
Lahore Airport runways:
Main Runway 18L/36R
Secondary Runway 18R/36L

Abbas
There are multiple layers to a runway, a surface change on an asphalt runway can be done overnight given if you put in the machinery, however if you also go onto replace the whole runway from the bottom up it takes more time, Hong Kong will be closing it’s north runway for 3 years to refurbish it from the bottom upbaberblues wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:03 pm I personally feel that poor planning is at foul here, surely we can construct and refurbish runways quicker than a year. It was absolutely impressive to see that Dubai done it within 45 days it was?
Secondly, to ensure fast taxi to/from the runway, would it not have been best to keep the crossing points on the main runway clear so that aircraft could leave/enter the secondary runway quicker?
On a recent visit to Lahore i had a good look at the work in progress at the airport and i think you might be right because not only was the asphalt dug up but the rock layer underneath it was also excavated and i think they are renovating the runway from the base layer itself hence the late completion time, the amount of rain Lahore receives i think its better to build the runway with care and expertise even if takes more time no one wants it to end up like the new Islamabad airport whose secondary runway’s parts sank down after a few months of opening.Pakistan-1 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:32 pm
There are multiple layers to a runway, a surface change on an asphalt runway can be done overnight given if you put in the machinery, however if you also go onto replace the whole runway from the bottom up it takes more time, Hong Kong will be closing it’s north runway for 3 years to refurbish it from the bottom up
Secondary runway 36L/18R is already rebuilt and renewed before main runway to be able to accommodate the traffic nowadays while main runway is closed.baberblues wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:24 am Thanks for the clarification and insight into runway construction. Could we possibly see the secondary runway being upgraded at some point too!