The National Airport Pavement Test Facility (NAPTF) was commissioned on April 12, 1999, through joint funding provided by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Boeing Company to generate full-scale pavement performance data to support the development and verification of airport pavement thickness design procedures. The FAA Airport Pavement Technological Research Section finalized the CC9 project objectives in April 2017. Testing objectives for CC9 were developed in conjunction with the Airport Technology Research Plan and industry demand. The FAA project team, which consisted of members from the FAA (owner/principal investigator), General Dynamics (prime contractor), Applied Research Associates (quality assurance/construction management), and Gemini (designer of record), formalized the conceptual designs detailing the construction and project sequencing. In total, four test areas (Fatigue Model, Geosynthetics, Cement-Treated Permeable Base [CTPB], and Overload) were designed to achieve the objectives of the project. The pavement structures of CC9 spanned 315 feet in length (station [STA] 0-20 to STA 2+95), 64.5 feet in width, and depths up to 5 feet. The instrumented structures were constructed on low-strength subgrade with a target California Bearing Ratio (CBR) = 5%. This report details the material selection, construction practices, and material acceptance and characterization data for each test area.

DOT/FAA/TC-22/1 Authors Christopher Tomlinson, David Traverzo, Carlos Cary, Matthew Brynick