Overview
- The Airports Authority of India conducted the first calibration flight at Jewar on October 31 to validate the airport’s navigation and communication systems.
- Senior AAI and DGCA officials attended the exercise, and local MLA Dhirendra Singh said flight permission faces no remaining obstacles pending regulator approval.
- NIAL CEO Rakesh Kumar Singh said the two-day calibration examined ILS, radar and communication equipment using a set flight pattern, with Friday’s run lasting nearly two hours.
- Officials said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation will conduct its final inspection after the calibration process as part of the certification sequence.
- The airport, about 80 km from New Delhi, is slated to begin operations around April next year to ease pressure on IGI and expand access in western Uttar Pradesh, following recent readiness reviews by the chief minister.