Preventive Maintenance at General Aviation Airports. Volume 1: Primer

This report is published as a two-volume set. Volume 1 is a primer for airport governing and policy board members on the importance and value of a preventive maintenance (PM) program. Volume 2 is a guidebook for airport managers, maintenance managers, and all line personnel on how to plan, prioritize, and conduct preventive maintenance for physical infrastructure assets. This Volume 1 Primer begins by discussing the value of airports to communities and the national airspace system. It reviews the various infrastructure assets at airports and outlines the value of planning and prioritizing preventive maintenance into the budgeting process and the impacts to operations if an airport fails to conduct preventive maintenance. It also identifies basic principles for establishing and implementing a preventive maintenance program.