Chengdu Tianfu International Airport opens in China, knocking the previous second-busiest airport off its perch.
Always further, faster, bigger and better. That's how the human species works. It's similar with the airport business. The second largest airport in the world in terms of area is no longer Denver International Airport. Because 57,429 hectares more than Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, which was recently renamed China .
The airport project was launched back in May 2016 - the opening finally followed in June 2021. The airport is located around 50 kilometers from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, and is now officially the second largest airport in the world. According to the Standard the first phase of construction cost a whopping 9.1 billion euros.
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Up to 60 million passengers can pass through the 71,000-hectare Chengdu Tianfu International Airport every year.can be processed. In comparison, the airport in Denver, which was previously the second largest airport in the world, only had 13,571 hectares. One advantage of the new airport: The metro line connecting Tianfu International Airport with downtown Chengdu takes around 40 minutes to reach the city center.
The King Fahd International Airport or Dammam Airport is the world's largest airport in terms of surface area at 77,600 hectares.. Of this, only 3,675 hectares are used for aviation purposes. A large, impressive mosque rises up from the ground in front of the terminal with its two runways. The airport in Saudi Arabia is located in the city of Dammam. King Fahd International Airport is 35 minutes (44 kilometers) by car from the center of Dammam Corniche.
Jianyang, Lujiazhen, Chengdu, Sichuan 610000
