Terry Rizzuto, Deputy GM JFK Airport; Mike Wallace, Port Deputy Chief Engineer; Charles Everett, GM JFK Airport; Ana Lemos, outgoing Kaamco President; Claude Vieira, ATC Ops Mgr.; Roger
Scott, incoming Kaamco President; Port Chief Engineer, Jim Starace are the icing on the runway cakes.
pact on the flying public according
to the Port Authority.
Said Lawrence, “ It was a
challenge from the start. We
were challenged with a design
and had to make a decision
going from asphalt to concrete.
We also had to take the
stakeholder standpoint into
account, we don’t make these
decisions lightly. Fortunately
we worked with the airlines,
stakeholder community, the
FAA, a very important stakeholder,
we were able to come
together and make this decision
to make this runway in
concrete. All that collaboration,
really, in my opinion,
resulted in a very successful
project.”
At the ribbon cutting ceremony,
JFK General Manager
Charles Everett said referring
to stakeholders,“ the level of
your collective engagement,
cooperation and willingness
to compromise brought us to
the finish line with few notable
issues. We now stand close
to the edge of pavement and
can look back on a successfully
completed airfield project.
We did it together.”
Following Everett’s remarks,
Kaamco incoming
President Roger Scott was
pleased to announce, “This is
runway project is a marvelous
achievement for everyone
involved and should stand as
a reminder to everyone as to
what can be achieved with collaboration!”
Ajay Dhawan, President
T4 TFAC, former President
Kaamco said, “ We commend
the Port Authority and especially
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GM Charles Everett on a
great, great job completing the
big job of runway construction
of 13L 31R and taxiway
expansion. There was absolutely
a lot of coordination
and great collaborative effort
among with Kaamco, TFAC,
Port, FAA and rest of business
partners. Overall there was a
great effort put in by Port.
Dhawan said that the widening
of the taxiways also benefits
efficiency of the airlines
and airport since it accommodates
the large A380 Airbus
aircraft, JFK handles about a
dozen a day, which can move
more freely and makes room
for faster aircraft movement.
He said that the with widened,
high speed taxiways
aircraft clear in and out and
more efficiently saving approximately.
90 seconds per
aircraft. So given that we have
about 1500 hundred flights a
day, “we will see saving in fueling,
efficiency, safety, emissions
and everything.”
The 10,000-foot-long runway,
which handles nearly
half of JFK’s arriving planes,
was entirely rebuilt and widened
by 50 feet to accommodate
the world’s largest aircraft
such as the Airbus A380
and huge Antonov cargo
freighters. The runway has
been repaved and widened by
33%, and has had new lights,
signs and navigational aids
installed. It’s mostly used for
landings. The new pavement
is concrete, replacing asphalt,
which will result in a longer
operational life of up to 40
years instead of 8 to 12 for asphalt,
according to the Port
Authority.
The runway project is
part of a comprehensive Port
Authority program of airport
infrastructure improvements
focused on enhanced
safety and reduced flight
delays. In addition to JFK,
high-speed taxiways at Newark
Liberty International
Airport are being planned,
as is the significant redevelopment
of all three metro
New York airports.
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Terry Rizzuto holds ceremonial scissors with runway and taxiway in the background.