Cayman Islands Airports Authority postpones start of runway works at Grand Cayman Owen Airport

Cayman Islands Airports Authority rescheduled (14-Aug-2019) the date to commence runway upgrade works at Grand Cayman Island Owen Roberts International Airport due to unexpected extended contract negotiations. The airfield upgrade project consists of five sub-projects, namely:

• Milling and repaving of the existing runway surface;
• Runway extension to the west of threshold 08;
• Filling of the ponds within the airfield perimeter;
• Establishing a robust airfield perimeter road;
• Expanding the aircraft parking ramp in an easterly direction to provide additional aircraft parking.

The project was scheduled to last eight consecutive Tuesdays starting in Sep-2019. The milling and repaving of the existing runway surface works will have to be rescheduled. The airport runway will now remain open on those eight Tuesdays in Sep/Oct-2019, and the works will be carried out at a later date, in the evenings, outside of the normal operating hours of the airport. [more - original PR]