Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport

Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Xiamen, Fujian, China
Location Xiang'an District, Xiamen
Coordinates 24°33′13″N 118°21′12″E / 24.55361°N 118.35333°E / 24.55361; 118.35333Coordinates: 24°33′13″N 118°21′12″E / 24.55361°N 118.35333°E / 24.55361; 118.35333
Map
Xiang'an Airport
Location of airport
Xiang'an Airport
Xiang'an Airport (China)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
3,800 12,467
3,600 11,811
Source:[1]
Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport
Traditional Chinese 廈門翔安國際機場
Simplified Chinese 厦门翔安国际机场

Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport is an airport being built to serve the city of Xiamen in Fujian Province, China. Once completed (estimated in 2020), it will replace the existing Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport as the city's main airport. The airport is located on the Dadeng Island in Xiang'an District, facing Nan'an, Quanzhou to the north. It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Kinmen, 25 kilometres (16 mi) from central Xiamen, 44 kilometres (27 mi) from downtown Quanzhou, and 72 kilometres (45 mi) from Zhangzhou.[1]

Facilities

The airport will have two runways, which are 3,800 and 3,600 meters long, respectively (class 4F). It will have a 550,000 square metres (5,900,000 sq ft) terminal building designed in the dacuo (大厝) architectural style native to the Minnan region. It is projected to serve 45 million passengers and 500,000 tons of cargo annually by 2025.[1]

Airspace concern

As the airport is only 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Kinmen Airport, there is about 70% of airspace overlapping each other, and the directions of runways are also similar, causing aviation safety concern. [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 未来，厦门翔安新机场长这样，预计2020年完成. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-11-17.
  2. ↑ [馬政府時期 中國填海造陸興建》廈門翔安機場 距金門機場僅10公里 http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/paper/1167066]
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