Overview
- The time-bound closure covers comprehensive rehabilitation, including resurfacing, a new Rapid Exit Taxiway Z1 and a new Instrument Landing System.
- Work is set to begin on February 16 following requisite regulatory approvals, with recommissioning targeted for early July subject to DGCA validation.
- DIAL says airlines and Air Traffic Control have been fully briefed and operational plans are in place to maintain smooth services.
- Technical tasks include milling and new pavement layers, removal and reinstallation of about 2,000 airfield ground lights, RESA drain works and rigid pavement upgrades across 39,000 metres.
- The operator cites increased traffic, operational intensity and natural ageing of the 2008-commissioned runway, which last saw minor rehabilitation in 2017, as the rationale.