Kunming Changshui International Airport
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Kunming Changshui International Airport is an airport under construction in Kunming
, Yunnan
, People's Republic of China
. The airport is located 22 km east of metropolitan Kunming in a degraded mountain area elevated 2100 meter. It is intended to replace the current Kunming Wujiaba International Airport
. All operations will be transferred to the new airport by January 2012, and the old airport will be demolished.
The new airport is projected to have 4 runways (versus the single runway at Wujiaba), and is expected to handle 38 million passengers per year by 2020 with two runways, later on 68 millions are expected.
The main terminal was designed by architectural firm SOM
with engineering firm Arup
.
International Airport. The very short construction time was marred by two separate incidents. The first incident occurred on January 3rd 2010, when 7 construction workers died as an incomplete overpass collapsed. In another incident on June 28th 2011, 11 workers were injured when an under construction tunnel collapsed. Construction of the airport's main terminal was completed by July 2011.
Kunming
' is the capital and largest city of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. It was known as Yunnan-Fou until the 1920s. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of Yunnan, and is the seat of the provincial government...
, Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. The airport is located 22 km east of metropolitan Kunming in a degraded mountain area elevated 2100 meter. It is intended to replace the current Kunming Wujiaba International Airport
Kunming Wujiaba International Airport
- History :The airport is among the oldest airports in China, with a history that can be traced back over 100 years to the early 1900s, when Wujiaba Airport was first built under the supervision of local warlord, General Tang Jiyao....
. All operations will be transferred to the new airport by January 2012, and the old airport will be demolished.
The new airport is projected to have 4 runways (versus the single runway at Wujiaba), and is expected to handle 38 million passengers per year by 2020 with two runways, later on 68 millions are expected.
The main terminal was designed by architectural firm SOM
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest...
with engineering firm Arup
Arup
Arup is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom which provides engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment. The firm is present in Africa, the Americas, Australasia, East Asia, Europe and the...
.
Terminal
The main 548300 m² terminal of New Kunming Airport will be the second largest terminal building in China.Construction
Construction began in 2009 and at the time was reported to be named the Zheng HeZheng He
Zheng He , also known as Ma Sanbao and Hajji Mahmud Shamsuddin was a Hui-Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who commanded voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa, collectively referred to as the Voyages of Zheng He or Voyages of Cheng Ho from...
International Airport. The very short construction time was marred by two separate incidents. The first incident occurred on January 3rd 2010, when 7 construction workers died as an incomplete overpass collapsed. In another incident on June 28th 2011, 11 workers were injured when an under construction tunnel collapsed. Construction of the airport's main terminal was completed by July 2011.