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Neighboring country China has done another miracle in the engineering and construction sector. It has created a large artificial island by filling sand in the nearby sea to provide better transportation facilities to Dalian, a busy port city in Liaoning province on the northeastern coast. The plan to build an airport on this island is progressing rapidly. This will be the world’s largest airport on a man-made island which will showcase China’s brilliant achievement to the world.
According to a report in the South China Morning Post, the Dalian Jinzhou Bay International Airport under construction on the artificial island will cover 20.9 square kilometers (7.7 square miles). It will have four runways and a passenger terminal covering 900,000 square meters (969,000 sq ft). This airport will become operational in 2035 in the first phase. According to the plan, 540,000 flights are to be operated every year from this airport, from where about 8 crore passengers will be able to travel. “The country’s largest offshore airport is slowly rising above sea level like the sunrise in the east,” Dalian Jinzhou Bay International wrote in a post on Chinese social media platform WeChat.
The report said that once construction is complete, the artificial island will become the world’s largest airport, surpassing both Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) and Japan’s Kansai Airport (KIX), located on other artificial islands. Will leave. Hong Kong International Airport covers 12.48 square kilometers and Kansai Airport covers 10.5 square kilometers. Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport will be the first artificial island airport off the coast of mainland China.
This airport will be close to China’s regional neighbours, Japan and South Korea, which is strategically important. The port city of Dalian is a major center for oil refineries, shipping, logistics and coastal tourism. Japan is also worried that in the future, China can use this airport from a strategic point of view because China wants to establish regional dominance and it has long been interested in building its military and strategic bases in disputed waters in many oceans. Has been keeping.
