Airside Snow Removal Practices for Small Airports with Limited Budgets (2015) / Chapter Skim
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28 This section addresses NOTAMs and other condition reporting techniques, winter accident and incidents, and general operational safety. NOTICES TO AIRMEN Airport managers have a duty and responsibility to inform airport users about field conditions and hazards that exist on the airport.
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29 Standard practice in the airport industry is to monitor changing airfield conditions carefully and disseminate information about those conditions in a timely manner to airport users. Runway condition reports are to be updated any time a change to the runway surface condition occurs.
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30 The FAA is concerned that pilots may rely on information that can be misleading when making decisions about whether they can safely operate on the runway surface. The FAA has established that the correlation of a braking action report by vehicle or measuring device to the actual braking action that a pilot will experience is not consistent (AC150/5220-30C 2008)
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31 Of the airports in the survey using friction measurement devices, all identified them as being decelerometers (Table 28)
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32 More than half of the surveyed airports did not have friction enhancement capabilities. Beyond the cost, environmental issues also may apply, though the majority of respondents indicated stormwater pollution prevention was not a concern at their airports.
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33 Another method is to run a plow along the pavement edge lights, pushing the snow toward and onto the adjacent pavement. This is most effectively accomplished when the ground is frozen to prevent a tire rut from forming or the vehicle becoming mired in soft ground.
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34 the runway environment and aircraft is moving to, from, or on the runway. An incursion poses a serious hazard to people and equipment.
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35 Interviewees indicate the lack of signage is due primarily to the cost of installation for a low activity airport and that a hold line was considered adequate for their operation. However, pavement markings can be easily obscured by winter operations (Figure 16)
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36 SUMMARY The accumulation of snow and ice can greatly impede the performance characteristics of aircraft. Ice is reported to be the greatest challenge, but about one-third of the surveyed airports do not have the ability to use sand or de-icing/anti-icing chemicals owing to cost, equipment, and storage limitations.
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