The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has suggested that the State government acquire 45 acres of land additionally as a long-term measure to increase the length of the tabletop runway at Calicut International Airport from 2,700 m to 3,400 m.
The development comes close on the heels of the government moving apace with plans to acquire 18.5 acres of land for reconstructing of the Runway End Safety Area (RESA) at the airport. The current proposal to acquire 11 acres on the western side of the runway (Runway 10) and 7.5 acres on the eastern side (Runway 28) will enable the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to utilise the full length of the airport’s 2,860-m runway. At present, the runway length is 2,700m.
