BTS | Table 1-24: U.S. Airport Runway Pavement Conditions

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Table 1-24: U.S. Airport Runway Pavement Conditions

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	1986	1990	1993	1997	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
NPIAS^aairports, number	3,243	3,285	3,294	3,331	3,344	3,361	3,364	3,358	3,346	3,356	3,357	3,365
Good condition (percent)	61%	61%	68%	72%	72%	73%	73%	71%	75%	75%	75%	77%
Fair condition (percent)	28%	29%	25%	23%	23%	22%	22%	24%	21%	21%	21%	19%
Poor condition (percent)	11%	10%	7%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%
Commercial service airports^b, number	550	568	554	566	547	546	546	536	510	513	517	517
Good condition (percent)	78%	78%	79%	79%	78%	79%	79%	79%	80%	82%	79%	79%
Fair condition (percent)	15%	17%	18%	19%	20%	19%	19%	19%	18%	16%	19%	18%
Poor condition (percent)	7%	5%	3%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%

KEY: NPIAS = National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems.

^aThe U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems is composed of all commercial service airports, all reliever airports, and selected general aviation airports. It does not include over 1,000 publicly owned public-use landing areas, privately owned public-use airports, and other civil landing areas not open to the general public. NPIAS airports account for almost all enplanements. In 2005, there were approximately 16,500 non-NPIAS airports. See table 1-3 for more detail on airports.

^bCommercial service airports are defined as public airports receiving scheduled passenger service, and having at least 2,500 enplaned passengers per year.

NOTES

Data are as of January 1 of each year. Runway pavement condition is classified by the FAA as follows:

Good: All cracks and joints are sealed.

Fair: Mild surface cracking, unsealed joints, and slab edge spalling.

Poor: Large open cracks, surface and edge spalling, vegetation growing through cracks and joints.

SOURCES

Condition:

1986-90: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (Washington DC: 1991).

1993: Ibid., National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (Washington DC: 1995).

1997, 1999-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Airport Planning and Programming, National Planning Division, personal communications, June 23, 2000, Aug. 20, 2001, May 27, 2002, Jan. 29, 2004, June 10, 2005, Aug. 24, 2006.

Total number of airports:

1986-2006: Ibid., personal communications, June 23, 2000, Aug. 20, 2001, May 27, 2002, Jan. 29, 2004, June 10, 2005, Aug. 24, 2006, and Sept. 4, 2007.