Eliminate dust, add strength, and reduce life-cycle costs with effective runway stabilization

Eliminate dust, add strength, and reduce life-cycle costs with effective runway stabilization.

Whether your runways are gravel, dirt or degraded asphalt, Midwest products and Elemental Solutions provide cost effective, proven solutions.

Most Out-Island runways are in general disrepair consisting of cracks containing organic growth, loose impractical surfaces and in extreme cases dangerous potholes. Aviation is the transportation means of choice for most Island destinations; dust and surface degradation is unhealthy partnership and is a unnecessary one given how easy is to ensure maximum runway surface life and dust control.

From private airstrips to local airports to commercial multi-runway operations, we can meet all your needs for effective gravel runway dust control and superior fines preservation, soil stabilization and erosion control.

The importance of gravel runway stabilization.

Wherever runways are untreated:

Harmful dust impedes pilot vision, irritates the eyes and lungs of those on the ground
Increases the need for aircraft and ground-vehicle maintenance
Threatens both the environment and your compliance with regulatory standards
Decreases the safety factor of taxing, takeoffs and landings
Increases maintenance costs

Fines Preservation fast facts

Reduces runway life cycle costs by an astounding 50 percent
Raises CBR for pavement-like strength and a smooth long-lasting runway
Reduces gravel spray and rolling resistance
Reduces dust by 80 percent for up to four years
Saves two to five cubic meters of fines at every takeoff
Reduces runway life-cycle costs

Midwest Products are:

EPA’s Environmental Technology Verification Program verified
Approved by Boeing Document D6-17487, the highest standard in the aviation industry.
Cal-Cert, CARB certified
Used by Phenoix / Sky Harbor International Airport
Used by US Air Force
Used by Alaska DOT and PF on nearly 300 remote fields
Cost Effective
Environmentally Friendly

Customizing a program specifically for you.
A Elemental Solutions / Midwest Runway Program is based on your runway, not a generic runway. We take a sample of surface materials from your runway, and then we do our work in the lab, calculating the minimum CBR necessary to achieve safe operation. Based on the results we make a specific recommendation for your runway along with detailed application guidelines from surface preparation to maintenance and everything in-between.