World's largest airport starts construction in China

[LetsGetRowdy]

Beijing - China's capital Beijing will begin construction this year of an airport that is likely to replace Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the United States as the world's busiest, local media said on Sunday.

The online edition of Caijing magazine put the cost at 30.2 billion yuan ($4.80bn). It did not say how it would be funded.

With nine runways, the new airport will handle more than 130 million passengers and 5.5 million tonnes of cargo annually, China Radio International said.

The airport, yet to be named, will cover an area of 2 680 hectares, the online edition of Beijing Youth Daily said, quoting an unidentified airline executive.

Located in Daxing, 46km south of Tiananmen Square, Beijing's political centre, construction is due to be completed in October 2017. (in 5 years!)

Beijing's two existing airports have reached their maximum handling capacities.

China plans biggest airport | News24

TOP 10 2011
1. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Passengers: 89,331,622
2. Beijing Capital International Airport. Passengers: 73,891,801
3.
4. London Heathrow Airport. Passengers: 65,884,143
5. Tokyo International Airport. Passengers: 64,069,098
6. Los Angeles International Airport. Passengers: 58,915,100
7.
8. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Passengers: 56,905,066
9. Frankfurt Airport. Passengers: 53,009,221
10. Denver International Airport. Passengers: 51,245,334

World?s Top 10 Busiest Airports

 

[1962 spanking]

more great news!

let the jealous haters squirm.

keep the great news coming boys, post more articles of china's incredible achievements to show just who the damn hell they are dealing with.

 

[Armstrong]

130M - thats about 3/4 the population of Pakistan. Damn...thats big.

 

[qwerrty]

Beijing -
TOP 10 2011
1. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Passengers: 89,331,622
2. Beijing Capital International Airport. Passengers: 73,891,801
3.
4. London Heathrow Airport. Passengers: 65,884,143
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World?s Top 10 Busiest Airports

i remember countless of western propaganda articles bitching how beijing airport was so empty, waste of money, blabla...same with highways, high speed-trains and everything else..
now, all those places are jammed, crowded. lol..if china listening to those jealous morons she wouldn't be where she is today

 

[Sasquatch]

Worlds highest also getting built in Tibetan region.

 

[Sasquatch]

Worlds Largest and Worlds Highest Airports.

 

[fd24]

Yet another superb achievement by our Chinese friends - great to see.

 

[Sasquatch]

i remember countless of western propaganda articles bitching how beijing airport was so empty, waste of money, blabla...same with highways, high speed-trains and everything else..
now, all those places are jammed, crowded. lol..if china listening to those jealous morons she wouldn't be where she is today

Indeed now the west is suffering from their roads highways and other things eroding.

 

[Pakistanisage]

This just validates the growing clout, power and economy of the Incredible China....

Outstanding China, well done and Congratulations.

 

[Sasquatch]

This just validates the growing clout, power and economy of the Incredible China....

Outstanding China, well done and Congratulations.

Save Incredible for India.

 

[Huan]

The "Incredible China". =D

 

[oct605032048]

The second capital airport has long been discussed and remains an unfinished war between the State Counsel and Beijing municipality.

The former (especially the PM) has an funny idea to build the airport somewhere out of Beijing (like TJ) and of course people in Beijing don't like it through and through. I call it a tie.

 

[1962 spanking]

china has alot of the world's "largest, tallest, longest, fastest, most" records in many different areas.

 

[Aramsogo]

i remember countless of western propaganda articles bitching how beijing airport was so empty, waste of money, blabla...same with highways, high speed-trains and everything else..
now, all those places are jammed, crowded. lol..if china listening to those jealous morons she wouldn't be where she is today

They are contrarian indicators. Worry when there are no China naysayers.

The opposite also holds true for hype, hype, hype, shining, incredible and $35 tablets.

 

[yyetttt]

130 mn. :O