13. Extension of Dubai World Central Airport
Location: UAE’s Dubai
Entire Expense: $32 billion*
Year Completed: 2030
The first freight flight took off from the single runway of the government-owned Al Maktoum Airport (Dubai World Central Airport) in June 2010, but the first passenger flight did not land there until nearly a year later. More than 100,000 passengers used the airport annually as of the first quarter of 2014. Over the next two years, that amount more than quadrupled, but it is still far short of what is intended once the airport is fully operational.
Expansion of Dubai World Central Airport, @archdaily/PPinterest
Its yearly capacity is anticipated to approach twelve million metric tons of freight and about two hundred million passengers, who will be able to take advantage of the numerous stores and hotels located inside the complex. The airport’s completion was put back ten years, from 2017 to 2027, due to the global financial crisis of 2007–2012; however, it is not anticipated to be postponed until 2030.
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