Chinese state media Xinhua released this image of the Dalian Jinzhou Bay International Airport construction site, which is located offshore on an artificial island.
SINGAPORE—Authorities have commenced construction on the new Dalian Jinzhou Bay International Airport, which will be China’s first airport built on an artificial island and the world’s largest offshore airport.
Set to be completed in 2026, the new hub will replace Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport (DLC), which currently serves the port city of Dalian on the Liaodong Peninsula.
The first phase of the build—taking place on a 21-km2 (8-mi.2) artificial island—will see the construction of a 3,600-m (11,800-ft.) runway, a parallel 3,400-m (11,150-ft.) runway and a 500,000-m2 (1,640,400-ft.2) terminal designed to 4F standards. The future Terminal 1 is expected to handle 43 million passengers, 330,000 aircraft movements and 550,000 tons of cargo annually.
The second phase will see the addition of another 400,000-m2 (1,312,300-ft.2) terminal complex and two more runways, bringing the offshore airport’s total handling capacity to 80 million passengers, 540,000 movements and 1.5 million tons of cargo annually.
Like other “mega-airport” projects in China, there will be a 50,000 transportation hub that will consist of rail and road connection to the city of Dalian.
In total the offshore hub will have six terminal “fingers”—with 77 aircraft parking slots—and it is expected that passengers will not have to walk more than 320 m (1,050 ft.) from security to their gate.
With a population of around 7.5 million, Dalian is the second-largest city in the Liaoning province and is known for its shipbuilding industry.
CAPA – Centre for Aviation and OAG Schedules Analyser data shows DLC is the 27th-busiest airport in China. The top routes from DLC in terms of available seat kilometers are the services to Shanghai Pudong, Guangzhou and Nanjing. In addition to flights to Hong Kong, DLC serves 9 international destinations: seven in Japan and two in South Korea.
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