With the completion of the Airfield Lighting System (AFLS), night landing and take-off facilities are now operational at the Utkrosh Airfield of Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair, officials confirmed.
The aviation infrastructure at INS Utkrosh, supervised by the naval headquarters in New Delhi and Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan, Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN), has seen significant improvements through ‘Project MAFI’ (modernisation of airfield infrastructure), official added.