Airport Pavement Ride Quality: What is Smooth, What is Rough, How to Measure, Assess and Correct

Start Date

10/08/2025

End Date

10/08/2025

Description

This two-hour course explores how to assess and ensure ride quality on airport pavements, focusing on the concepts of smoothness and roughness in design and maintenance. The course explains how to measure and evaluate initial smoothness, track profile changes over time, and identify roughness issues using standard techniques. Practical guidance is provided for determining when pavement is no longer considered smooth and how corrective action may be taken.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Site Planning

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

2.0

Learning Outcomes

Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to define initial pavement smoothness and describe how it is measured and assessed.

Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to identify conditions under which pavement is no longer considered smooth and may impact performance or safety.

Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to explain the concept of roughness and how to measure and assess it in airport pavements.

Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to evaluate changes in runway profiles over time in order to support maintenance planning and corrective strategies.

Instructors

Michael Gerardi

Course Codes

W100825APVMRQ

Provider

HalfMoon Education Inc.

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