Greenfield airport

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A greenfield airport is an aviation facility with greenfield project characteristics. The designation reflects certain environmental qualities (using previously undeveloped or empty greenfield land, for example) and commissioning, planning and construction processes that are generally carried out from scratch. While a green field in nature is defined as a wide expanse of natural land (meadow, prairie, grassland), here greenfield denotes that a project lacks any constraints imposed upon it by prior work or existing infrastructure. (A brownfield, on the other hand, remodels or improves upon existing facilities.) Such projects can be highly coveted by engineers as no time must be allotted for demolition of unneeded buildings, etc. constructed in developed areas for the development of the particular place[ citation needed ]

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Modern greenfield airports are under construction in Beijing, Istanbul, Sydney and Chennai. Over the next two decades, the number of airports is expected to increase from 133 to 500. Of these, 367 are slated to be greenfield airports. [1]

Partial list of greenfield airports

Some of the world's greenfield airports opened since 1995. (Many smaller airports are also under development or proposed, especially in China, India and the Philippines asia.)

AirportYear (Opened / Expected)CountryCity / Area
Al Maktoum International Airport June 2010 United Arab Emirates Dubai
Beijing Daxing International Airport September 2019 China Langfang, Hebei
Berlin Brandenburg Airport October 2020 Germany Berlin
Bhogapuram Airport 2025/2026 (expected) India near Visakhapatnam
Chennai Greenfield International Airport 2028–2035 (expected) India Parandur, Kanchipuram, near Chennai
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport June 2021 China Chengdu
Cochin International Airport June 1999 India near Kochi
Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport 2024 (expected) China Dalian
Hamad International Airport May 2014 Qatar Doha
Hanthawaddy International Airport (under construction) Myanmar Bago
Islamabad International Airport May 2018 Pakistan near Rawalpindi / Islamabad
Istanbul Airport October 2018 Turkey Istanbul
Itanagar Airport December 2022 India Hollongi, Arunachal Pradesh
Kannur International Airport December 2018 India Kerala
Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport September 2013 India Andal, West Bengal
Kempegowda International Airport May 2008 India near Bangalore, Karnataka
Manohar International Airport December 2022 India Mopa, Goa
Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport March 2013 Sri Lanka near Hambantota
Dinkar Balu Patil International Airport March 2025 (expected) India Navi Mumbai
Vadodara Airport 2017 India near Harni, Vadodara, Gujarat
New International Airport for Mexico City Cancelled (2018) Mexico Mexico City
New Gwadar International Airport March 2024 (expected) Pakistan Gwadar
Noida International Airport 2024 (Phase 1, expected) India Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, near Delhi NCR
Pakyong Airport October 2018 India near Gangtok, Sikkim
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport August 2021 China Qingdao
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport March 2008 India near Hyderabad
Rajkot Greenfield Airport 2023 (expected) India near Hirasar, Gujarat
Shirdi Airport October 2017 India near Shirdi
Techo Takhmao International Airport 2025 (expected) Cambodia near Phnom Penh
Western Sydney Airport 2026 (expected) Australia Badgerys Creek
Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport 2025 (expected) China Xiamen

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References

  1. "Role of greenfield airports in greening the India economy". Foreign Policy News. Retrieved 30 April 2018.