ABSTRACT
Large airports in the United States generally have dedicated staff and specific budget for management and maintenance of their pavement network. However, there are nearly 3000 general aviation airports, which may lack sufficient resources, funding, and specialized staff. In this study, systematic rules of pavement preservation were established and simplified for airport managers, decision makers, and field engineers. To accomplish this goal, a comprehensive survey was sent to practitioners, and asked them about their recommendations for pavement preservation activities. The outputs of this survey were used in development of guidelines and a tool for assisting airport managers. The decision making guideline and tool can assist both technical and nontechnical decision makers to select the best preservation treatments based on the pavement condition, climate zone, and airport level of activity. This paper focuses on concrete pavements. Benefit to cost ratio analysis was performed in order to select the most cost-effective treatments.
