Thursday, July 28, 2011
Bonaire’s Flamingo Airport to Re-Open 24 Hours a Day Starting Friday, July 29, 2011
As of Friday morning, July 29, 2011 at 06:45 LT, and, happily, precisely according to plan, the runway at Bonaire’s Flamingo Airport once again will be available 24 hours each day. At that time, the temporary closings of the airport that have existed for the past six months while the runway was renovated will be canceled.
Although work will continue at the airport in the coming months, it will no longer disrupt arriving or departing flights, and so Bonaire will return to a full load of flights coming in from international destinations as well as regional flights.
Some of the new work just commissioned is in the new west area, being the new turnpad, new runway lights, new approach lights, new runway markings, the new precision approach path indicators, the new Air Traffic Control Tower touch screen interface, and the new wind sock. There will be additional work performed in the coming months, too, but nothing that will interfere with the airport’s arriving and departing flights.
Congratulations go to the airport team assigned to this massive undertaking for getting the job done on time and without accidents or incidents. (Source: Bonaire International Airport/Flamingo Airport)
