Life-Cycle Assessment of Airfield Pavements and Other Airside Features: Framework, Guidelines, and Case Studies

The guidelines for the conduct of life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies for airfields include recommendations for all phases of LCA, including goal and scope definition, life-cycle inventory development, impact assessment, interpretation and critical review, and reporting. Four example case studies are presented that were prepared with participation and data from recently completed projects from four U.S. airports, although the scope is limited to airside civil infrastructure. The case studies are intended to demonstrate the framework and to provide examples as to how the airfield LCA guidelines can be used to quantify the environmental impacts of different kinds of decisions made by airports. The guidelines are expected to be updated as experience is gained with LCA studies for airfields.

• Record URL:
  https://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/DesktopModules/EasyDNNNews/DocumentDownload.ashx?portalid=0&moduleid=3684&articleid=196&documentid=2978
• Summary URL:
  https://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/Products/Airport-Pavement-Papers-Publications/Airport-Pavement-Detail/ArtMID/3684/ArticleID/196/Life-Cycle-Assessment-of-Airfield-Pavements-and-Other-Airside-Features-Framework-Guidelines-and-Case-Studies
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Davis

  Pavement Research Center, One Shields Avenue
  Davis, CA  United States  95616

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Airport Engineering Division
  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591

  Federal Aviation Administration

  William J. Hughes Technical Center
  Aviation Research Division
  Atlantic City International Airport, NJ  United States  08405
• Authors:
  • Butt, A A
  • Harvey, J T
  • Reger, D
  • Saboori, A
  • Ostovar, M
  • Bejarano, M
• Publication Date: 2019-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 182p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Airports; Case studies; Environmental impacts; Guidelines; Life cycle analysis
• Identifier Terms: Chicago O'Hare International Airport; John F. Kennedy International Airport; Logan International Airport; Nashville International Airport
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01695978
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/FAA/TC-19/2, UCPRC-GL-2017-01
• Contract Numbers: 13-G-025
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 25 2019 11:46AM