Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport


Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport is an under-construction international airport being built to serve the city of Xiamen in East China's Fujian province. Once opened, it will replace the existing Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport as the city's main airport. The airport is located on the Dadeng Island in Xiang'an, facing Nan'an, Quanzhou to the north. It is from Kinmen in the Republic of China, from central Xiamen, from downtown Quanzhou, and from Zhangzhou.
Basic construction of the airport will finish by the end of 2025; opening is expected in late 2026.

Facilities

The airport will have three runways, which are 3,800 meters long, respectively. It will have a terminal building designed in the Dacuo architectural style native to the Minnan region. It is projected to serve 62 million passengers and 1 million tons of cargo annually by 2030, and it will be expanded to serve 85 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo annually by 2040.

Airspace concern

As the airport is only from Kinmen Airport, there is about 70% of airspace overlapping each other, and the directions of runways are also similar. Together with cross-strait tensions, the problem of aviation safety has become an issue.

History

Transport

It will be served by Line 3 and Line 4 of Xiamen Metro, and the Future Quanzhou–Xiamen–Zhangzhou Intercity Railway Line