Mumbai airport to keep its main runway closed for six days a week

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai remained closed for commercial operations on November 4 due to the maintenance and repair tasks that need attention. Further, the airport will stay shut for six days a week till March 28, 2020.
Reportedly, the closure timings are 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM every Monday to Saturday. As of now, the main runway can accommodate 50 arrivals and departures every hour.

Meanwhile, the airport will keep its second runway operational, which is capable of handling a minimum of 36 flights an hour. However, on festive occasions and holidays, the main runway of Mumbai airport will be made fully functional.
As per a press release, the main runway will be operational all day on Christmas; it will also stay open in 2020 on January 1, February 19 and 21, March 10 and 25. Due to the closure on most days, routes of several airplanes as well the timings of domestic and international airplanes will be changed.


Mumbai airport handles about 900 flight arrivals and departures on a daily basis. It is the second busiest airport in India after Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.

As per the press reports, the runway repair work was postponed due to the long-stretched monsoon season. Initially, it was scheduled to start on November 1, but was further delayed.
During early 2019, both the runways of Mumbai airport were shut from February 7 to March 30 for maintenance work.