Works on Melbourne Airport’s north-south runway (Runway 16/34) are nearing completion with the final stage involving Airfield Ground Lighting upgrades to take place over the coming months.
Originally scheduled to finish this year, all works requiring night-time runway closures will now be completed by March 2024. This is due to a delay in the government approvals process for part of the works.
This safety-critical maintenance work is required to ensure the runway can support aircraft movements for the next 10-12 years. It has so far replaced 2,500 metres of runway using more than 38,000 tonnes of asphalt, including 20% recycled material produced on site from existing asphalt stocks.
Temporary overnight closures of the north-south runway will remain in place five nights a week from 1:00am through to 6:00am. During these night-time closures all aircraft will use the east-west runway (Runway 09/27).
Between now and March 2024 there will be approximately five closures of the area where the two runways intersect. Called a displaced threshold, the north-south runway will be temporarily shortened and the east-west runway will be closed. These closures will be for 1.5 hours only and will be timed when there are no aircraft operations.
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