This is how the new runway and control tower of Lima Airport progresses

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Today I will tell you how the construction of what will be the new landing strip and control tower of the Lima airport.

The works for the expansion of the Nuevo Jorge Chávez continue according to the planned schedule and the delivery commitments assumed by LAP – Lima Airport Partners. To the date, All the tenders for the work packages corresponding to the Air Side have been completed. (torre + clue) of the project. in addition, Regarding the works on the Land Side, the tender for the new passenger terminal awarded to the Inti Punku Consortium was completed, who will be in charge of the design and construction of the new terminal.

Advance the new runway and control tower

Currently, a notable advance is recorded in each of its components. The new control tower with a 80% advance and the second runway with more than 50%. These works are underway and correspond to the works on the Air Side of the project.; the new control tower will be delivered to CORPAC in mid-July 2022, for the implementation of the air navigation equipment and to have a new runway and control tower ready to operate by the end of this year.

The Expansion Project of the Jorge Chavez Airport is one of the most emblematic airport infrastructure projects in Peru, engine and key element in the reactivation of the country's economy. This work represents an important source of employment and local development for Lima and Callao, Added to this are the multiple social programs developed by LAP for the benefit of the residents of the airport and the area of ​​influence of the project.. Currently, generates more than 3,500 field jobs, in day and night shifts, adding more than 15,000 indirect jobs.

Jorge Chávez will be the first airport in the Peru operating with two runways, an important milestone in the Peruvian industry that will promote and contribute to the reactivation of the sector. This work will be a modern infrastructure that will promote the development of the country and position it as one of the main airports in the region..

New Control Tower

• Building of 65 m high.
• In the middle of 2022 the new control tower will be delivered to CORPAC for the implementation of the air navigation equipment.
• The new tower will come into operation alongside the new runway later this year.
• addition to the tower, auxiliary buildings are being built for the operation of the control tower, among them: a rescue station, a Regulation and Transformation Center, a Fauna Control Center, an electrical substation, Access control and execution of the pipeline bank.
• The works are executed by the Wayra consortium.

second runway

• track with 3,480 meters long, which includes a network of more than 10 kilometers of new taxiways, approach lights, beaconing systems, among others.
• This work will double the capacity of the current operation, Come in 1 and 2 landings and takeoffs per minute.
• It will allow to receive large fuselage aircraft, promoting the development and reactivation of the aeronautical industry. With the existing track and the new one under construction, can be served until 80 landing and takeoff operations per hour.
• The new airfield will have a surface that will triple the current airfield. The second runway will be delivered together with the new tower for its commissioning at the end of this year.
• Work in charge of the Inti Punku consortium.

With the works of the new airport, which should be fully operational until 2035 with a single terminal, It is expected to serve more than 35 million annual passengers in the 2025 and 45 million to the 2029 with an investment of $1600 millions of dollars.

Terrestrial connectivity will be improved with access to public transport such as the metro and new access roads, greatly relieving the general congestion of the area.

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