Ahmedabad airport runway re-carpeted at record time
India Today
Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) completed re-carpeting the 3.5 kilometre-long runway in a record time of 75 days.
The airport authorities at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) said they have completed re-carpeting the 3.5 kilometre-long runway in a record time of 75 days. According to the officials, the completion time of 75 days is an all-time best among brownfield runways in India.
The authorities said the major challenge was ensuring that flight operations are not impacted. “Ahmedabad’s SVPIA is the busiest airport in Gujarat with over 200 flights every day in the pre-covid time. The challenge of re-carpeting the runway without impacting the operations of scheduled flights was tackled by Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL) by using only nine hours of NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) daily. During the 75 days it took to complete the project, SVPIA kept the runway open daily for 160 flights on an average during the remaining 15 hours of the day,” said an official.
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The SVPI airport now has a complete airfield lighting system on the runway as well as connecting taxiways.
The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) is managed by the Adani Group.
