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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