Spokane International Airport closing primary runway this week for maintenance

Spokane International Airport is closing its primary runway for two days this week to conduct routine maintenance.

The runway will be closed 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. During the closure, departing and arriving flights will use the airport’s secondary runway for operations, requiring aircraft to fly in an east-west direction over neighborhoods that typically wouldn’t experience air traffic, according to an airport news release.

Commercial and cargo service is not affected by the two-day closure.