Safety improvements for airport runways and taxiways by extending the width of airstrip with flexible surfacing material

摘要

Safety improvements of airport runways and taxiways are achieved by providing a flexible, water-impermeable surfacing material (14) on a compacted soil base directly adjacent to an edge of airstrip shoulders (12). A synthetic grass surface (30) is provided on the area beyond the surfacing material (14) so that foreign objects such as loose particles of the airstrip shoulder materials will be driven by jet blasts and run-off across the relatively smooth texture of the surfacing material (14) and will be trapped by the synthetic grass (30), thereby minimizing foreign object damage to aircraft engines, particularly to those overhanging engines which extend well beyond the existing runway and taxiway shoulders.