Abstract

Kansai International Airport is a key airport with multiple runway and 24-hour operation service. In order to improve international competitiveness and customer satisfaction it is necessary to provide safe and satisfactory pavement at low cost. Kansai International Airport diverted its policy from breakdown maintenance to preventive maintenance considering the minimization of life cycle cost. It developed pavement management system as a tool to achieve this policy objective. Besides verification and evaluation of present condition, this system consists of predicting and evaluating the future performance of the pavement. This paper reports about the introduction of performance curve of surface characteristics, structural evaluation technique etc in the pavement management system. It also covers the outline of the practical application of the pavement management system.

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