In March 2019, engineers of Geoexpert (affiliate of TH Group) made a business trip to Krasnodar International Airport (Pashkovsky, Russia), and analyzed the integrity of the runway by means of the ground penetration probing.

Geoexpert specialists performed the ground penetration scanning of concrete plates forming the runway surface in order to monitor the surface quality. From 2012 to 2017, the runway was reconstructed within the framework of the general reconstruction of the Krasnodar International Airport. Higher load of the airport makes it critical to focus on ensuring the best possible quality of the runway surface — this is what preconditioned the monitoring endeavors. During the runway operation, it is crucial to maintain the surface integrity, structural layers, identify and rectify defects, and remove foreign bodies from the surface. The system designed by Geoexpert engineers allows conducting the exhaustive scanning at a speed of at least 20 km/h, while monitoring of each runway does not take longer than 1–2 hours. In future, the system will allow not only the general runway monitoring but also identifying foreign bodies on the surface that may cause airplane engine faults.

Currently, the company engineers analyze the acquired data and design methods and algorithms to handle such information to further lay down the system specifications.