PEK | Beijing Area Airports

[General Huo]

Originally Posted by The Cebuano Exultor

Can anyone post a picture of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport's (New Bangkok International Airport) terminal so that we can compare its size with this as it claims to be the largest terminal, too. Thanks

i think BKK terminal is 1/2 of Beijing ter3. Beijing Ter3 has 900,000m2 in size

[kiretoce]

That's one long terminal! I wouldn't want to catch a connecting flight leaving from a gate on the other side of that terminal, but I'm sure there are "speedy" ways of getting from one end to the other.

[The Cebuano Exultor]

How do you know its 900,000 m2? When I watched CCTV last May they said that it would be 480,000 m2.

[General Huo]

Originally Posted by The Cebuano Exultor

How do you know its 900,000 m2? When I watched CCTV last May they said that it would be 480,000 m2.

http://www.china.org.cn/chinese/zhua...dgc/979201.htm

这是我国目前投资建设的最大机场。工程总投资２５０亿元，超过了浦东机场和新白云机场的投资规模。３号航站楼建筑面积９０多万平方米，新增机位９９个；新建一条长３８００米，宽６０米的跑道，届时，世界上最大的飞机空客Ａ３８０能够顺利起降。此外，新建北货运区，相应配套建设场内交通系统，以及供水、供电、供气、供油、通导、航空公司基地等设施。根据设计能力，到２０１５年，首都机场将实现满足年旅客吞吐量６０００万人次的目标，比现有能力增加１倍。

这是一场浩大的工程。为了建设新机场，征用了２．２２多万亩土地，搬迁了９个村庄，共涉及１．２万人。工程必须于２００７年底前建成，确保２００８年奥运会之前投入正常运营。

[xDieselJockx]

Originally Posted by General Huo

http://www.china.org.cn/chinese/zhua...dgc/979201.htm

这是我国目前投资建设的最大机场。工程总投资２５０亿元，超过了浦东机场和新白云机场的投资规模。３号航站楼建筑面积９０多万平方米，新增机位９９个；新建一条长３８００米，宽６０米的跑道，届时，世界上最大的飞机空客Ａ３８０能够顺利起降。此外，新建北货运区，相应配套建设场内交通系统，以及供水、供电、供气、供油、通导、航空公司基地等设施。根据设计能力，到２０１５年，首都机场将实现满足年旅客吞吐量６０００万人次的目标，比现有能力增加１倍。

这是一场浩大的工程。为了建设新机场，征用了２．２２多万亩土地，搬迁了９个村庄，共涉及１．２万人。工程必须于２００７年底前建成，确保２００８年奥运会之前投入正常运营。

Why that's real smart, like everbody can really read in chinese... << kidding >>>

[archstudent]

Originally Posted by The Cebuano Exultor

Can anyone post a picture of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport's (New Bangkok International Airport) terminal so that we can compare its size with this as it claims to be the largest terminal, too. Thanks

[Rail Claimore]

Having a huge long terminal like that is reminiscent of DTW here in the states, only on crack.

[satit28]

OMG faster than a cheetah!!!.....................
Cant wait to see the car park in front..............

[aen]

wow....the terminal is so long !! i, for one, wouldn't wanna stuck in a situation where my connecting flight is departing from the other end of that terminal.

[pon]

Looking to the construction pics, it seems that Beijing T3 is divided to 3 terminals?
If so I guess Suvarnbhumi airport is larger because it has more than 530,000m^2 for one single terminal.

What do you think?

[General Huo]

Judging from both pictures, comparing to the length of runways, the constructure area of BKK airport can't be 530,000m^2, if beijing T3 is 900,000m2. It looks BKK terminal is only 1/3 or 1/4 to Beijing one. It may due to different references to the sizes quoted above.

[Blue_Sky]

Massive Terminal

[Handsome]

PRINCIPAL DATA OF SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT


Name of Airport Conferred by H.M. the King as Suvarnabhumi or “Golden Land on 29 September 2000 and a foundation stone laying ceremony performed on 19 January 2002
Aim of Airport A “national agenda” as the nation’s primer gateway and the aviation hub of the region
Airport Developer New Bangkok International Airport Co. Ltd. (NBIA) established on 27 February 1996 under the Ministry of Transport with AOT as its only shareholder
Airport Operator Airports of Thailand Public Company Ltd. (AOT) as designated by the Government on 10 September 2002
Airport Location Approximately 25 km East of downtown Bangkok
Total Land Area Approximate 8,000 acres
Access 5 main access routes
Opening Day Cost Approximately 155,000 million baht (USD4 billion)
Travel Time from City Centre 35-40 minutes via highways
No. of Runways and Taxiways Two parallel runways (4,000 and 3,700 m. respectively, and 60 m. wide) with 2.2 km. separation. Two parallel taxiways to accommodate simultaneous departures and arrivals. Final Phase: 4 parallel runways, 2 on each side
No. of Aircraft Parking Bays Total of 120 parking bays - 51 with contact gates (5 capable of accommodating A380) and 69 remote gates
Annual Passenger Capacity 45 million at opening day and 100 million upon full development
Cargo Capacity 3 million metric tonnes per year and 6.4 million metric tonnes (Final Phase)
No. of flight operations per hour 76
Passenger Terminal Building A single structure in the north of 563,000 sq. m (world’s largest single building)

7-storey building with two underground floors

PTB total floor area of 185,000 sq. m.

444 m. long and 111 m. wide

2 Concourses total floor area of 378,000 sq. m.

Steel structure with glass and fabric membrane

8 super trusses made of special steel (210 m. long and 38 m. high each). One whole working day to lift up one truss!

3-layered glass rooftop of approximately 40,250 sq. m.


Check-in Counter 10 check-in rows (3 Domestic and 7 International), 18 counters per row
(108 Domestic and 252 International check-in counters)
30 m. wide between check-in islands


Passport Control Counter 120 Immigration Counters
72 Emigration Counters
10 Domestic/International Transfer Counters
58 International/International Transfer Counters


Customs Counter 8 Departures and 26 Arrivals

Baggage Handling 100% hold baggage in-line security screening system

Capable of handling 9,600 bags per hour

20 take-away conveyors from check-in counters

8 Transfer unload conveyors

37 baggage sortation make-up carousels

20 baggage claim carousels

3440-bag international early baggage storage system

720-bag domestic early baggage storage system

Control Tower 132 m. high (tallest in the world)
Apron Control Tower 2 (West and East of Concourse)
Passenger Security Screening 16 at domestic gate lounges and 12 at international concourses
Odd-size Lift 4
Departure Curbside Length 429.25m long and 6.5m wide
Short-term Car Parking Two 5-storey buildings adjacent to PTB with capacity for 5,000 cars. Additional parking areas in the long-term premise with the total parking capacity of over 15,600 vehicles
Long-term Car Parking 6-Zone area with capacity for 4300 cars and 78 buses

Technology Fully automatic baggage handling system

In-line security screening system

Airport Information Management Systems (29 main and 58 sub-systems)

Mass transport (other than road) City rail link (2006) connecting to the centre of Bangkok
Other airlines facilities Cargo Terminals of approximately 568,000 sq. m., northwest of airport with a 24 hour Customs Free Zone for speedy and efficient services

2 aircraft maintenance facilities, each capable of servicing A380 and handling 4 aircraft simultaneously

Catering services capable of producing 65,000 airline meals per day

Other facilities A 600-room landside hotel located in front of the PTB.
Flood protection system – polder construction of 3.5m. high and 70m. width surrounding the airport including 6 reservoirs with capacity of 3.2 million cubic meters of water.
Water supply system connected with water supply system of Metropolitan Waterworks Authority, and water tank with capacity of 40,000 cubic meters for at least two days’ supply.
Main transformer system transforming electricity from 15 to 24 kw
Water treatment system treating 16,000 cubic cm of water daily
A daily 100 ton waste garbage collection system

[ChinaboyUSA]

^Handsome, Why you put all the Bangkok New Airport data here?

[zergcerebrates]

Well the new BKK would still be smaller than HKIA according to some sources because HKIA has currently increased the terminal size.

[dave_chanh]

Well.. maybe the HKIA has currently increased the terminal size, but it will no longer count as a single terminal. Also that giant terminal of the new Beijing's is divided into 3 buildings(including 2 satellite buildings), therefor the new BKK airport will still hold the title of the world's largest single terminal, besides, they are now going to start the process of constructing the 2nd terminal right after the completion of the 1st terminal, so all together the BKK airport will still be the biggest in the world even bigger than that of Beijing's or any other airport(including their future expansion).

[dave_chanh]

so please stop claimming to hold the world's single largest terminal, because it will not be - not the terminal and not the the whole size of the terminals put together. This thread is not a VS thread, it's pure measurement and figures here.

[ailiton]

Originally Posted by dave_chanh

Well.. maybe the HKIA has currently increased the terminal size, but it will no longer count as a single terminal.

No. It is still counted as a single terminal.

[bs_lover_boy]

Originally Posted by dave_chanh

Well.. maybe the HKIA has currently increased the terminal size, but it will no longer count as a single terminal.

I really don't get this sentence. So If I enlarge my house, it's not A SINGLE HOUSE anymore???

[Skyblade]

That terminal is huge! Worthy enough for the 2008 Olympics!!!