![Workers level and install a waterproof membrane before spreading the first course of crushed rock. Photo – with loads of crushed stone in the foreground, workers install a membrane over dirt.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20131003070112im_/http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/photo_large/public/NL%20-%20Deer%20Lake%20-%20Runway%20Extension%20Project%20-%20Deer%20Lake%20Regional%20Airport%20-%20ISF%20-%2012968%20-%2003%20-%2004.jpg?itok=SycGM7GD)
Workers level and install a waterproof membrane before spreading the first course of crushed rock.
![Additional layers of more finely crushed stone are laid over the initial course. Photo – Dump trucks drop loads of crushed stone which is spread by a bulldozer and then compacted.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20131003070112im_/http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/photo_large/public/NL%20-%20Deer%20Lake%20-%20Runway%20Extension%20Project%20-%20Deer%20Lake%20Regional%20Airport%20-%20ISF%20-%2012968%20-%2003%20-%2001.jpg?itok=nz_WF5Uy)
Additional layers of more finely crushed stone are laid over the initial course.
![Each progressive layer of stone is levelled and compacted. Photo – smoothed layers of gravel cover the route of the runway, with a dump truck and bulldozer visible.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20131003070112im_/http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/photo_large/public/NL%20-%20Deer%20Lake%20-%20Runway%20Extension%20Project%20-%20Deer%20Lake%20Regional%20Airport%20-%20ISF%20-%2012968%20-%2003%20-%2003.jpg?itok=PEC39PuL)
Each progressive layer of stone is levelled and compacted.
Layers of asphalt complete the process of forming the new runway.
![Safety and runway marking equipment is installed. Photo – A row of orange lights identifies the end of the extended runway to pilots.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20131003070112im_/http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/photo_large/public/2-nl%20-%20deer%20lake%20-%20runway%20extension%20project%20-%20deer%20lake%20regional%20airport%20-%20isf%20-%2012968%20-%2004%20-%2002.jpg?itok=PwY_XROa)
Safety and runway marking equipment is installed.
![A regional jet takes off from the completed runway. Photo – view from the control tower of an airplane taking off from the runway.](https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20131003070112im_/http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/photo_large/public/3-nl%20-%20deer%20lake%20-%20runway%20extension%20project%20-%20deer%20lake%20regional%20airport%20-%20isf%20-%2012968%20-%2004%20-%2001.jpg?itok=UOmJdwaT)
A regional jet takes off from the completed runway.