Eli5 why runways don’t seem to suffer from potholes like highways do?

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How are runways different form highways that they never seem to have potholes? Is it how they’re constructed? Or how they’re maintained?

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Simple math. Planes have 3 wheels, cars have 4.

(Or each airport only has a handful of runways that they meticulously maintain so planes don’t crash and burn).

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