Like so many of the airports in the United States, the Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in Burbank, California was constructed decades ago, when the aviation industry was in its infancy and standards were in their early developmental stage. The end of Runway 26 at BUR is only 50 feet (15 m) from the property line, and its displaced threshold is but 280 feet (85 m) from that same property line. To meet current design standards, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires a 1,000-foot-long (305 m) safety area at the end of a runway. However, these standard safety areas have typically been extremely difficult to obtain. In response to the widespread lack of standard safety areas at airports, the FAA, with industry support, undertook a research program to test the suitability of various aircraft arresting systems for commercial aircraft. The result of the investigations was Advisory Circular 150/5220-22 Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) for Aircraft Overruns. This material, and its application at BUR, is the subject of this paper.


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    Title :

    Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS): An Alternative Solution to Runway Overruns


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    27th International Air Transport Conference ; 2002 ; Orlando, Florida, United States



    Publication date :

    2002-11-30




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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