Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow is likely to remain shut for night flight operations for four months from February 23 to July 11.
If reports are to go by, there will be no flight operations between 9:30 pm and 6 am during this period. During this period, the Lucknow airport will be undertaking expansion and upgradation work of its existing runway (airside) to prepare for increased demand of passenger traffic and cargo flow.
The airport will be undertaking various construction activities to upgrade the infrastructure on the airside, which will include new ground lights for aircraft operations, introduction of three new link taxiways, runway end safety area made of sand and aircraft turn pad expansion.