Tulsa International Airport runway reconstruction work to alter flight activity through June 2013

TULSA - Reconstruction work on the primary runway at Tulsa International Airport will resume on Jan. 2 which will alter flight activity.

The work is the third phase of a $55 million project to completely reconstruct the airport's 9,999 feet of runway.

It was last reconstructed in 1982.

The airport will remain open throughout the project with commercial flight activity operating on the airport’s 7,376 feet crosswind runway.

Airport officials said passengers may experience delays or cancelations when weather conditions - northerly or southerly winds that exceed 25 knots, cloud ceiling below 500 feet or visibility that is less than a mile and a half - prohibit the use of the crosswind runway.

Officials also said residents in the area will notice a change in the regular flight pattern of airplanes coming in and leaving the airport.

Phase 1: Replaced southern 1285’ of Runway18L/36R.
Start date: April 4, 2011
Completion date: June 29, 2011
Construction cost: $6.8M

Phase 2: Replaced northern 1240’ of Runway18L/36R.
Start date: February 27, 2012
Completion date: June 11, 2012
Construction cost: $6.8M

Phase 3: Replaces 6900’ of Runway 18L/36R.
Start date: January 3, 2013
Target completion date: June 2013
Est. construction cost: $19.9M

Phase 4: Intersection reconstruction of Runway 18L/36R and Runway 08/26. The most complex and disruptive to airport operations, this phase is scheduled for construction in 2014.