As part of our commitment to maintaining world-class infrastructure, London Biggin Hill Airport has resurfaced its runway and added new centreline lighting during the spring/summer of 2025.
Runway resurfacing is a critical aspect of aviation infrastructure maintenance, ensuring the safety and efficiency of aircraft operations. Over time, runways are subjected to constant wear from aircraft, weather conditions, and daily operations.
The resurfacing project has enhanced the durability and performance of our runway, ensuring it continues to meet the highest standards for years to come and enhancing the experience for pilots using London Biggin Hill Airport.
What happened?
The project was completed over several phases, including:
- Removing the top layer of the runway and laying a new surface on top.
- Installing centreline lighting to increase the visual cues and situational awareness to pilots.
- Improving sustainability by replacing the existing halogen edge lights and 21 approach lights with LED lights.
The project team consisted of:
Airport
Principal Designer
Principal Contractor & Construction Overview
Aeronautical Ground Lighting (AGL)
Scope of the works
More than 100 operatives laid around 100,000m2 of grooved asphalting to resurface London Biggin Hill’s 1806m runway.
In total, approximately > 30,000 tonnes of asphalt was laid, 60 new centreline lights were installed and around 150 existing ground lights were replaced with more energy efficient LED units.
We also removed and replaced around 50,000m of cabling, and upgraded around 150 existing electrical manholes and gullies for better maintenance working conditions.
Page last updated on 9th December 2025.