About the Project

The State of Hawaii owns and operates the public-use airports throughout the state. Recognizing the tremendous value these facilities represent, the Hawaii DOT (HDOT) implemented an airport pavement management system (APMS) in 1999. During this initial project, APTech implemented the portion of the APMS for Daniel K. Inouye International (HNL) and Kahului (OGG) Airports. Due to the state’s satisfaction, APTech was contracted again in 2005 and 2014. These updates were split into two separate projects, one for five small hub commercial airports and a second for two medium and large hub airports (HNL and OGG). Most recently, in 2019, HDOT selected the team of Bowers + Kubota (B+K) and APTech, serving in a subconsultant role, to update the State’s APMS for fifteen airports, including seven commercial service airports and eight general aviation airports. 

Throughout the projects, our work included:

• Performing records research

• Evaluating the airport pavements using the PCI procedure

• Updating the PAVER database

• Preparing a multi-year maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) plan

• Producing detailed project reports

• Incorporating pavement data within the state’s WINGS GIS

• During the 2000 and 2014 updates, conducting a full structural analysis of the pavements at HNL and OGG using a heavy-weight falling weight deflectometer (FWD)

Work at these airports presented some interesting challenges. Both HNL and OGG are very busy facilities. Therefore, completing the fieldwork efficiently required extensive coordination with operations, engineering, and the FAA staff responsible for controlling the facilities and their flight operations. The COVID-19 pandemic also presented a significant challenge to completing the most recent update due to state travel restrictions. However, the B+K/APTech team was able to adjust to this new reality and leveraged B+K’s local presence with APTech’s APMS expertise to deliver a successful APMS update.