Surface Characteristics (Overview)

An entity grouping together the attributes that model characteristics of an airport surface (e.g. Runway or TLOF), such as strength, material, etc.

The composition attribute is used to code the type of the predominant material of which a surface of the movement area is composed.

The preparation technique(s) applied to a surface composition are coded by the preparation attribute.

The quality of the surface of an airport surface will be coded with the surfaceCondition attribute.