NT Spatial 2011

ENGINEERING SURVEYING FOR RUNWAY RESURFACING

AT DARWIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Bob Calaby MSSSI, OFIEAust

Aerodrome Safety & Standards Manager
NT Airports Pty Ltd
 Scope of Presentation

• Airport Overview
• Pavement History
• Survey for Design
• Negotiation with Air Carriers, Military
• Materials and Equipment Challenges
• Method of Working Plan
Darwin International Airport Overview
• 24 hour curfew free operation
• 2 runways
• RWY 11/29 3354m x 60m
• RWY 18/36 1524m x 30m
• 14 aircraft bays
• 4 serviced by aerobridges
• 10 Jet A-1 refueling points
• ILS Category I
• ARFF Category 8
RWY 11/29 3354 x 60
RWY 18/36 1524 x 30
• DIA part of ADG
• 99 year lease from Cwlth
• 2.1 million pax per year
• 95,000 movements per year
• Joint User since 1945
 Company Structure
Hastings Funds Industry Funds
Management Palisade Investment
Management
Australian Infrastructure Fund Partners Limited
AIX Managed Funds
16.17%
28.23% 55.6%

Airport
Development Group
Pty Ltd

Northern Territory Tennant Creek

Airports Pty Ltd Airport Pty Ltd

Darwin International Alice Springs Airport

Airport Pty Ltd Pty Ltd
Working with the Joint User
• JUD 64:36 Maintenance split
• ATC 452 SQN
• Airfield Lighting DIA
• 13 SQN
• DSG
 N S
ILLA
McM LEGEND

DIA LEASE AREA

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PID

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Scale 1 : 20,000 (at A4)
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MURPHY 0 150 300 450 600 750

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APRON

SLADE COURT

PEDERSON RD

FENTON

CECIL
SIR

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NO
RM

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DRV
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RIGL
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RUN ROAD
WA
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B2
BRA
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DRIV
TWY X TW

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YE
TWY C3

TW
TW
Y A
A11
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PAD
TW 11/2
TWY

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A2 9

1
Y B
TW
TW
Y A
A3
3

TWY J

1
YE
TW
TW

R
Y A4

Y
TWY K

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18/36

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TWY L

TWY C2

S
TW

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29
TW
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TWY C1

RUNWAY

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STUART HIGHWAY

AIRPORT
DARWIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DIA LEASE AREA
Darwin International DRAWN: S.WONG
SCALE: 1:20000 (A4)
CHECKED: DRAWING No:

A4
 Whole of Life Maintenance
RWY 11/29
• Built 1958 5 ACS – intermediate treatments
• HIPAR 1994
• Intersection profile and replace 2001
• Bitulastic Roadseal 2003
• Liquid Road 2005
• Sand Seal
• Crack Sealing
• Full resurfacing 2007
‘Blue Dots’
• Grid of levels 3.75 x 10 over 3354 x 60 = >5000 shots
• Nigel’s machine.
• 1989 design used MOSS (Modelling Systems) – strings
2001 - Cut out and replace 240m x 30m
section at RWY Intersection
2002 – Application of Bitulastic Roadseal
2003 - Sand Seal Trial
2005 – Application of Liquid Road
Condition and Treatments
Prior to Resurfacing
2007 – Profile and Replace Asphalt
2007 Survey – Same grid of levels – Design 12D
Challenge – is there a more efficient method
given commercial/ operational constraints?
Negotiation with Air Carriers
and the Military
• Qantas
• Qantaslink
• Garuda Indonesia
• RAAF
 Method of Working Plan
• Six stage Method of Working Plan
• Long Run Paving
Undulations in Runway
Set out PAPI
Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)
Vee Bar Markings
Runway Threshold Identification
Lights (RTIL)
RTIL
Material and Equipment Challenges

• Asphalt plant ‘The Hulk’

• Bitumen
• Fly Ash
• Aggregates
Recycling
Stockpile HIPAR profiled materials
 Successful Project

• Completed ahead of schedule

• Under budget – Total $11 million
• Exceptional teamwork
• Winner CCF Earth Award 2008
• Highly Commended IEAust 2008
Thank you.
Questions?

bob.calaby@ntairports.com.au