New Runway edge approach along frangible masts at TIA

The runway of Tribhuvan International Airport has been extended by 300 meters at its southern end, upgrading the runway end safety areas to current standards. CAAN undertook this major airside and landside infrastructure improvement works. 

At Tribhuvan International Airport, MSIPL Completes installation of ICAO compliant ADB Safegate unidirectional LED elevated and low-protrusion 12’’ inset light fixture for runway edge,  runway approach along with Exel Composites Frangible Masts that are lightweight, yet rigid structures that break or yield on impact, to minimize damage and maximize safety, and thus protect property and life in the event of a runway incursion.

“Now, if an aircraft making its takeoff roll from the northern end aborts takeoff, it will have room to stop on the runway” quoted Rajan Pokhrel, director general at the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. The runway now has safety areas, each 300 meters in length, at both the northern Bouddha and southern Koteshwor ends. The extra length is intended to reduce risk in the event of an aircraft overshooting or undershooting the runway. The runway project had aimed to lengthen the safety area at the northern end on the Bouddha side. There was no overrun area here, and if a plane taking off from this end should run out of runway, it could plunge into a ravine 50-60 meters deep. So it was decided to lengthen the runway at the southern end on the Koteshwor side. Following the extension of the safety areas, the total length of the runway of Nepal’s sole international airport has reached 3,350 meters.