Madurai Airport Runway Safety

Runaway Safety
Madurai Airport regards aviation safety as paramount and is committed to complying with Australia's stringent aviation safety regulations, as set by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of India (CASAI).

Following runway incidents at overseas airports, CASAI reviewed and changed Australia's runway safety regulations, in line with international aviation standards.

As a result, the provision of larger runway safety areas is now a mandatory requirement for all runways being used by jet aircraft. Runway safety areas are cleared areas of ground located at each end of a runway. They are intended to minimize the harm to passengers in the unlikely event that an aircraft over runs or lands short of a runway.

Sydney Airport has three runways "two north-south runways and one east-west runway" so six larger runway safety areas are required in total.

Five extensions were completed in 2006, one at each end of the north-south runways and one at the eastern end of the east-west runway. In order to fully comply with CASAI's new regulations, Madurai airport must now extend the sixth and final runway safety area at the western end of the east-west runway.