Mumbai Airport to be shut for 6 hours on this date, know why

Mumbai Airport will remain shut from 11 am to 5 pm (six hours) on May 2 for pre-monsoon maintenance and repair work. The scheduled temporary runway closure is an annual exercise. A contingency plan on the same will help maintain operational continuity and ensure passengers' safety, it in a statement.

The exercise involves specialists in engineering and airside teams inspecting the runway surface for micro-texture and macro-texture wear and tear that may have occurred due to day-to-day operations and help strengthen the airside strip, it said.

The Adani Group-owned Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Internation Airport (CSMI) has two crossing runways-RWY 09/27 and 14/32. The two runways will remain temporarily non-operational on May 2, as part of the facility's monsoon contingency plan.

The temporary closure will be from 11 am to 5 pm and a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) has been issued in this regard, CSMIA said. CSMIA said it has already intimated all its relevant stakeholders six months in advance and added that, this has also helped airlines to plan their flight schedules accordingly.

On 2nd May, both the runways of MumbaiAirport will remain temporarily non-operational on the account of pre-monsoon maintenance and repair work from 11:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs.
Passengers are requested to check with their respective airlines about their scheduled flights. pic.twitter.com/My4q5e0DiJ

— CSMIA (@CSMIA_Official) April 4, 2023

All operations will resume as usual from post 5 pm on May 2, it added. Mumbai International Airport, which is the world's second busiest single-runway airport, handles around 900 flight movements each day.

(With inputs from PTI)

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