Airports with major expansion

Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport

Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (IATA: LHW) is an airport serving Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, China.
Terminal 3 construction preparations started in 2019. It will have a floor area of 400,000 square metres, dwarfing T1 and T2. The terminal will have 87 gates.

Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
New terminal 3 at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport

Chongqing Jiangbei Airport

The fifth phase of expansion for Jiangbei Airport is currently underway. It is expected to include a new terminal, namely T3B, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and CSWADI, and a fourth runway. This phase will be finished in the mid-2020s.

Chongqing Jiangbei Airport
Chongqing Jiangbei Airport

Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport

Terminal 4: An expansion project, which began in 2017, is underway and will see a new terminal building covering almost 400,000 sq meters as well as two additional runways north of the existing one

Entrance of Terminal 1

Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport

New satellite terminal project, announcing a target of 22 million passengers per year by 2025. The  project includes the construction of 235,000 sqm satellite terminal, fuel supply facilities and ancillary facilities. The completion and operational launch of the project was announced for 2020.

Terminal of Shenzhen Bao’an

Seoul Incheon International Airport

New passenger terminal opened on 18 January 2018. Phase 4 estimated to be completed in 2023, this is the final and the ultimate construction stage. Upon completion, the airport will have two passenger terminals, four satellite concourses, 128 gates, and five parallel runways (one exclusively for cargo flights).

Terminal 2 of Incheon International

Shanghai Pudong International Airport

New satellite terminal with a total construction area of 622,000 square meters and 83 gates. It will have an annual design capacity of 38 million passengers.

Satellite Concourse under construction as of December 2018

Frankfurt Airport

Terminal 3 under construction. The new terminal is scheduled to be built by Fraport, south of the existing terminals on the grounds of the former Rhein-Main Air Base. The new Terminal 3 is to accommodate up to 25 million passengers and will feature 75 new aircraft positions when completely constructed.

Map of Frankfurt Airport with Terminal 3

Hong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap Kok)

A third runway to the north is under construction. Associated facilities, additional terminals, airfield and apron facilities, will be built as well, and, combined with the new runway, it is estimated that the airport would be able to handle a maximum of 620,000 flights per year (102 per hour, or about one flight every 36 seconds), and meet forecast annual passenger and cargo throughput of about 97 million and 8.9 million tonnes by 2030 respectively.

A bird’s eye view of Hong Kong International Airport

Abu Dhabi International Airport

New midfield terminal under construction. The terminal was scheduled to open in 2019, but has not yet been released for passenger traffic.List


Singapore Changi Airport

Terminal 5 will be ready around 2035 and is designed for 50 million passengers. The third runway has already been built.

Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport Map with new terminal 5

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