Anticipate High Rain Currency, AP Implement Mitigation At 15 Airports

President Director of PT Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

PT Angkasa Pura I or AP I has implemented a number of mitigation measures to anticipate the weather with the potential for high rainfall. Considering that Indonesia is currently at the peak of the rainy season.

President Director of PT Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi said this step was taken to ensure the smooth running and safety of flights at 15 airports managed during the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year holidays this time.

One thing that is our focus is related to infrastructure readiness in air side areas, such as runways, taxiways, and aprons. We ensure that the infrastructure is always in optimal condition in any weather situation," he said in an official statement, Monday, January 2.

According to Faik, this is the key so that flight operations can run smoothly amid high flight frequency during the Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 periods.

"And in the midst of weather conditions with high rainfall like today," said Faik.

Faik said, Angkasa Pura I has carried out a number of mitigation measures to ensure infrastructure readiness in the air side area, namely by cleaning waterways in the air side area which is the drain route on the runway.

Then, ensure that the air side area is free from foreign objects or foreign objects debris (FOD), inspection of the ground level of water in the air side area, inspection of the runway surface through the runway inspection which is routinely carried out twice a day. As well as ensuring the flood control pump is functioning properly.

"A number of these steps are aimed at ensuring the flow of water disposal in the air side area towards drainage, and so that there are no puddles or water pounds in the air side area, especially on the runway, taxiway, and apron surfaces," he said.

Not only that, said Faik, Angkasa Pura I also ensures the readiness of flight operational support facilities and equipment related to the quality of the pilot's visibility on the runway or runway visibility, including by ensuring the readiness of runway lights or Airfield Lighting System (AFL) and runway markings that serve as guides for pilots in the plane's take-off and landing situations.

"Our personnel who work in the air side area also routinely check the water conditions on the runway surface when it rains with high rainfall, so that the process of taking-off and landing of the aircraft in the peak season situation like now can run smoothly and safely," concluded Faik Fahmi.