UFC 3-260-11FA
25 May 2005
Rigid
Runway
Flexible,
Airfield Feature
(Plain Jointed)
Class
HMA (3)
(1) (2)
-
Pavement Intersections (6)
X
-
Heavily Loaded Pavement (7)
X
-
Blast Protection Areas (8)
X
X
-
Helicopter Skid Areas
X
X
-
Heliports
X
X
NOTES:
1.
Reinforced concrete pavement must be used for irregular pavement panels, at
mismatched joints, panels with utility block-outs, pavement incorporating heating
pipes, some pavements in frost areas, and Navy vertical take-off and landing
(VTOL) and short take-off and landing (STOL) pavements. Other uses of
reinforced pavement (including continuously reinforced, fibrous and prestressed
concrete pavements) requires prior approval of USACE-TSC, Air Force
MAJCOM, or Navy EFD.
2.
The Navy requires a stabilized base for all rigid pavements less than 9 inches
(in.) thick.
3.
Other types of flexible pavement (e.g., tar based, all bituminous, with stabilized
bases, resin modified) can be used only as an option to flexible, HMA pavement
based upon economic analysis and prior approval of USACE-TSC, Air Force
MAJCOM, or Navy EFD.
4.
Overruns may be aggregate with a double application of surface treatment, with
the exception of the 150 feet (ft) next to the runway pavement (Army and Air
Force), which must have a minimum of 2 in. of HMA. Air Force and Army
overruns where snow plows operate or where overruns are used to certify
arresting barriers shall have a minimum of 2 in. of HMA. The Navy requires the
entire length of the overrun to be HMA surfaced.
5.
From threshold to 300 ft past arresting gear (Army, optional for Air Force) or 2
meters (m) either side of arresting gear (Navy).
6.
Pavement intersections with a history of shoving or distortion must be rigid
pavement.
7.
Pavements subject to sustained operations with tire pressure of 300 pounds per
square inch (PSI) (2.06 megapascals [Mpa]) must be rigid pavement.
8.
The Navy requires blast protection areas to be rigid pavement.
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