Some Relief...🚨🚨
🇰🇷HD Hyundai delegation visits Thoothukudi over shipyard plans. The delegation was in the port city for the last 2 days and held discussions with VoC Port officials on its shipbuilding plans... #InvestInTN#HDHyundai https://t.co/qYkSiREem7
Can Chennai Airport Build a Parallel Runway on OTA Land? ✈️
Many assume acquiring the Officers Training Academy (OTA) land would unlock a massive upgrade—specifically, a parallel runway for Chennai Airport (MAA).
Looking at ICAO standards, here is the technical reality:
❌ Why Another Runway Won't Work:
Parallel to Main Runway (07/25): Parallel operations require 760 m to 1,035 m centerline separation—the parcel simply lacks the required north–south depth.
Obstacle Surfaces (OLS): An eastward approach profile collides directly into St. Thomas Mount and dense urban settlements.
Parallel to Secondary Runway (12/30): The available ground length is far too short to fit a Code-C runway strip and safety zones (RESA). Even a small third runway is practically impossible.
💡 Where OTA Land Actually Helps:
Remote Parking Bays: Frees up saturated contact gates, clears apron bottlenecks, and expands critically needed night-parking stands.
or lad swap to get more land for parallel runway in west.
A true parallel runway at Meenambakkam is physically impossible—which is why the greenfield project is necessary. But to push MAA’s existing runway to its absolute single-runway peak, OTA ground space remains invaluable.
The OTA is a prestigious military institution that should not be relocated. Beyond its defense legacy, the campus serves as a vital green lung and urban cooling island amidst the city's concrete sprawl.
What are your thoughts? Drop them below! 👇
I really hope we somehow get HD Hyundai to Thoothukudi. Earlier DMK Govt got it & further TVK Govt pursued it too. This is a game changing investment for whole of South TN. @Keerthana4VNR@CMOTamilnadu@Guidance_TN@deepakj2012 plz get it done. Can't be losing this...🙏🙏
@rhevanth95 Cancelling all infrastructure projects and aadhav arjun wants to build expressways but without farm lands being affected
Eppdi possible nu thrla