THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kannur international airport will be inaugurated on December 9. The inauguration date was fixed after the airport received permission from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Steps have been taken to extend the length of runway to 4000 metre from 3050 metre.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation gave final permission to Kannur airport on Thursday. DGCA issued aerodrome license to Kannur airport following the success of experimental flying. Licence was issued after evaluating Runway, Runway light, apron, DVOR, isolation bay, electrical and lightning system and fire station. All other evaluations had been completed earlier.