FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) in dry dock at Arsenal de Toulon (France) in SatelliteView (satellites.pro)
A U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit sits on the flight deck of France’s Marine Nationale aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R 91). April 24, 2019
Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport is an airport being built to serve the city of Dalian, northeast China. It is being built on 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) of reclaimed land off the coast of Dalian. Expected to open in 2024, it is set to become the world’s largest offshore airport.
Western Sydney Airport is a new airport under construction within the suburb of Badgery Creek. The airport is planned to have 24-hour and curfew-free operations, and will supplement Kingsford Smith Airport, which has reached capacity due to a legislated curfew and flight caps. The first stage of construction on the new airport began on 24 September 2018, and the first stage is expected to be complete and open by December 2026.
The airport will be the new airport of Angola’s capital Luanda and is designed for 13 million passengers per year and will receive 12 fingerdocks. It will replace the old Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport.
Mexico City Texcoco Airport is a partially built facility which was supposed to be Mexico City’s New International Airport, but it was abruptly canceled in late 2018. Instead, the Federal government of Mexico plans to build an international airport at Santa Lucía airbase north of the city.
The airport is already opened but still under construction. The airport is planned to be able to handle 120 to 200 million passengers after completion of final phase in 2040.
The new Istanbul Airport is already opened and now the main airport of the city. It is still under construction waiting for completion of stages two and three till 2025.
Construction site of the new airport about 50 km outside Chengdu. The new airport will be the third largest hub in China, serving 80 to 100 million passengers per year.
Construction site of new airport on Dadeng island. After completion of final phase, the airport will serve 85 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo annually by 2040.
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.
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.
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
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
