Cork Airport ready for take-off as runway works completed

The airport, which shut for essential works on September 13, will reopen ready for business on Monday after a €40m project to rebuild its main runway

Brian Culloty, (left) head of airside infrastructure and resident engineer, Cork Airport, and David Fraser, project director, Colas, main contractors, on the new runway at Cork Airport ahead of reopening for flights on Monday. Picture: Denis Minihane.

The reconstructed main runway at Cork Airport has been officially reopened.

And management says that not only has the work been finished on time but also within budget.