Questions tagged [blast-pad]
A stretch of pavement past the end of a runway which serves to absorb jet blast that could otherwise cause ground erosion.
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What's this turquoise stuff covering the overlap between the blast pads of KBOS runways 04L and 09?
Although runways 04L/22R and 09/27 at KBOS stop just short of intersecting, the blast pads for runways 04L and 09, which continue some distance beyond the ends of the runways proper, do intersect. ...
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