Summary:
KOLKATA: The city airport is set to augment the standby runway capacity to eliminate flight delays and diversions when the main runway is shut. Once the project is completed in a couple of years, the secondary runway will be able to handle as many flights as the primary runway. The taxi track will first connect to the northern end of the secondary runway and then continue to connect the northern end of the primary runway. At present, the secondary runway can handle 15 flights an hour.“We will award the work for extension of F-taxi track in April. Once the new taxi track is ready, flights can start the take-off run immediately after entering the runway..