Future Development
In August 2008, the airport's new expansion plan was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission of China. The airport will build a third runway located 400 metres east of the existing east runway. The new runway will be 3800 metres long and 60 metres wide. Other elements of the expansion plan include a 531,000-square-metre Terminal 2, a new indoor car park and an outdoor car park, a transportation centre, and a metro station which will serve Terminal 2. The total cost of the project will be ¥14.036 billion. Construction of the third runway is estimated to start in 2011 and finish in the first half of 2013. When the whole project is finished by the end of 2015, the airport will be able to handle 75 million passengers and more than 2.17 million tonnes of cargo a year.
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