Baoan Airport's construction of three runs to increase throughput costs only one tenth of Hong Kong's reclamation area is nearly 60%

The paving project of the third runway of Hong Kong International Airport was completed last month, and it is expected that the new runway can be used first next year.

The construction of this project with a cost of 141.5 billion yuan started in 2016 and is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2024.

Only Shenzhen is across the river. Bao'an Airport also started construction of three runways last year. It is expected to open in 2025 at a tenth of the price.

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Shenzhen Bao’an Airport started construction of a third runway last year, covering an area of ​​approximately 2.85 million square meters. The runway will be 3,600 meters long. The project also includes the construction of related taxiways and a crossing with the second runway.

The Shenzhen side estimated the cost of 12.33 billion yuan, or about 14.9 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is only 10% of the cost of the three-run project in Hong Kong.

Although Shenzhen started construction about 4 years later than Hong Kong, it is expected to be available in 2025. The overall project will take about 5 years. Compared with Hong Kong in 2016, the construction is expected to be completed in 2024. Shenzhen is obviously progressing faster in the 8-year construction period.

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However, the Hong Kong International Airport’s three-track project is relatively large. The reclaimed area alone is 40% larger than Shenzhen’s, about 650 hectares. In addition to the 3,800-meter run, the second passenger terminal building, a new passenger rapid transit system and high-speed highways will be built. Baggage handling system, reconstruction of existing north runway, and construction of airport supporting infrastructure, public facilities and equipment.

The AA also predicts that after the three-runner is put into use, the airport can reach the goal of handling 120 million passengers and 10 million metric tons of cargo each year.

The target is better than the 80 million passengers per year proposed by the Shenzhen side and the cargo throughput of 2.6 million tons, both in terms of passengers and freight.

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However, after the completion of the third runway in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, the issue of airspace has also become a social concern.

In the past, the Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong and the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the Civil Aviation Administration of Macau formed a tripartite working group as early as 2004 to formulate measures to improve the airspace structure and air traffic control arrangements in the Pearl River Delta region.

Last year’s policy address also mentioned that the AA will take a stake in Zhuhai Airport, saying that it hopes to complement each other to strengthen the overall aviation advantage of the Greater Bay Area.

Chen Fan, Director of Transportation and Housing, said at the time that the approach could be combined with Zhuhai Airport's 80 domestic destinations in China and Hong Kong International Airport's more than 170 international destinations to expand the coverage of the two airports.

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