SDFStandiford 🇺🇸

SDF / KSDF · Louisville, Kentucky · USA

Watch item – research candidate
Project type
New installation
Strength of evidence
Year
2025
Project intelligenceWhere the project stands in the process, based on the source's own status
Identified
Planning
Funded
Procurement
Under construction
Completed
What's happening now

North EMAS Runway 17L-35R — design and bidding

A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.

Why RWI is watching this: Relevant EMAS activity exists, but commercial timing or maturity is still uncertain.

Runways
11/2917L/35R17R/35L
Documented EMAS

2 installations · EMASMAX

Installed 2015

No separate later verification registered.

EMAS installation (2)
EMASMAX No confirmed runway link Current physical state
Source
FAA EMAS Incidents and Installations map (verified CSV export)
Federal Aviation Administration · FAA map data
Open source →
Details from the source

FAA map region: Map - Main

EMASMAX No confirmed runway link Installed 2015
Source
Fact Sheet – Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)
FAA · FAA fact sheet · 2016-02-04
Open source →
Details from the source

1 system, hosten 2015, enligt 2016 Fact Sheet ('Sandiford, Louisville, KY, 1, fall 2015'). IDENTITETSANMARKNING (RATTAD): FAA:s kalldokument stavar fortfarande namnet 'Sandiford', men det ar med mycket stor sannolikhet en felstavning av 'Standiford' (Standiford Field, det historiska namnet pa Louisville Muhammad Ali International, IATA/ICAO/FAA SDF) - oberoende sokning bekraftar ett $18,8M Runway 11-29 Safety Area Improvement-projekt med EMAS, fardigstallt 'by late 2015', vilket matchar 'fall 2015' nastan exakt. Flygplatsnamnet ar rattat till 'Standiford' har.

Location
Standiford: 38.1741, -85.7365

38.1741, -85.7365

Projects and watch items
SignalLifecycleStatusProject typeConfidenceYearSourceScore
North EMAS Runway 17L-35R — design and bidding
A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.
Developing watch Watch item – research candidateNew installation2025 Other source 8.0
Intelligence historyReal, source-backed project and funding events in chronological order - never an assumed causal link between entries
2025
Project · Watch item – research candidate Developing watch

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Evidence 5 sources · 3 reviewed claims
Source
LRAA Special Board Meeting — December 3, 2025
Louisville Regional Airport Authority · Other source · Open source →
Finding 1
Request/procedure Requested, pending approval

Task Order 16 authorizes HNTB to provide design and bidding services for the Construct North EMAS Runway 17L-35R project at SDF; the negotiated amount for Task Order 16 is $226,600 for these professional services.

HNTB

Original excerpt

Task Order 16 authorizes HNTB to provide design and bidding services for the Construct North EMAS Runway 17L-35R project at SDF. The project involves the installation of a new Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) at the north end of Runway 17L-35R and will include the design of the EMAS and modifications to the existing blast pad and approach lighting system. The negotiated amount for Task Order 16 is $226,600.

Finding 2
Confirmed factual statement Planned/upcoming action

The project involves the installation of a new Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) at the north end of Runway 17L-35R.

Original excerpt

Task Order 16 authorizes HNTB to provide design and bidding services for the Construct North EMAS Runway 17L-35R project at SDF. The project involves the installation of a new Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) at the north end of Runway 17L-35R and will include the design of the EMAS and modifications to the existing blast pad and approach lighting system.

Finding 3
Confirmed factual statement Planned/upcoming action

This project will be 90% funded through a future FAA Grant; no grant amount, award, or FY2026 AIP identity is stated.

Original excerpt

Task Order 16 authorizes HNTB to provide design and bidding services for the Construct North EMAS Runway 17L-35R project at SDF. The project involves the installation of a new Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) at the north end of Runway 17L-35R and will include the design of the EMAS and modifications to the existing blast pad and approach lighting system. The negotiated amount for Task Order 16 is $226,600. This project will be 90% funded through a future FAA Grant.

Source-backed, but no reviewed claim has been transcribed yet for the sources below - see each one's own link to the original source.

Fact Sheet – Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)
FAA · FAA fact sheet · 2016-02-04 · Open source →
AIP grant: Reconstruct Taxiway,Construct Engineered Material Arresting System Safety Area,Conduct Noise Compatibility Plan Study,Noise Mitigation Measures for Residences within 65-69 DNL
Federal Aviation Administration · AIP grant · Open source →
FAA EMAS Incidents and Installations map (verified CSV export)
Federal Aviation Administration · FAA map data · Open source →
https://airport-world.com/louisvilles-1-billion-capital-development-programme-gathers-pace/
airport-world.com · Other source · Open source →