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Aircraft Performance on Winter-Contaminated Runways
The Winter Runway Friction Project seeks to better define aircraft performance on winter contaminated (i.e., ice, snow) runways. It is a multi-year effort, with the primary collaborators being Transport Canada, NASA, the National Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Department of National Defence and the US. Federal Aviation Administration.
The project aims to define a common friction measurement standard on contaminated runway surfaces, to determine aircraft braking performance in comparison with this standard, and to establish the effect of contaminant drag on aircraft takeoff and landing performance. Testing has taken place at the airport in North Bay over the course of the last five winters, and has involved several test aircraft including the NRC Falcon 20, the NASA B-737, the FAA B-727 and the deHavilland Dash 8. Preliminary data have been obtained for aircraft braking coefficients and contaminant drag, and an initial version of the Canadian Runway Friction Index (CRFI) tables has been generated using Falcon 20 data.
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| Falcon 20 braking on a snowy test section to determine aircraft braking performance |
