FAA AC 150/5320-5D: Airport Drainage Design

Details

Abstract: This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for engineers, airport managers, and the public about the design and construction of airport surface storm drainage systems, and subsurface drainage systems for paved runways, taxiways, and aprons. This AC was developed in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DOD) and incorporates the DOD Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) draft document, Surface Drainage Design. Content includes surface hydrology; pavement surface drainage, culvert, channel, and storm drain design; drainage structures; stormwater control facilities; pipe selection bedding, and backfill, guidelines for design in the arctic and subarctic; water quality considerations and design computer programs.

Publication Year: 2013

Authoring Organization: FAA

Airport Type: All Airports

Resource Type: PDF

Hyperlink: https://www.faa.gov/airports/resources/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.current/documentNumber/150_5320-5

Page Count: 470

Cost: Free

Phase(s): Construction, Design, Planning

Functional Area(s): Drainage or Stormwater

Keyword(s): Environmental