Modelling of Evenness of Runways as an Element of Sustainable Airport Maintenance

The elevation of airport runways is specified in the operations manuals and globally accepted design guidelines. Airport are constantly exposed to various physical weather factors. However, these factors can deteriorate condition runway point where it becomes unusable. Monitoring continuous inspection evenness an important element a sustainable maintenance system. An system detection modelling investigation use available methods for was conducted based on measurements actual existing at Edvard Rusjan Maribor, Slovenia. During condition, our own measurement equipment used, which ensures geodetic accuracy measurements. novelty article comparison between five different approaches evenness: approximation with regression plane, inverse distance weighted interpolation (IWD) weighting factor 1, 2, 10, triangulated irregular network (TIN)–linear cubic. In methodology section, advantages disadvantages mentioned were described. selected models evaluated by required processor time, file size resulting from modelling, values descriptive statistics model deviation average uniform slope. It found that method using linear triangular provided most useful results. results analysis be easily used any management thet allow professionally actions aimed ensuring safety efficiency operations, especially smaller, regional airports.