The Innovative Model of Runway Sustainable Management on Smaller Regional Airports

Abstract

Airport runways are exposed to large traffic loads and other external factors which cause their transformation. Monitoring the state of the unevenness and determining the runway defectiveness is a complex procedure which includes fast and qualitative measurements of the execution of flatness, their evaluation and the determination of the level of runway defectiveness. For this purpose, an improved process of determining airport runway defectiveness is proposed, based on geodetic survey and the management information system prototype, which enables evaluating the results of the executed survey and suggesting the runway maintenance measures. A similar analysis of the considered data on the example of a smaller, regional airport in Maribor, Slovenia, was performed with the help of our own algorithm, which, on various platforms, enables the tabular and graphical display of surface irregularities. The algorithm prototype allows the automated monitoring and evaluating of the unevenness or runway states, determining their defectiveness and advising adequate action. With the help of the suggested method and developed information system prototypes, it is possible to confirm the demand for professionally adequate and on-time planning of necessary maintenance works, with which it is surely possible to prevent an eventual unexpected closing of the runway and related costs. The suggested method is also usable in evaluating the state of other traffic infrastructure.

Modelling of Evenness of Runways as an Element of Sustainable Airport Maintenance

“…Detecting deformations and determining their shape and dimensions are complex processes that require an interdisciplinary approach [42][43][44][45][46]. Recently, automated acquisition and processing of spatial data on road and runway deformations has been the subject of much research [47][48][49][50][51][52][53].…”

“…The measurement was performed using geodetic equipment such as the technology of the robotic total station RTS and GNSS technology: We had a 360 • prism and a GNSS receiver installed on a specially designed unsprung vehicle. In the article [51,52], we described a detailed data capture with geodetic equipment. The determination of the position of deformations was carried out based on the established geodetic network, which provides a geometric basis.…”

“…The stabilized points of the geodetic (zero) network formed the local coordinate system, which served as the geodetic basis for determining the location of the vertical deviations. The network created from these points was used for the planar analysis and defined the study area of the existing runway of 300 m length and 45 m width [52,53]. The various modelling procedures considered are based on one of several measurements made of the evenness of the portion of the runway under consideration.…”

An Ex Ante Analysis of the Planned Transportation Network in the Region of Extremadura (Spain) by Using Physical Parameters

“…Finally, it has been widely established that regional airports are economically sustainable if there is a significant use of the infrastructure, or else they would be a problem rather than a resource for its region [106,107]. Although the existence of advances in new models of sustainable management of small airports [108], which should be applicated in such airport, its viability could depend on this link to the HSR system. In this case, Cáceres could be considered as a peripherical airport for Madrid.…”

Optimization and Development of the Model for Monitoring the Deformations on the Airport Runways

“…In the present research and also in [36,37], we have, with the help of newly established models for measuring and assessing the airport infrastructure, and with the help of the made prototype for the runway management maintenance, examined the possibility to consider the already established and the ICAO regulated safety demands. They are based on the physical testing of the runway state and those demanded methods cannot be uniquely used in the computer environment.…”