Pull current FAA airport pavement marking colors, dimensions, and layout requirements for a GA apron or hangar-area striping job.
domain: FAA Advisory Circular 150/5340-1M, Standards for Airport Markings (with Change 1 and a narrow June 2025 errata) · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Download the current AC directly from faa.gov (freely public, no paywall) — AC 150/5340-1M consolidated with Change 1 dated December 23, 2020, plus a June 2025 errata correcting two metric-conversion typos in the appendix figures (Figure A-6: 0.06 m corrected to 0.6 m; Figure A-27: 0.09 m corrected to 0.9 m).
Confirm which marking type applies (runway, taxiway, apron, hold-position) to the specific striping scope.
Extract required paint colors (e.g., white for runway markings, yellow for taxiway/hold markings) and dimensions for the applicable marking type.
Confirm glass-bead/reflectivity requirements if night operations apply.
Check the airport's approved Airport Layout Plan or the local FAA Airports District Office for any airport-specific deviations before finalizing the plan.
Known gotchas
The June 2025 errata is narrow — it fixes only the two metric-conversion typos in Figures A-6 and A-27; it does not revise hold-short-line or taxiway-intersection marking requirements, so don't cite it as addressing those topics.
Confirm use of AC 150/5340-1M plus its Change 1 (and the narrow June 2025 errata), rather than an older cancelled edition (1L, 1K, 1J) still circulating on third-party spec-archive sites.
Airport markings often require FAA-specified retroreflective glass beads and paint types distinct from standard DOT roadway traffic paint — don't substitute a generic parking-lot paint spec.
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