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Australia’s new international airport has begun flight testing of runway lights
October 7th 2024
Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) has started flight testing of its runway lights as it progresses to its opening in late 2026. Read More » The airport is using a Piper PA-30 Twin Engine Comanche aircraft to take off and land on its single runway during daylight, dusk and evening conditions to test the airfield’s 3,000 aeronautical ground lights. “This week’s flight tests are an important commissioning requirement stipulated by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to help ensure our runway lighting infrastructure is fit for operations,” WSI CEO, Simon Hickey, said. “These tests are the culmination of a tremendous amount of work by our contract partners to level the land, build multiple and complex layers of sandstone and asphalt to form the 3.7km runway and install lighting, line marking and technology systems to soon support passenger and cargo operations at WSI.”
