Airside Snow Removal Practices for Small Airports with Limited Budgets (2015) / Chapter Skim
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11 This section provides background information and characteristics of the airports surveyed for the study. It addresses the different kinds of winter operations encountered or planned for (type of snow or ice, frequency and timing of operations, anti- and de-icing chemical use)
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12 and the community are overwhelmed with a snow event. Thirty (30)
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13 The FAA advisory circular on airport winter safety and operations provides guidance on the desired time to clear snow from runways that have accumulations of one inch of wet snow. The times are normally two to six hours for the airports considered in this synthesis (Table 7)
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14 station and emergency access service roads, Navigational Aid System (NAVAIDs) , and other areas deemed essential, such as fueling areas and airport surveillance roads.
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15 service airports' not meeting the targeted time was insufficient equipment or manpower. The third did not conduct snow removal operations.
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16 There is no one prevalent strategy among the surveyed airports for when snow removal is to commence, with the exception of basic airports, which predominately commenced snow removal after the winter snow event has occurred. It is a common practice from local to NPCS airports to commence snow removal at the beginning of a snow event.
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17 a grader with a special ice-scraping blade to remove the encrusted build-up. The blade gouged the blacktop in bare spots -- but barely touched the ice build-up.
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18 through the end of winter, but could pose a problem for snow events in October through December if earlier resources were not managed well, or if unexpected winter events occur sooner than expected. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT When asked how managers know, measure, or benchmark their snow removal efforts, the overwhelming majority cited tenant and user complaints, followed by the length of time it takes to complete snow removal operations, and then the number of safety incidents.
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