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Airfields
Ensuring safe, reliable and efficient arrivals and departures.
Burns is a trusted partner for creating safe airfields for all categories of runways. From the optimization of terminal gate layout that improves airport efficiencies, to resilient technology-backed aeronautical systems that best on-time performance statistics – our collective knowledge builds upon experience overcoming a wide range of airport-specific challenges.
Civil
NAVAIDS
- Electronic NAVAIDS
- Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) – Glide Slope & localizer
- Marker Beacons
- Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
- Runway Visual Range (RVR)
- Visual NAVAIDS
- High Intensity Approach Light Systems – ALSF-2
- Medium Intensity Approach Light System – MASLR
- Special Authorization Approaches
- Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI)
- Runway Eng Identifiers (REILS)
Airfield Ground Lighting
- Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) Systems
- Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (SMGCS)
- Runway Weather and Pavement Instrumentation and Monitoring Systems
- Taxi Guidance Sign Systems
- Low Visibility Taxiway Light Systems
- Airfield Lighting Control and Monitoring Systems (ALCMS)
- Runway Status Lights System (RWSL)
Electrical Systems
- Airfield Electrical Vaults
- Asset Management Plans
- Airport Electrification and Electrical Master Plans
- Power Capacity Assessments
- Power and Communication Infrastructure and Distribution Systems
- Electrical Utility Service and Coordination
- Power Supervision and Control/SCADA
Airfield Operations
- Apron and RON Facilities Lighting and Security
- High Mast Apron and Area Lighting
- Ground Support Equipment (GSE And eGSE)
- Pre-Conditioned Air (PCA) and Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)
- Aircraft Deicing Facilities
Burns has expertise in these areas to:
Inspire with creative designs that address maintenance goals, limit the impacts of extreme weather, and adjust for operational conditions.
Create close working relationships with airport maintenance, operations and engineering teams, facilitating effective project outcomes.
Deliver projects that uphold airfield safety, resiliency and durability.
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