Runway

Which airport completed runway resurfacing in a national record time?

An airport with an 11,500ft-long runway took just 75 days to finish resurfacing work - the amount of asphalt laid was equivalent to a 200km-long road! But, which airport in what country you ask – find out here!

Balfour Beatty wins runway contract

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a construction management contract to deliver the ‘Runway 5L/23R Replacement Programme’ at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina

Gloucestershire awards runway refurbishment contract

Engineering and construction specialist VolkerFitzpatrick has been appointed to deliver a Civil Aviation Authority (CCA) approved upgrade to Gloucestershire Airport in 2022

HKIA moves towards 3RS

Runway redesignation has taken place at Hong Kong International Airport as the facility moves closer to a three-runway system

Simultaneous runway ops return

In a bid to “ensure stable flight operations”, simultaneous runway use resumed at Berlin/Brandenburg on the first day of December 2021.

Finavia first to adopt RunwaySense

Finavia has become the first airport operator to implement RunwaySense, Navblue’s collaborative web-based platform for runway condition reporting

SFO to reopen longest runway after four month closure for repairs

San Francisco International Airport is set to reopen its longest runway after a four-month period of repairs

The composite picture of Gatwick shows (left) the arrangement of the proposed runways, taxi tracks and building areas superimposed on an Ordnance Survey map, with (right) an aerial view of the present site, taken by the Air Survey Company and reduced to the same scale. In the map solid black is used to show the paving work to be completed by 1956 and cross-hatching to show the duplicate runway system, work on which is to be started in 1958. Th N.E.-S.W. runway may be laid down at the same time if traffic de Feature Premium

Unearthed: the original plan for Gatwick from 1952

A fascinating piece on what was the original plan for Gatwick from the October 17, 1952 issue of The Aeroplane