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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Impact of Airport Pavement Deicing Products on Aircraft and Airfield Infrastructure: A Synthesis of Airport Practice

Abstract:

This synthesis reports on how airports chemically treat their airfield pavements to mitigate snow and ice, and the chemicals used; reviews damage to aircraft components and airfield infrastructure in association with the use of traditional or modern pavement deicing products (PDPs); and identifies critical knowledge gaps on these subjects. Field reports of the aviation industry increasingly suggest that the use of PDPs, including alkali acetate and alkali formate products (such as sodium- and potassium-acetate-, and formate-based products), on aprons, runways, and taxiways may result in damage to various aircraft and airfield infrastructure under certain conditions.

Source(s):

Transportation Research Board, Airport Cooperative Research Program, Synthesis 6; Montana State University, Western Transportation Institute

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/acrp/acrp_syn_006.pdf

Date: 2008

Author:

Shi

Keywords:


Anti-icing/Deicing chemicals

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