Badghis airport runway rebuilt
Ahmad Quraishi
HERAT CITY, Jan 04 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Reconstruction of runway of the Qala-e-Naw airport in the western province of Badghis has been completed at the cost of $1.2 million by the Spanish Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).
John Carlo Ciaburro, spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the western zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News on Thursday that the airport having 2000-meter long and 25-meter wide runway could be used for any type of Boeing airbus flights.
He added that other facilities as lights, radar and other equipment will be installed later at the airport.
Sayed Zia Wasiqi, spokesman for the Badghis governor, said that the Afghan Ariana Airline’s planes should have to land at the runway earlier, but bad weather has impeded that till now.
He said that only planes belonging to the ISAF were using the airport for their flights.
The Spanish troops are engaged in reconstruction and security maintenance in Badghis province under ISAF.
Badghis deputy governor said the airport was made in 1968 for the first time which could be used for small plane it was expanded later to be used for all kinds of flights.
Two weeks back, runway of the Bagram airport in Parwan province was also reconstructed to be used for big military flights.
The 3600-meter long and 46-meter wide runway was built at the cost of $68 millions by 400 Afghan workers in two years.
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