Airport Area

I. Airport area overview

1. Basic information

This area is located in Xiang’an District, Xiamen City, with a total planned area of 33.81 square kilometers, including the core area of the airport, the northern area of Dadeng, and Xiaodeng Island. Xiang'an Airport is positioned as a major international airport of China, regional pivotal airport, and cross-strait exchange gateway airport. The industry plan for this area targets the transformation from "city airport" to "airport city". This area is focused on building a three-dimensional industrial system composed of air transport, aviation science innovation and the modern service industry. Its nine development priorities include air transport services, air cargo logistics, aviation maintenance, aviation manufacturing, air sci-tech manufacturing, cultural tourism and leisure, supporting living facilities, international trade and the headquarters economy.

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Land use plan of Xiamen airport area

2. Terminal area

Xiamen Xiang'an new airport is positioned as an important international airport, regional hub airport and cross-strait exchange gateway airport in China. The movement area reference code is 4F with the runway in length of 3,800 meters, which is of the highest level in the world. Xiamen Xiang'an new airport is positioned as an important international airport, regional hub airport, international cargo port airport and cross-strait exchange gateway airport in China. The movement area reference code is 4F with the runway in length of 3,800 meters, which is of the highest level in the world.

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Rendering of the terminal area of Xiang’an new airport

3. Traffic conditions

Priority will be given to the construction of the two core networks, i.e., the rail transit network consisted of Intercity Rail Line R1, Metro Line 4 Express and Metro Line 3 Local, and the road traffic network consisted of Xidong Expressway, the Third East Passage, and the Airport Expressway and the Nan’an-Shijing Expressway Branch Line connected to the province's expressway network, as well as the integrated collection and distribution transportation system assisted by water transport.