New Delhi: Passengers flying with low-cost carriers (LCCs) into Delhi need not worry about long taxiing at the IGI Airport, this monsoon. The Dwarka end of the secondary runway will soon be equipped with the instrument landing system (ILS) that will allow aircraft to land in Category-I conditions.
The move will benefit LCCs, military and other aircraft as they use the apron located between the main and secondary runways. The Dwarka end of all three runways is used for landing when the wind direction is easterly, a very common phenomenon during the monsoon season. The secondary runway that comes in handy, when either the main or new runway is out of service, could not be used in such conditions since it was not equipped with an ILS.
"The landing minima for category D aircraft from the 09 end of the secondary runway is 3,200m and for category C aircraft (including A-320s and Boeing 747) it is 2,400m. That made its use very limited. If any of the other two runways, especially the main runway, could not be used during changed wind conditions, it led to massive congestion for arriving aircraft as only one runway would be available for landing," said a senior official from the ministry of civil aviation.
28/06/11 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India
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