Pavement Design & Construction

Associated with Advisory Circulars 150/5320-6, 150/5335-5, and 150/5370-10

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More than half of all Airport Improvement Program funds go toward constructing or rehabilitating runways, taxiways, and aprons. FAA pavement standards help protect this investment by ensuring pavements last as long as possible with the least amount of maintenance.

• Advisory Circulars - All 150 Series ACs
  • AC 150/5320-5, Surface Drainage Design
  • AC 150/5320-6, Airport Pavement Design and Evaluation
  • AC 150/5370-10, Standards for Specifying Construction of Airports
    • Airport Construction Standards (access to individual standards)
  • AC 150/5370-11, Use of Nondestructive Testing in the Evaluation of Airport Pavements
    • Backcalculation Software (BAKFAA)
  • More Pavement Design ACs »
• Airport Design Software
• Airport Design and Engineering Standards (Quick Reference)
• Engineering Briefs
• National Airport Pavement Test Facility
• Research and Development Presentations and Documents

Contact Us

• Airport Engineering Division

Related Information on Non-FAA Sites

• Airfield Asphalt Pavement Technology Program
• American Concrete Pavement Association
• Asphalt Institute
• Innovative Pavement Research Foundation
• Transportation Research Board
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Airfields and Pavements Branch