Fifth runway link to add speed for Calcutta airport

A Rs 10-crore project to extend the secondary runway and construct a 230-m link with the primary runway is set to ease congestion and speed up traffic at Calcutta airport.
“The extended part of the secondary runway and the new link will be operational by the middle of this year. Our target is to complete work before the rains,” airport director V.K. Monga told Metro on Tuesday.
Now, an aircraft takes 15 minutes to take-off in “no-traffic” condition. This will come down to “around eight minutes” once the new link is operational.
An aircraft, after it starts rolling from the parking bay, is pushed on to a taxiway by a tow bar. It then crosses the secondary runway and enters the main runway through one of the existing four links.
The primary runway is 3,627 m long and the secondary runway 2,399 m. The length of the secondary runway is being increased by 440 m on the northern side.
24/01/07 Sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph

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