Airfield Pavement Evaluation Report. Godman Army Airfield Fort Knox, Kentucky

Abstract

The findings in this report are not to be construed as an official Department of the Army position unless so designated by other authorized documents. II approximately 6 miles south of West Point, Kentucky, and is adjacent to U. S. Highway 31W. A vicinity map is shown in plate 1. Pertinent Background Data General description of airfield 2. The airfield is located in an area of rolling to hilly topography. The subgrade soils encountered during this investigation were lean (CL) to heavy clays (CH). 3. GAA's primary pavement facilities consist of the N-S (17-35) runway, o-i-iginal parking aprons with north and south extensions, dispersed rotarywing parking facilities, hangar aprons, and a series of connect 1 ng taxlways. (A layout of these facilities is shown in plate 1.) The remaining-facilities Eire considered secondary and some of these are closed: namely, the NE-SW (U-22) and E-W (9-27) runways. However, the portion of the E-W runway east of the N-S runway is used as a taxlwty. Traffic and usage k. Traffic on the airfield is composed primarily of U-8 and rotarywing aircraft with occasional operations of C-Vf, C-9, and C-130 aircraft. Drainage 3. The areas enclosed by the runways and taxiweys are drained by a series of Inlets and underground drains, which are not performing completely / satisfactorily as ponded vater was observed in several areas during the conduct of this investigation. At the north end of taxlvay 1| the pavement facility acts as a drainage structure for a considerable distance because the pavement is lower than the surrounding area. Previous investigations 6. Results of previous Investigations are contained In the following reports.