Chandigarh airport to remain closed until Feb 26 due to runway expansion and repairs

The Chandigarh International Airport has been closed until February 26 for all kinds of air traffic as the authorities intend to carry out airport runway expansion and repairs.
The Chandigarh airport will be closed for all flights until February 26, revealed an airport official. This 15-day closure of the Chandigarh airport is expected to affect as many as 80,000 passengers approximately.

While the flight operations will be resumed at the airport from February 27, by then the airport will be in a much better state because of the changes that are supposed to take place on it.
Giving more details about the changes being made to the airport, Chandigarh airport CEO Sunil Dutt revealed that the airport runway’s length is being expanded from 9,4000 ft to 10,400 ft, so that wide-bodied aircrafts can be operated on the same.


This expansion is expected to make the air carriers capable of operating long haul international flights from Chandigarh to destinations like Europe, the US, and Australia.

Although the Chandigarh airport is controlled by the Indian Air Force as a transport squadron, the same runway is also used for the operation of around 30 commercial flights on a daily basis, including international flights to places like Dubai, Sharjah, and Bangkok.

In response to this airport closure, the Punjab and Haryana Court has asked Indian Railway officials to make alternative arrangements for catering to the increased demand in the next 15 days.

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