The new taxiway N9, Mumbai International Airport has been inaugurated on 01-Nov-08. The location of this taxiway has been designed (located at 2614m from the threshold of runway 09-27) to facilitate all wide-body aircraft to vacate the runway after landing.
N9 would be the first compliant taxiway for Code-F aircraft (such as A-380 and others alike) at CSIA that requires the width of the taxiway to be 25 mtrs and shoulders 17.5 m on each side. Its length is 180m.
The first flight to utilise this taxiway was a British Airways 119 flight from London, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft with Rgn No.GV-IIF at 11.40 hours on 01-Nov-08. With the two rapid exit taxiways, the extended parallel taxiway A4 and taxiway N9 in place, runway occupancy time for aircraft landing and taking off, is likely to be reduced.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
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