Mumbai Airport will be closed for six hours on Oct 17

MUMBAI: Flight operations at Mumbai Airport will be closed for six hours on October 17 for carrying out post-Monsoon maintenance work on two cross runways at the facility, Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) said on Friday.

This scheduled temporary closure is a part of Mumbai Airport’s annual post-monsoon preventive maintenance plan and a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) has also been issued six months in advance in this regard, it said.

“As a part of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) comprehensive post-monsoon runway maintenance plan, the cross runways — RWY 09/27 and RWY 14/32 — will be temporarily non-operational on October 17, 2024, from 11 am to 5 pm,” MIAL said-PTI