Yes, runways treated with Soil Solutions’ EBS are fully ICAO compliant. Our EBS-treated runways meet all ICAO Annex 14 specifications for surface performance, safety, and operational standards.
Compliance Specifications:
Our runways are built to achieve load-bearing capacity for specified aircraft classifications, surface friction coefficients for safe braking and acceleration, drainage requirements for all-weather operations, and surface smoothness tolerances meeting international standards. An EBS Surface Seal is recognized as a specific a category by Cessna and meets the pavement specification for Jet landings.
Safety Requirements:
Soil Solutions ensures pavement specifications are met, and that dust control requirements for visibility during operations are achieved, surface stability under varying weather conditions is maintained, and emergency braking performance specifications are exceeded.
Certification / Compliance Process:
Soil Solutions provides engineering specifications, product information, material safety data and environmental data, surface performance validation reports, and maintenance and inspection protocols required for aviation authority certification and ICAO Compliance
Global Certification Success:
Aviation authorities in multiple countries including Bolivia, Guyana, Botswana, South Africa, Mali, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Cote d’ Ivoire, Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and UAE have certified our EBS-treated airstrips. with local pilots reporting the surface “performs like a paved runway.”
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