IAF readies Bagdogra Airfield; Civil aircraft operations restarted

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has conducted extensive resurfacing work on Bagdogra airfield’s runway enabling civil aircraft to resume operations from the morning of 26 April 2022. The first civil aircraft landed at around 08:00 AM, Tuesday. The resurfacing of the runway’s central bituminous portion has been completed on schedule, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence. For two weeks, the runway was closed for laying three flexible (bituminous) layers, reconstruction work of non load bearing surfaces etc. Besides, the work also included reconstruction of the concrete portion at the runway’s every end as well as widening of the taxi tracks and links as per International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standards.