More than $201 million in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will go to airfield lighting systems at 82 airports. The projects will purchase and install new lighting for runways and taxiways to keep operations safe during reduced and low visibility and night conditions. ...

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) announced that the existing North Runway (07L/25R) at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has been re-designated as the Centre Runway (07C/25C) today, signifying an important milestone for the expansion of the airport into a Three-runway System (3RS). The new...

By Gwyn Topham | theguardian.com Gatwick airport is to press ahead with plans to convert its emergency runway for routine use, in a sign that the aviation industry expects demand to rebound in full soon after the coronavirus pandemic. London’s second biggest airport will launch a public consulta...

On the 6th of September Palanga airport will be closed for modernization, which will last for 45 days. Modernization works will consist of runway, taxiway and platform renovation, modernization of utilities network, illumination systems, installation of energy-efficient and sustainable solutions. ...

On Tuesday, June 1, the Northwest Runway (07L/25R) at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) will recommence operations. Fraport, the company that operates Frankfurt Airport, has decided to reopen the runway in anticipation of a rise in aircraft movements this summer. These expectations are backed by the for...

lux-Airport starts a complete runway rehabilitation of the airport’s single 4,000 meters long runway. The SOMO Findel Airport Consortium, an association of well-experienced construction companies, namely: Colas, Felix Giorgetti SàRL, C. Karp-Kneip Constructions SA, and JDC Airports SA won the ...

Palma de Mallorca Airport reopened its northern runway at the end of 2020, after completing the surface restoration work. Construction of the runway was carried out by the companies MAB Obras Públicas S.L and Sampol Ingeniería y Obras S.L., with consulting services from the AERTEC engineering f...

Latvian company A.C.B., which already has similar experience in reconstructing Vilnius Airport runway in 2017, won the contract for reconstruction of Palanga Airport runway in the call for tenders that was issued in autumn of the last year. During this project, one taxiway and some parts of the apro...

An official application declaring the Istanbul Airport’s third runway is to be ready for flight operations by 18 June 2020 has been filed with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Once the airport’s third independent runway commences operations, Istanbul Airport will become the fir...

London Stansted’s engineering team is using the unprecedented grounding of aircraft across the globe as a unique opportunity to move planned overnight runway maintenance works to daytime hours. Stansted’s 3,048 foot runway undergoes full re-surfacing work every 10 to 15 years but, as with ot...

Miami-Dade Aviation Department officials hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on October 31 to celebrate the beginning of Miami International Airport’s Central Base Modification and Expansion Project, which will upgrade 34.1 acres of asphalt and concrete pavement originally built in the 1960s that is...

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) in Florida received a total of $19.75 million in FAA grant funds for the rehabilitation of its primary runway 18-36, according to U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and U.S. Congressman Charlie Crist. PIE received $900,000 from the Florida Department of Tran...

San Francisco Airport (SFO) has announced the closure of runway 28L for 20 days in order to construct a new base layer below the runway surface. Construction crews have begun the process of removing the existing layers of the runway, which is expected to reopen on Friday, September 27, 2019. ...

Brussels Airport has announced that it will renovate runway 25R/07L from 13 July to 23 August 2020, following the successful renovation of runways 25L/07R in 2015 and 01/19 in 2016. The airport say the renovation is needed to guarantee the safe landing and take-off of aircraft, as the last renov...

Capacity-stretched Gatwick Airport has formally started the process to bring its existing northern runway into routine use by submitting a notice to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) of its intention to prepare an application for development consent. This moves establishes the ‘Gatwick Airport ...