Delhi Airport Phase 3A expansion project: DIAL completes refurbishing work on IGI Airport’s British-era runway

Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has completed refurbishing work on the 09/27 runway at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and handed over the facility to ATC for commercial operations late last month. This will help in reducing the runway operations time. The newly rehabilitated runway at Delhi Airport, which was constructed during the British era, complies with Category-I Instrument Landing System, which assists pilots during an aircraft’s landing in low visibility conditions. The rehabilitation work of runway 09/27 (first runway) was undertaken by DIAL as part of Delhi Airport’s phase 3A expansion project, according to a PTI report.

The airport operator- DIAL said it undertook major rehabilitation works at the airport, including milling down the runway’s flexible pavement to a depth of 60 mm as well as overlaying it with Polymer Modified Bitumen, which can withstand heavy-duty traffic and also, extreme weather conditions. The rehabilitation work of Runway 09/27 and its taxiways has been completed by DIAL successfully.