PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
Mangaluru Worldwide Airport (MIA) will perform main rehabilitation and recarpeting work on its runway for somewhat over four-month interval ranging from January 27. The work will happen between 9.30 am and 6 pm from Monday to Saturday on all days besides Sunday and nationwide holidays till Could 31, 2023.
The airways will likely be working their schedules previous to 9.30 am and after 6 pm within the interval, a launch from MIA right here stated Sunday. The two,450 m lengthy and 45-metre-wide concrete runway was opened for visitors in Could 2006, making MIA the primary airport in Karnataka not solely to have two runways, additionally the primary airport to have a inflexible pavement or concrete runway. This inflexible pavement runway has since then undergone periodic upkeep. The scheduled rehabilitation and recarpeting will see MIA asphalt or blacktop the runway to requirements specified by the regulator. The runway will likely be recarpeted to enhance its micro and macro texture, and different allied repairs conceptualised over time. The recarpeting work additionally consists of set up of the runway centreline lights which can assist the plane operations at evening and in low visibility circumstances and enhancements to runway finish saftey areas (RESA). This can improve the security as prompt by the committee of inquiry that probed IX 1344 airplane crash at Kozhikode in Kerala.
MIA has mentioned the recarpeting mission with the airline and stakeholders involved previous to acquiring regulatory approvals. The airport has labored together with the airline companions to make sure that whereas the flight timings are altered to accommodate the all-important runway recarpeting work, there will likely be no cancellation of flight to any vacation spot, each worldwide and home, the discharge stated.