jaipur there is some good news for air travelers from jaipur who have to go to delhi or mumbai to catch international flights the muchawaited runway extension work of the jaipur airport will start from february 1 this will increase the length of the runway to 11500 feet from its current 9000 feet sn borkar director airports authority of indiaaai jaipur had a meeting with various airlines officials and briefed them about the civic work the work is expected to be complete in nearly 17 months it is a project of rs 98 crore which will facilitate jaipur airport to accommodate the operations of big aircraft that including boeing 747 and airbus 320 which are mainly used in international flights said borkar while talking to toi on thursday during the work the flight operations will remain suspended from 8 am to 10 am and in the evening from 4 pm to 5 pm from february 1 to october 28 2014 till further orders borkar added presently the jaipur airports runway length does not support big aircraft like boeing 747 and airbus 320 even though jaipur airport was given international status in 2006 and was equipped with a new terminal building air traffic control it failed to function fully as an international airport as the runways length was not 11500 feet aai jaipur is aiming at completing the extension work by july 4 2015 after the extension congestion at the indira gandhi international airport would also be eased