Mangaluru: Mangaluru International Airport will have a long additional taxiway as the Board of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has approved the extension of the taxiway being built now.
Taxiway is the stretch or the track connecting the runway with the apron (parking stand for aircrafts) in the terminal building. Aircraft use the taxiway for entry and exit from the parking stand to the runway.
Airport director J.T. Radhakrishna told The Hindu that the additional taxiway being built at the airport since August, 2014 was 1,200 metres long and 23 metres wide. Its work is expected to be completed in the next two months. The board has now approved to extend the taxiway further by another 1,200 metres to make it a 2,400 metres long taxiway.
The current Phase I work under progress was being implemented at a cost of Rs. 40 crore. The Phase II work would cost Rs. 120 crore as a deep valley would have to be filled. The valley is about 35 metres deep.
16/06/16 Raviprasad Kamila/The Hindu
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Taxiway is the stretch or the track connecting the runway with the apron (parking stand for aircrafts) in the terminal building. Aircraft use the taxiway for entry and exit from the parking stand to the runway.
Airport director J.T. Radhakrishna told The Hindu that the additional taxiway being built at the airport since August, 2014 was 1,200 metres long and 23 metres wide. Its work is expected to be completed in the next two months. The board has now approved to extend the taxiway further by another 1,200 metres to make it a 2,400 metres long taxiway.
The current Phase I work under progress was being implemented at a cost of Rs. 40 crore. The Phase II work would cost Rs. 120 crore as a deep valley would have to be filled. The valley is about 35 metres deep.
16/06/16 Raviprasad Kamila/The Hindu
