Advisory Circulars

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

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

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 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.

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.

Describes the standards for markings used on airport runways, taxiways, and aprons.

Contains the Federal Aviation Administration standards for the siting and installation of signs on airport runways and taxiways. Incorporates mandatory hold signs that reflect changed standards for the Precision Obstacle Free Zone (POFZ) and Category (CAT II/III) operations. Includes sign standards to assist airport operators in designating (1) the POFZ holding position in those instances where a taxiway, holding apron, or other movement area would result in an aircraft fuselage or tail penetrating, and (2) the alternative holding position on a taxiway during CAT II/III operations necessary to maintain adequate aircraft separation.

Provides guidance for using the standardized International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) method to report airport pavement strength. The standardized method is known as the Aircraft Classification Number – Pavement Classification Number (ACN-PCN) method.

Contains the specifications requirements for series-to-series isolation transformers for use in airport lighting systems.

Specifies minimum requirements for an Airport Lighting Control and Monitoring System (ALCMS), which simplifies the control and monitoring of lighted visual aids and enhances airport safety.

Specifies the minimum requirements for an Airport Lighting Control and Monitoring System (ALCMS). The ALCMS simplifies the control and monitoring of lighted visual aids and enhances airport safety. The basic function of the system remains the same whether for a general aviation airport that supports only a few operations in a day or a large commercial airport that caters to hundreds of operations on any given day.

Effective six months after the issue date of the AC, only that equipment qualified in accordance with this specification will be listed in accordance with AC 150/5345-53, Airport Lighting Equipment Certification Program. Airports that have previously installed an Airport Lighting Control and Monitoring System (ALCMS) will not be required to install a new system after the effective date of the AC.

Contains the FAA standards for power and control units for Land and Hold Short Lighting Systems.

Contains the FAA standards for retroreflective markers for airport runways and taxiways. See also Errata Sheet below.

Provides the specified manufacturing requirements for panels used for remote control of airport lighting and auxiliary systems.

Contains the specifications for discharge-type flashing light equipment to be used for runway end identifier lights (REIL) and for an omnidirectional approach lightning system (ODALS).

Contains a specification for constant current regulators used on airport lighting circuits and for a monitor that reports on the status of the regulator.

Contains equipment specifications for light beacons which are used to locate and identify civil airports, military airports, seaplane bases, and heliports.