Greenfield airport


A greenfield airport is an aviation facility with greenfield project characteristics. The designation reflects certain environmental qualities and commissioning, planning and construction processes that are generally carried out from scratch. While a green field in nature is defined as a wide expanse of natural land, here greenfield denotes that a project lacks any constraints imposed upon it by prior work or existing infrastructure. Such projects can be highly coveted by engineers as no time must be allotted for demolition of unneeded buildings, etc. constructed in developed areas for the development of the particular place
Modern greenfield airports are under construction in Beijing, Istanbul, Sydney and Chennai. Over the next two decades, the number of airports is expected to increase from 133 to 500. Of these, 367 are slated to be greenfield airports.

Partial list of greenfield airports

Some of the world's greenfield airports opened since 1995.
AirportYear CountryCity / Area
Al Maktoum International AirportJune 2010United Arab EmiratesDubai
Beijing Daxing International AirportSeptember 2019ChinaLangfang, Hebei
Berlin Brandenburg AirportOctober 2020GermanyBerlin
Bhogapuram Airport2025/2026 Indianear Visakhapatnam
Chennai Greenfield International Airport2028–2035 IndiaParandur, Kanchipuram, near Chennai
Chengdu Tianfu International AirportJune 2021ChinaChengdu
Cochin International AirportJune 1999Indianear Kochi
Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport2024 ChinaDalian
Hamad International AirportMay 2014QatarDoha
Hanthawaddy International AirportMyanmarBago
Islamabad International AirportMay 2018Pakistannear Rawalpindi / Islamabad
Istanbul AirportOctober 2018TurkeyIstanbul
Itanagar AirportDecember 2022IndiaHollongi, Arunachal Pradesh
Kannur International AirportDecember 2018IndiaKerala
Kazi Nazrul Islam AirportSeptember 2013IndiaAndal, West Bengal
Kempegowda International AirportMay 2008Indianear Bangalore, Karnataka
Manohar International AirportDecember 2022IndiaMopa, Goa
Mattala Rajapaksa International AirportMarch 2013Sri Lankanear Hambantota
Dinkar Balu Patil International AirportDecember 2025IndiaNavi Mumbai
Vadodara Airport2017Indianear Harni, Vadodara, Gujarat
New International Airport for Mexico CityCancelled MexicoMexico City
New Gwadar International Airport2025PakistanGwadar
Noida International Airport2024 IndiaJewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, near Delhi NCR
Pakyong AirportOctober 2018Indianear Gangtok, Sikkim
Qingdao Jiaodong International AirportAugust 2021ChinaQingdao
Rajiv Gandhi International AirportMarch 2008Indianear Hyderabad
Rajkot Greenfield Airport2023 Indianear Hirasar, Gujarat
Shirdi AirportOctober 2017Indianear Shirdi
Techo Takhmao International Airport2025 Cambodianear Phnom Penh
Western Sydney Airport2026 AustraliaBadgerys Creek
Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport2025 ChinaXiamen