Question

In August 2008, India's longest runway for the passenger aircraft was commissioned in:

• A. Mumbai
• B. New Delhi
• C. Hyderabad
• D. Bangalore

Hint:

This city's airport added a new runway in 2008 ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

This question is about an airport infrastructure event from 2008, when a new runway opened that was, at the time, the longest in the country for commercial passenger flights.

1. Mumbai: Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport had congested, shorter runways at the time and was not the site of this new longest runway.
2. New Delhi: In August 2008, the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi commissioned a new third runway, about 4.4 kilometres long, as part of the airport's modernisation ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. This runway became India's longest for passenger aircraft operations at that time.
3. Hyderabad: The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad had opened only in 2008 as well, but its runway, while modern, was not the longest in the country.
4. Bangalore: Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport also opened around the same period, but again it did not hold the record for the longest runway.

Delhi's new runway at IGI Airport, opened in August 2008, was the correct answer since it became the country's longest passenger runway at the time.

Let's summarize:

• IGI Airport, Delhi, commissioned a new roughly 4.4 kilometre runway in August 2008.
• This was done as part of pre Commonwealth Games airport upgrades.

The correct answer is New Delhi.