Special Applications
Beyond ordinary lots and roads, C-32 covers specialty surfaces — sport courts, tracks, and airfields.
Sport courts and tracks
Tennis/basketball courts: acrylic color coatings over an asphalt or post-tensioned concrete base (post-tensioned concrete resists cracking better). Running tracks: latex or polyurethane synthetic surfacing over asphalt/concrete.
These surfaces still depend on a sound, well-drained base — the same earthwork and compaction fundamentals as any pavement.
Airfield markings
On airfields, marking colors follow FAA advisory circulars: runway markings are white, and taxiway markings (centerline and edge) are yellow. This white-vs-yellow split is the most commonly tested airfield fact.
Practice: Special Applications
Frequently asked
How are tennis and basketball courts surfaced?
What colors are airfield markings?
More C-32 Parking & Highway topics
Planning & Estimating
C-32 study guide on planning and estimating parking and paving work: parking-stall layout and angles, drive-aisle widths, wheel stops, drainage slope, and estimating striping and asphalt.
Read & practice →Surface Coatings & Seals
C-32 study guide on pavement surface treatments: crack seal, fog seal, sand seal, slurry seal, micro-surfacing, chip seal, and parking-lot sealcoat — and when each is used.
Read & practice →Striping, Markings & Markers
C-32 study guide on pavement markings: white vs yellow line meanings, solid vs broken lines, paint vs thermoplastic, glass beads, raised pavement markers, and California curb colors.
Read & practice →ADA Parking & Accessibility
C-32 study guide on ADA accessible parking: how many accessible spaces a lot needs, the van-accessible ratio, car vs van access-aisle widths, the 2% slope limit, and signage.
Read & practice →Incidental Pavement Repair
C-32 study guide on incidental pavement repair: durable pothole patching, crack sealing, mill-and-overlay, and recognizing when a base failure requires a full-depth repair.
Read & practice →Safety & Traffic Control
C-32 study guide on work-zone safety: orange signs, tapers, the flagger's paddle, channelizing-device spacing, high-visibility apparel, struck-by and silica hazards, Dig Alert, and stormwater.
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