Belgrade Airport to begin construction of inserted runway
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is to begin with the construction of a so-called inserted runway, after which its main runway will be closed and overhauled. Tender procedures have begun for the supervision and oversight of the project, with the deadline for the submission of bids set for May 8. The development, which will take a total of two years (or 44 months) to complete, includes the repurposing of the main “A” taxiway into a runway, to be used for take offs and landings, as well as the construction of new taxiways. The inserted runway will be 3.500 metres long and sixty metres wide. It will be able to cater for the airport’s overall demand. The inserted runway will be 190 metres apart from the existing runway.
The overhaul of the existing runway will commence in 2023. Once it is completed, the inserted version will be used as a taxiway which will be linked to the runway through a new system of taxiways, including four rapid exit taxiways (RETs). The RETs allow aircraft to leave the runway at higher speeds. This in turn enables aircraft to vacate the runway quicker, permitting another to land or take off in a shorter interval of time. This is usually accomplished by making the exiting taxiway longer, thus giving the aircraft more space in which to slow down. Once the reconstruction of the main runway is completed, the inserted runway will also be used as an alternative, should the main one be incapacitated to handle aircraft for whatever reason.
The French industrial company Lafarge announced this week it would carry out work on the airport’s new taxiways for which it will use a new premium range of ready-mix concrete which is more durable. Belgrade Airport’s existing runway was built in 1962. It was extended by an additional 400 metres to 3.400 metres in 1978. It has been determined that the runway’s weight baring capacity is no longer sufficient. Airport operator VINCI is currently in the process of expanding Belgrade Airport’s Terminal 2 building, while the country’s air navigation service provider SMATSA has commenced work on the construction of the airport’s new control tower.
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