Summary of Airport Surface Marking Project

This document summarizes the results of the development and evaluation of proposed airport surface markings. Four marking proposals were evaluated by general aviation and transport pilots within two lab simulations conducted at the MITRE Corporation. Based on findings from these lab evaluations, three marking proposals were recommended for evaluation within two field demonstrations. The first field demonstration was conducted at the T. F. Green State Airport (PVD) in Providence in 2003, Rhode Island and the second field demonstration was conducted at the Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) in 2004. Feedback from the pilot community on the proposed markings was overwhelmingly positive and pilots on average clearly preferred the three marking proposals over the current marking standard. The marking proposals are expected to be most beneficial to pilots who are less familiar with the airport layout and who have received sufficient information about the marking proposals.