This Monday 10 of September, the Quito airport performs preventive maintenance on its landing strip, Operations will not be suspendedán.
In the work that is done, It is replacedán 672 m2 (0.04% of the áTotal track area) of ASF folderáLot on the threshold of the track 36 (south head).
During this time, Do not suspendán airport operations, However, During the work they are maintainedá a restrictionón of a thousand meters in the use of the track 18 (north head), what to allowá use 3 098 meters of track.
Between the 02:00 and the 14:00 local time, today Monday 10 of September. To develop maintenance the airport will be keptá operational with a restrictionsón of a thousand meters from the track 18 (north head).
The approaches and take -off will be madeán on track 18. The runway length of the airport is 4 098 meters, facilitating work and a restrictionóN temporal thousand meters allows airport activities to be kept operational, without affecting operations.
The planningón of the preventive maintenance was coordinated with the Dirección General of Aviationón Civil and has the respective approvalón. Additionally, informative coordination and notes with all airlines have been carried outíNeas operating at the airport.
Preventive maintenance consists in replacing a sectionón of 672 m2 (0.04% of the áTotal track area) at runway threshold 36 From the airport, who was already presentingñwear wakeups due to normal use during más from five toños de operationóterminal n aérea. The objective is to maintain airport infrastructure in óptimas conditions to guarantee the continuity and safety of operations.
In these works participateán 80 people and 30 units between teams, Machinery and vehíglasses.
For PR -effectsáCTICS, the Quito airport, during the 12 hours to lastá Preventive maintenance, discommateá from 3 098 meters of track –instead of the 4 098 metros-, sufficient distance for operations are safe by type and sizeñor aircraft arriving or taking off from the airport track, especially the Boeings 737 y Airbus A320 – medium aircraft.
For this reasonón no se prevén effects on operations toéreas, except those originated by meteorol conditionsólogic, So we suggest users and passengers to stay informed throughés of the information channelsón of its airlineíNeas and Airport.
