Series 150 Advisory Circulars (ACs) for Airport Projects

Provides standards for the construction of airports. Items covered include general provisions, earthwork, flexible base courses, rigid base courses, flexible surface courses, rigid pavement, fencing, drainage, turfing, and lighting installation. See Errata Sheet below.

Because of the size of this document, it is available as a single file (see Complete) or as three smaller files (see Parts 1-3). See Construction Standards for Airports to access individual files for each item or part.

Provides standards for the construction of airports. Items covered include general provisions, earthwork, flexible base courses, rigid base courses, flexible surface courses, rigid pavement, fencing, drainage, turfing, and lighting installation. This version adds Item P-632, Bituminous Pavement Rejuvenation.

Because of the size of this document, it is available as a single file (see Complete) or as three smaller files. See Construction Standards for Airports to access individual files for each item or part.

See below for access to revised Item P-620, Runway and Taxiway Painting, and new Item P-621, Saw-Cut Grooves, from AC 150/5370-10E.

Version E updates Item P-620, Runway and Taxiway Painting, to include new information on Preformed Thermoplastic Airport Pavement Markings and Application—Preformed Airport Pavement Markings; clarifies that Prohibited Materials cannot exceed permissible limits as specified in relevant Federal Regulations; adds Item P-621, Saw-Cut Grooves; and updates references to Saw-Cut Grooves in Items P-401, Plant Mix Bituminous Pavements, and P-501, Portland Cement Concrete.

Because of the size of this document, it is available as a single file (see Complete) and as three smaller files. See Construction Standards for Airports to access individual files for each item or part.

Access related Pay Reduction Spreadsheets on our Airport Design Software page.

Provides guidance on the use of nondestructive testing equipment to evaluate the load-carrying capacity of airport pavements.

Provides guidance for the planning, design, installation, and maintenance of aviation grade artificial turf in areas adjacent to the operational areas of an airport.

Provides guidance for the planning, design, installation, and maintenance of aviation grade artificial turf in areas adjacent to the operational areas of an airport.

Provides guidance on understanding, identifying, preventing, and mitigating alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) in fresh and hardened Portland cement concrete airfield pavements. Version A deletes Chapter 8 of Appendix 1 to remove all reference to the dilatometer test protocol. The test protocol may be reinstated when fully developed.

Revised guidance will be provided in the future. For additional guidance and technical information on identifying distresses in airfield pavements, see the current version of AC 150/5380-6, Guidelines and Procedures for Maintenance of Airport Pavements.

Provides guidance on understanding, identifying, preventing, and mitigating alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) in fresh and hardened Portland cement concrete airfield pavements.

Provides recommendations for heliport design that apply to the construction, activation, and deactivation of heliports.

Because of the size of this document, it is available as a single file (see Complete) and as several smaller files (see Parts 1-4).

Provides guidance to planners and communities interested in developing a civil vertiport or vertistop.

Provides guidance for using the standardized International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) method to report airport pavement strength. The standardized method is known as the ACN/PCN method. Consolidated file contains Change 1.