7-hour airport shutdown daily till January 2021

Flight operations will remain suspended for seven hours between 10.15 am to 5.30 pm at Ranchi airport for the next two months in view of repairs on the runway, airport officials said on Monday.

Birsa Munda International Airport director Vinod Kumar Sharma said, “Re-carpeting of the runway was required to be undertaken for smooth operation of flights at our airport. We began work from today (Monday) after getting all clearances from our headquarters. Hence, we have rescheduled our operation timings by splitting it into two halves. In the first half, flights will run between 6.45 am to 10.15 am and in the second half from 5.30 pm till 9.15 pm.”