Four years after cross runway operations were suspended owing to an incident, Airports Authority of India (AAI) once again plans to resume it later this year.
In cross runway operations, both the main and secondary runways are simultaneously in use to reduce congestion, bring down flight delays and increase the number of flights handled during peak hours.
Chennai airport has two runways — the primary runway with a length of 12,000 feet and the secondary runway with a usable length of nearly 9,500 feet. As of now, either of the runways is in operation.
