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  • Airports under construction

    Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport

    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.

    Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport
    Aerial view of Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport

    Western Sydney 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.

    Aerial view of Western Sydney Airport under construction 2021

    Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport

    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.

    Runway under construction in 2009

    Santa Lucía Airport (Mexico City)

    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.

    Santa Lucía Airport
    Aerial view of Santa Lucia Airport construction site.

    Beijing Daxing International Airport

    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.

    Beijing Daxing Airport
    Aerial view of Beijing Daxing.

    Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport

    New international airport for the city of Qingdao in the Shandong Province in China. It will replace the old Liuting airport.

    Qingdao Jiaodong main terminal.

    Istanbul Airport

    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.

    Istanbul Yeni Havalimani Airport
    Istanbul Yeni Havalimani Airport main building

    Chengdu Tianfu International Airport

    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.

    Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
    Aerial view of Chengdu Tianfu.

    Xiamen Xiang’an International Airport

    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.

    Xiamen Xiang’an International Airport building model.

    Navi Mumbai International Airport

    The project, estimated to cost ₹167 billion (US$1.8 billion), was planned to be implemented in three phases, with a capacity to handle 90 million passengers and 2.5 million tonnes of cargo per annum by 2032

    Main entrance of Navi Mumbai International Airport

    Ho Chi Minh City Long Thanh International Airport

    The airport has a maximum designed capacity to serve over 100 million passengers and five million tonnes of cargo annually, which would make it the largest airport in Vietnam, Southeast Asia and one of the largest in the world.

    Long Thanh’s T1 just before its technical inauguration on December 2025

    Ezhou Huahu International Airport

    The airport was developed by SF Express and Hubei province as a logistics hub for China and is touted as China’s first cargo-focused airport. One of the factors for SF Express to choose Ezhou as the site of a major cargo hub is it being located almost equidistant from Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, while also being only an hour drive away from Wuhan.

    Terminal of Ezhou Huahu

    Changsha Huanghua International Airport

    Terminal 4 is to be constructed on the north side of the East terminal area. The east terminal area, in which both Terminals 3 and 4 lie, is located between the second and third runways. Changsha Huanghua International Airport will become a major hub in China, which hosts several airlines. The airport’s ultimate capacity will be 90 million passengers annually.

    Huanghua master plan

  • 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

    Terminal A

    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

    Kunming Changshui International Airport

    Kunming Changshui Main Terminal

    Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

    Guangzhou Baiyun Terminal 2