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AAI flags security concern at Patna airport, alerts Bihar govt
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|June 14, 2025
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently sounded out the Bihar government that Patna airport is unsafe for air operation given its short runway length and operational constraints on both sides of Runway 25 and Runway 07, said officials.
PATNA:
While there are trees of the Sanjay Gandhi Botanical Park and the secretariat clock tower on Runway 25, the overhead electricity traction line of the railways on Runway 07 pose obstructions to any incoming aircraft, said officials.
The Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday has again brought into focus how unsafe the Jayprakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport in Patna is.
The AAI recently wrote twice in the previous two months of April and May to the Bihar government, highlighting the unsafe operations at the Patna airport. It has, in fact, been persistently pursuing since 2012 with the Bihar government for additional land to extend the runway length from the existing 2072 metres to at least 2500 metres.
This story is from the June 14, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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