Mangaluru International Airport's taxiway to be extended to 2,400 metres

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July 16, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 16: Mangaluru International Airport will soon have a long additional taxiway as the Board of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently approved the extension of the taxiway being built now to length of 2,400 metres long.

1taxiTaxiway 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.

The additional taxiway being built at the airport since August 2014 is 1,200 metres long and 23 metres wide. Its work is expected to be completed by next two months. The AAI board has now agreed and approved to extend the taxiway further by another 1,200 metres to make it a 2,400 metres long taxiway.

The current first phase work under progress is being implemented at a cost of Rs. 40 crore and second phase will cost Rs 106 crore as a deep valley has to be filled.

The additional taxiway particularly helps aircraft in saving time in the entry and exit from the parking stand to the runway. Airport Director J T Radhakrishna said that as of now, aircraft that are ready to take off have to wait for 10 to 15 minutes if their departure timing clashes with a flight that is scheduled to land, due to the procedures involved. It has to wait till the arriving plane completes its course on the runway and rolls into the apron.

With the additional taxiway in place, aircraft could move from the parking stand, wait in the additional taxiway and enter the runway for take off immediately after the plane that has landed exits the runway. Once the additional taxiway is ready, there would be separate and fixed entry and exit paths.

The additional taxiway particularly helps in the long run when the number of flights increases in the airport.

Mr. Radhakrishna said that bids for taking up the II Phase work is likely to be called in October. The works might start from January or February next. The contractor would have a year to complete the work, he added.

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Rajesh Sequira
 - 
Sunday, 17 Jul 2016

This is good news to hear that there is continuous development at Mangalore Airport.

Admadi
 - 
Sunday, 17 Jul 2016

Boss we dont need taxi/bus/train ways, we need only safest runways to land international flights. saale sab chor hi

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Mangaluru, Jan 23: The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi and Humanity Forum of Mangaluru today handed over a cheque of Rs 10 lakh to the aggrieved family of Naushin, who was killed in arbitrary police firing on December 19 in the city.

A team of philanthropists led by Muslim Central Committee chairman K S Mohammad Masood visited Shaheed Nausheen’s house at Kudroli and handed over the cheque. Several philanthropists have contributed to this humanitarian aid.

Corporator Shamsuddin Kudroli, S M Rasheed Haji, Mansoor Ahmed Azad, Ibrahim Kodichal, Haneef Haji, Asif Deals and Ashraf Kinara were present among others.

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