Passengers may experience a little more ground time waiting to take off from Juneau International Airport in the coming months. The main runway is about to undergo a massive construction. Airport Manager Patty deLaBruere says planes will start taking off and landing from a temporary runway.
“The aircraft will start landing on the temp runway which is the old taxiway,” she says.
It’s the second year of a multiphase project. Phase 2 is estimated to cost around $22 million and will include resurfacing the main runway.
“It will be taken down to about three inches of pavement, they’re going to be doing some work on all the light in the shoulders,” says deLaBruere.
Juneau International Airport completed a similar project 18 years ago. deLaBruere says the regular runway should be back in operation by July 1. Most of the cost for construction will come from Federal Aviation Administration grants.
