The construction of new Daxing International Airport, located 46km south of downtown Beijing city in China has been completed. The airport covers an area of 1.4 million square meters and has a terminal territory equivalent to 25 standard football fields ranking it the largest airport the world has ever seen.
The airport, often referred to as “starfish” is scheduled to be operational before Sept. 30 and it’s anticipated to become a pivotal air traffic hub for international travel to and from China, supporting China’s growth to become the world’s largest civil aviation market.
Bai Henghong, director of the Beijing Daxing International Airport project command of Beijing Construction Group said the airport is the world’s largest integrated transportation hub.
“The terminal building is also the world’s largest built with a seamless steel structure, boasting the world’s first design of double-deck departure and double-deck arrival platforms,” added Henghong,.
The construction of new Beijing Daxing International Airport has taken five years to the grand completion during which period hundreds of tombs from the Qing Dynasty were discovered. In the first half of this year, projects including the airport’s main construction, air traffic control and aviation oil facilities, and interlinked expressways and high-speed railway were completed on schedule and given the green light to be put into operation.
The multibillion hub is designed by late British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid (ZHA). It was designed with consideration of reducing pressure on the overcrowded Beijing Capital International Airport. This project was also set to support China’s intention of becoming the world’s largest civil aviation market by the mid-2020s.
The airport is set to serve 72 million passengers and 620,000 flights annually by 2025, and will further increase its capacity to 100 million passengers and 880,000 flights by 2040.
It is forecast to see its passenger throughput reach 72 million in 2025, and further increase to 100 million by 2040, when it is likely to surpass Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the United States to become the world’s largest airport in passenger throughput.
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