Kolkata prepares for Cat IIIB upgrade

Neelam Mathews - IHS Jane's Airport Review

30 September 2014

 

Aircraft on the ground at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, India. The main runway at the airport is being upgraded with a Cat III ILS. Source: D Chakraborty/Demotix/Press Association Images

The main runway at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata is to be upgraded with a Cat IIIB Instrument Landing System (ILS) in 2015.

Resurfacing work on Runway 19L/01R will take place in two phases from February-June and October-December 2015, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesman toldIHS Jane's . "During this period, the 11,058 ft [3,370 m] secondary runway.....Read more on ihs.janes