIATION COMMUNITY ON SAFETY PROBLEMS AT AIRPORTS ARE SUMMARIZED, AND A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF THE INCIDENCE AND NATURE OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS AT AIRPORTS IS GIVEN. DISCUSSED PROBLEMS INCLUDE THOSE OF VERTICAL GUIDANCE IMPROVEMENTS, ADEQUATE DESIGN FOR DRAINING AND PREVENTING STANDING WATER ON RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS, DESIGN OF PAVEMENTS WITH ADEQUATE BRAKING COEFFICIENTS, DISPERSING ICE FROM RUNWAY SURFACES, AND FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE PREVENTION. /IAA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference Proceedings
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • THOMAS, D D
• Conference:
  • Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 139-47

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Airports; Crashes; Design; Drainage; Pavement design; Safety; Snow and ice control
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206056
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Aerospace Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 2003 12:00AM