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After two summers of construction, Saskatoon’s airport is celebrating the reopening of its main runway.
Runways are supposed to be resurfaced every 25 years, and over the last two summers Saskatoon gave the main runway a facelift.
“It’s an exciting day for the Saskatoon Airport,” said Stephen Maybury, the airport’s president and CEO.
Maybury said the renovations included adding almost five kilometres of drainage lines and lighting, on top of the paving work.
“There’s runway-edge lighting and new approach lighting at each end of the runway,” he explained.
Airport staff officially reopen the runway at the Saskatoon Airport with a ribbon cutting. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
The closure of the main runway meant air traffic had to take off and land using the secondary runway, which runs north-south. Flight paths will now return to normal, the CEO noted.
Maybury said the reopening will help take some pressure off the secondary and smaller runway, which was only been used up to 15 per cent of the time before the construction project began.
“Think about it from an airline perspective,” Maybury explained. “They’ve had to change up the type of aircraft, in certain instances, in order to use the facilities here. That will return back to normal.”
Maybury wouldn’t go into specifics, but he noted that no level of air service was ever impacted by the construction.
The total cost of the project was $16 million, half of which was covered by the federal government. According to Maybury, the project came in on budget.