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A new airport will be built off Gadeok Island in Busan, which will become South Korea’s first “floating airport” built on the water.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on Tuesday that a 13-point-seven-trillion-won construction plan for the new airport was passed at the Cabinet meeting.
With plans to open in 2035, the airport will be classified as a national policy project as the ministry seeks to qualify for an exemption from a preliminary feasibility review to accelerate the construction. The finance ministry will decide within this month whether the government can bypass the review.
The land ministry says a floating offshore structure was selected after considering how noise pollution could affect nearby areas and the possible expansion of the airport in the future.
Factoring in accessibility from Korea’s major cities, domestic flights will continue to be operated at Gimhae International Airport, also located in Busan, while only international flights are expected to operate out of the new airport.
Some 23 million passengers are expected to use the new airport by 2065.
New ‘Floating Airport’ to Open in Busan in 2035
Source: Matira Matibay
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