Tarmac may refer to:

Engineered surfaces

* Tarmacadam, a mainly historical tar-based material for macadamising road surfaces, patented in 1902 *

Asphalt concrete Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac, bitumen macadam, or rolled asphalt in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parkin ...

, a macadamising material using asphalt instead of tar which has largely superseded tarmacadam * ''Tarmac'' is sometimes incorrectly used (mostly by news media) to refer to any paved surface of an airport regardless of material, including the **

Airport apron The airport apron, apron, flight line, ramp, or tarmac is the area of an airport where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, boarded, or maintained. Although the use of the apron is covered by regulations, such as lighting on vehic ...

** Taxiway **

Runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...

Companies

Tarmac (company) Tarmac is a British building materials company headquartered in Solihull, England. The company was formed as Lafarge Tarmac in March 2013, by the merger of Anglo American's Tarmac UK and Lafarge's operations in the United Kingdom. In July 201 ...

, a British building materials company *

Tarmac Building Products Tarmac Building Products is a British producer of building products, based in Wolverhampton. The company was formerly part of the Tarmac Group, but was bought in 2014 by the joint venture of Lafarge and Tarmac's parent Anglo American, Lafarge ...

, the construction materials division of Tarmac * Tarmac Group, former UK-based multinational building materials and construction company * Tarmac Construction, part of Tarmac Group until 1999 when sold off as

Carillion Carillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation in January 2018. Carillion was created in July 1999, following a ...

Engineered surfaces

Companies

See also