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Backcountry airstrip preservation /

"The objective of the study is to inventory the uses, benefits, and threats to backcountry airstrips, and identify useful practices and strategies to counter these threats. The principal audience for this synthesis is users, policy bodies, airstrip owners, and stakeholders that seek benefits of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, John W. (Writer on airports) (Author)
Corporate Authors: Airport Cooperative Research Program (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Aviation Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2014.
Series:ACRP synthesis ; 55.
Subjects:
Runways (Aeronautics) > United States.
Runways (Aeronautics) > United States > Maintenance and repair.
Land use, Rural > United States.
Runways (Aeronautics)
Land use, Rural.
Runways (Aeronautics) > Maintenance and repair.
Online Access:Project description.
Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Uses and benefits of backcountry airstrips
  • Threats to backcountry airstrips
  • Current and potential solutions for backcountry airstrip preservation
  • Special cases and emerging issues
  • Conclusions.