Airport is a huge complex of runways and buildings for the landing, take off and maintenance of civil aircraft, with facilities for passengers. Airport construction involves plenty of money.
Here are the 10 most expensive airports ever built in the world.
10.Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport ($3.2 billion)
This airport is undergoing a $2.3 billion terminal construction. The project is likely to be finished by 2017. The airport gets around 55 million passengers every year.
9.Kuala Lumpur International Airport ($3.5 billion)
Built over a period of five years, this airport covers 25,000 acres of space. It was opened in 1998 and has different terminals for standard and low-cost air travel.
8.Denver International Airport ($4.8 billion)
This airport was designed to hold six runways and covers 35,000 acres of space. It opened in 1995. This airport went $2 billion over budget.
7.Berlin Brandenburg Airport ($5.5 billion)
This airport will replace Berlin’s Tegel airport by 2015. The total cost of construction was around $5.5 billion.
6.Dubai International Airport ($6 billion)
It cost around $6 billion to build this airport. Its baggage handling system can take 8,000 pieces an hour.
5.Beijing Capital International Airport ($8 billion)
This airport can handle 80 million people each year. Much of the total cost of this airport came from the $3.8 billion expansion at terminal 3 in recent years. This terminal covers 3.2 million square feet of space. There are more than 70 restaurants here.
4.London Heathrow Airport ($10.5 billion)
This large airport opened in 1929. Most of the amount was spent on Terminal 5, which was opened in 2008. There are plans to spend around $1.6 billion in the next 10 years to upgrade Terminal 3. This airport earns around $16 billion every year.
3.Al Maktoum International Airport ($12 billion)
Located in Jebel Ali, UAE, this airport is around 20 miles outside Dubai. Opened in 2010, it started receiving passenger flights last year. Work is going on to expand the airport to cover three passenger terminals and five runways of 16,100 feet each. The airport will even have 100,000 parking spaces. All the work is expected to be over by 2027.
2.Hong Kong International Airport ($20 billion)
It took around six years to construct this airport. The Hong Kong International Airport opened in 1998. It is located on an artificial island, which had to be leveled to make it suitable for building an airport. This cost a huge amount of money.
1.Kansai International Airport ($20 billion)
The world’s most expensive airport: This airport is built on a 2.5 mile long artificial island, and serves Osaka, Japan. The island is designed with a large sea wall. This wall is to protect it from waves. The airport’s design protected it from the 1995 Kobe earthquake. Kansai International Airport features a bridge that was constructed at a cost of $1 billion. This bridge connects the island to he mainland.
The above-mentioned mega-airports stand as symbols of technological advancements. They are helping many travelers.
