Tag: runways

Airport Staff to take on Run the Runways challenge

Staff at Aberdeen International Airport, Glasgow Airport and Southampton Airport are to take on a 31-day challenge throughout December. They will walk or run a different UK airport runway length each day throughout the month for Aviation Action. Robert Paterson, David Hindson, Roslynn Hay, Ron...

San Francisco Airport closes runway for reconstruction work

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. ...

Wellington Airport withdraws application from Environment Court

Wellington Airport has withdrawn its resource consent application for the runway extension from the Environment Court and will reapply early next year. The New Zealand airport said the decision is in light of delays to the process for re-consideration of the project’s Runway End Safety Areas (...

San Francisco to close Runway 28L for 20 days in September 2019

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is to close Runway 28L for 20 days in September to construct a new base layer below the runway surface. The closure will begin on Saturday, 7 September, 2019, and is expected to reopen on Friday, 27 September, 2019. Airport chiefs said there is likely ...

Detroit set to invest $4m in city airport runway replacement

Detroit set to invest $4m in city airport runway replacement

The city of Detroit is set to invest US$4 million in Coleman A. Young International Airport to replace its main runway this Spring, according media reports. According to a report on Crain's Detroit Business, the project could begin next month if weather permits, the airport will be closed for 7...

Canard Drones inspect PAPI systems at Huesca-Pirineos Airport

Canard Drones has successfully performed the inspection of Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems at Huesca-Pirineos Airport in Spain, operated by AENA. This inspection was the fourth carried out for AENA as part of the ongoing contract, signed in August 2017, for the verification and c...

Runways at Manchester and Liverpool airports closed temporarily due to snow

The runways at Manchester Airport and Liverpool John Lennon Airport were temporarily closed today due to snow and the freezing weather conditions. Manchester Airport tweeted from their Twitter account that the airport's airfield team is working to clear the snow and added: "Please check the statu...

VIDEO: Over 600 employers tackle wintry conditions at Munich Airport

Munich Airport has more than 600 employees working with special equipment to battle ice and snow, deploying up to 172 winter services employees with special vehicles for every shift, ensuring uninterrupted flight operations on the runways, taxiways and aprons. The two runways and the taxiways are ...

Residents voice opinion about Gatwick runway draft plan

Gatwick Airport is reminding residents and businesses that they have just one week left to respond to the twelve-week public consultation on its runway growth plans. The plan includes a main runway – using new technology to increase capacity in the near term offering incremental growth through...

Lighting issues on runways at Heathrow Airport causes delays

A technical issues with lighting on the runway at Heathrow Airport thas caused disruption this morning and delays to flights leaving the gateway. The airport said it had fixed the problem, but advised travellers to check their flight status with their airline before coming to the airport, a...

daa awards north runway construction contract to Irish-Spanish consortium

Dublin Airport operator daa has awarded the main construction contract for the new North Runway to a joint venture comprising Irish firm Roadbridge and Spanish infrastructure company FCC Construcción (FCC). The contract is for the design and construction of the new 3.1km North Runway at Dublin A...

SFO announces weekend closure of runway intersection for maintenance

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is to close the intersection of two runways to perform maintenance work from 29-30 September at the intersection of Runways 28L and 1R which could lead to flight delays. Airport crews will perform work on the structure below the pavement in preparation fo...

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