Airside Snow Removal Practices for Small Airports with Limited Budgets (2015) / Chapter Skim
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46 A large majority of small airports with limited budgets can be found in Alaska. This section addresses the unique characteristics of snow removal operations at Alaskan rural airports that have gravel runways.
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47 combine to result in higher than expected costs and less than optimal performance. Managerial oversight is often difficult because the managers are located several hundred miles away.
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48 identified are those that could be categorized into the GA ASSET categories of basic, local, regional, and NPCS airports. None of the airports in the database were identified as reliever airports.
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49 temperatures and a lack of common heavy equipment repair tools such as cranes, machine shops, and specialty tools are additional complicating factors. Storage Buildings Another challenge is associated with the equipment and the storage facility.
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50 Another maintenance issue is that some gravel airports in Alaska have a costly surface treatment applied to the top layer to minimize dust and aggregate migration. Known as a dust palliative, it's a suppressant that binds the material together, similar to a sealcoat.
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51 two snowblowers this year. Additional equipment, such as rollers and compactors, are provided by the PWD, which has responsibility for maintenance and snow removal at all six airports.
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52 To address the need for compaction of snow or the removal of ice, the acquisition of compaction rollers and ripper blades would be beneficial. However, neither is currently an AIP-eligible item, as they are considered to be maintenance devices for earthwork rather than for eligible snow operation use.
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