World’s biggest airport set to open in Beijing in 2017

[Saifullah Sani]

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[beijingwalker]

Atlanta is still the busiest but it is expected Beijing will handle more passengers in the near future.

By the way the 47 million passengers is from Jan - July. If you look at the 2011 statistics Atlanta had 92 mln and Beijing had 77 mln passengers.

for now,yes,but they are already very close,the overtaking is just within one or two years.

 

[terranMarine]

for now,yes,but they are already very close,the overtaking is just within one or two years.

That fast? i would think 4-5 years to reach 90 mln

 

[beijingwalker]

That fast? i would think 4-5 years to reach 90 mln

should happen this year based on the prediction,or maybe we have to wait for another year.the final result will be out early next year.

 

[sms]

China doing wonders on infra structure development! There is a lot we can learn from them.
Also there is no harm to associate our pride to these achievements as there are few who can attempt and make efforts, for rest of people/ countries ..they just can dream it, envy it or whine ..choice is yours. How do you want to shape your future.

Great going China!! May be force with you!

 

[shuttler]

Beijing briefly claimed the title of the biggest airport when the capital airport terminal 3 was finished in 2008,but later lost the title to Dubai,now the city is going to claim it back.

photos of Beijing capital airport(constructed in 2008)
Beijing Capital International Airport - SkyscraperCity

This replica of a great piece of Ancient Chinese Invention: The Armillary Sphere is displayed at the center of the atrium. Marvellous!

You can find the same piece here:

Nanjing Purple Mountain Observatory, Jiangsu

 

[Imran Khan]

congs china .....

 

[Samrat007]

Wao thats Incredible....

Congratz China !!

 

[A1Kaid]

World's biggest airport, for the World's shortest people.


On a serious note, congratulations to the People's Republic of China & Taiwan.

 

[beijingwalker]

World's biggest airport, for the World's shortest people.


On a serious note, congratulations to the People's Republic of China & Taiwan.

you mean height or..?China is an average height country,but there is a sharp difference between southerners and northerners.
http://www.interbasket.net/news/4385/2009/09/average-height-by-country-males-20-years/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height

 

[beijingwalker]

China approves new US$11.2b Beijing airport
Monday, 14 January, 2013, 4:30pm

Chinese leaders have given final approval for a long-awaited new US$11.2 billion international airport in Beijing to ease crushing congestion at the existing facility, state media said on Monday.

The state-run China Daily newspaper reported the decision, made on Sunday, citing a spokesman for the country’s State Council, or cabinet.

The existing international airport, which saw a major expansion in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, is the world’s second-busiest, reflecting China’s relentless economic rise.

The new airport is likely to be in the south of the sprawling capital but other details including a start date for construction and its design were still being decided, the Daily said, quoting spokesman Li Shengbo.

The newspaper also reported, citing the CAAC News – a paper affiliated with the country’s aviation administration – that large-scale construction would begin next year, with the airport due to open by the end of 2018.

CAAC News, quoting an aviation administration official, said the new airport would cost at least 70 billion yen (US$11.2 billion), with six runways for civilian aircraft and a seventh for military use.

Beijing Capital International Airport, in the north of the city, has been ranked as the world’s second biggest airport for three years, the newspaper said, handling 81.8 million passenger movements last year.

It ranks second globally behind Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta in the United States.

A new airport would put Beijing alongside the likes of New York, London, Paris and Tokyo as cities with more than one major facility.

Passengers in Beijing have long complained of delays, with another complicating factor being airspace distribution between civil and military flights.

 

[Samlee]

China approves new US$11.2b Beijing airport
Monday, 14 January, 2013, 4:30pm

Congratulations All The Way

 

[FCPX]

This will be a monster of an airport! Congrats to China for this project

 

[Azizam]

I thought Beijing airport was the biggest in the world already.

Congrats China by the way.

you mean height or..?China is an average height country,but there is a sharp difference between southerners and northerners.
http://www.interbasket.net/news/4385/2009/09/average-height-by-country-males-20-years/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height

Ironically world's tallest man is also a Chinese

 

[Hafizzz]

World Airport Awards | the Passengers Choice



It's the quality that matters, not quantity.

Of course quality matters and China has everything in mind.

Also China will not use stupid name such as "Dum Dum" to name their airport.