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*FM 5-430-00-2
*AFJPAM 32-8013, Vol II

Field Manual
No. 5-430-00-2
Air Force Joint Pamphlet
No. 32-8013, Vol II

Headquarters
Department of the Army
Department of the Air Force
Washington, DC, 29 September 1994

 

FM 5-430-00-2

PLANNING AND DESIGN OF ROADS, AIRFIELDS, AND HELIPORTS IN THE THEATER OF OPERATIONS--AIRFIELD AND HELIPORT DESIGN

Volume II

Table of Contents


FOREWORD

PREFACE

CHAPTER 10 - PRELIMINARY PLANNING

Mission Assignment

Classification

Construction

CHAPTER 11 - AIRCRAFT CHARACTERISTICS AND AIRFIELD DESIGN

Aircraft Characteristics

Correlation of Army and Air Force Terminology

Airfield Design

Aids to Navigation

Special Airfields

CHAPTER 12 - AIRFIELD PAVEMENT DESIGN

Airfield Structure Type

Expedient-Surfaced Airfields

Aggregate-Surfaced Airfields

Flexible-Pavement Airfields

Special Design Considerations

Evaluation of Airfield Pavements

Pavement and Airfield Classification Numbers

CHAPTER 13 - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF HELIPORTS AND HELIPADS

Types of Helicopters

Heliport Types, Design Criteria, and Layout

Design of Heliport and Helipad Surfaces

Design of Unsurfaced Heliports

Mat- and Membrane-Surfaced Heliports and Helipads

Thickness Design Procedure

Special Design Considerations

Marking and Lighting of Heliports and Helipads

Helipads in Heavily Forested Areas

CHAPTER 14 - FORTIFICATIONS FOR PARKED ARMY AIRCRAFT

Aircraft Fortifications

Maintenance, Repairs, and Improvements

APPENDIX I - AIRFIELD CONE PENETROMETER

APPENDIX J - DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION OF DUAL-MASS DYNAMIC CONE PENETROMETER

APPENDIX K - FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT EVALUATION CURVES

APPENDIX L - MAT REQUIREMENT TABLES FOR AIRFIELDS

APPENDIX M - MAT REQUIREMENT TABLES FOR HELIPADS AND HELIPORTS

APPENDIX N - MEMBRANES AND MATS

APPENDIX O - PAVEMENT CLASSIFICATION NUMBER GRAPHS

APPENDIX P - BALLISTIC DATA

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

AUTHORIZATION LETTER


DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

*This publication together with FM 5-430-00-1/AFJPAM 32-8012, Vol I, 26 August 1994 supersedes FM 5-165/AFR 86-13, 29 August 1975, FM 5-335, 2 December 1985 and TM 5-330/AFM 83-6, Vol I, 8 September 1968.



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