F/town airport to expand in May
source: BOPA
20 March, 2008
FRANCISTOWN – The expansion of Francistown Airport is expected to commence in May and be commissioned by July 2010.
The project aims at improvement of existing airport to facilitate operations of Boeing 737 or equivalent class aircraft.
The design works have already been completed by the consultants and tenders for various packages are in progress.
The Department of Town and Regional Planning, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism and the Francistown City Council had already given clearance of the project.
The Director of RITES Afrika, Mr Sanjiv Bhushan, told BOPA that the proposed improvements include construction of new runway, which is 3000 metre long and 45 metre wide; a 120 metre long and 15 metre wide link taxi way; and a parking apron with 250 metre by 150 metre dimentions.
The length of the runway can be extended by 500 metres in future. The Department of Civil Aviation has appointed [continue reading]
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