PERFO - Runway Reinforcement
"Texas Airport"
Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch (EDWU), Germany
Installed: February-March 2011
Client: Cloppenburg Aero Club
Website: www.lsv-cloppenburg.de
Background:
The Aero Club at Cloppenburg in northern Germany decided to improve the quality of their grass runway. The original surface was stripped and replaced with quality topsoil, which was then re-sown with grass seed. After the grass growth had been reestablished, the entire runway and some taxiways were reinforced with standard PERFO ground reinforcement tiles. Runway markings were integrated using white PERFO marker tiles.


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch "Texas Airport"


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


PERFO supplied as pre-assembled sections on a pallet


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


PERFO tiles should be installed using a large roller


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


PERFO sections are laid out and clipped together


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


PERFO white marker tiles for runway centerline


Runway centerline


PERFO tiles must be fully rolled/compacted into the grass


PERFO sections are clipped together


PERFO tiles fully compacted into the grass


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


Grass soon grows through installed PERFO tiles


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch


PERFO reinforced grass runway


Cloppenburg-Varrelbusch - Reinforced aircraft runway