The AirScene.TM. Pavement Management System of the present invention
automatically tracks data required to determine various factors in an
assessment of current and future pavement maintenance needs and utilizes
this data to quantify the pavement damage caused by each individual
aircraft movement and thus compute pavement condition based on an initial
survey and the calculations of accrued damage over time. This information
can be displayed through AirScene.TM. in the form of tables, graphs, or
graphically represented on an airport diagram showing present conditions,
rates of accruing damage, and future wear rates and areas. The system
draws on the data from the AirScene.TM. Data Warehouse (ADW), a single
repository for all the information acquired from a number of different
sources. These data include: Aircraft or vehicle type (wheel layout,
weight, vehicle specific parameters, and the like), Aircraft or vehicle
location (ground track, position, gate used, and the like), Aircraft or
vehicle dynamics (velocity, acceleration, take off, touchdown, and the
like), Aircraft or vehicle actual weight (cargo load, fuel load, and the
like), as well as Future operational data (flight schedules, increasing
flight loads and demand, and the like).