Regular flight operation resumes from Harni airport in Vadodara

Vadodara

Regular flight operations from the Hirni airport here resumed today after the completion of the resurfacing work of the runway, a senior official said.

Operation of Mumbai and Delhi-bound flights from the city resumed today after completion of the resurfacing (new coating ) work of the runway, airport director, Airport Authority of India, Vadodara airport, Santosh Dhoke said.

“The resurfacing of the 8,100 feet runway work had started last year in November which with an expenditure of Rs 10-11 crore. Now, flights will operate during the fixed hours as it earlier used to be (before Nov, 2014),” he said.

Some of the flights were affected during this period as the watch tower (air traffic control) operated between 0500 hrs to 1000hrs in morning and between 1730 hrs and 2200 hrs in evening.

From today onwards, the air traffic control office operations hours will from 0600 hrs to 1200 hrs noon and from 1500 hrs to 2130 hrs, he said.

As many as 16 flights ply from the Harni airport, located on the outskirts of the city, every day.

PTI