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GATE Transportation Infrastructure: Airport runway length, taxiway and exit taxiway design – Previous Year Questions

5 GATE previous year questions on Airport runway length, taxiway and exit taxiway design (Transportation Infrastructure, Civil Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q27 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The longitudinal sections of a runway have gradients as shown in the table. End to end for sections of runway (m) Gradient (%) --- --- 0 to 200 +1.0…
  2. GATE 2024 CE (CE1) Q23 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – As per the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the basic runway length is increased by x (%) for every y (m) raise in elevation from the…
  3. GATE 2025 CE (CE2) Q19 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – After applying the correction for elevation and temperature, the runway length is 700 m. The corrected runway length (in m) for an effective gradient…
  4. GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q25 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The primary purpose of the Windrose diagram is for the design of
  5. GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q19 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Corrections are applied to the basic length of the runway strip considering: (i) The elevation H (in m) of the airport above Mean Sea Level (MSL) (ii)…