Kansai International Airport

Fatih Mehmet TAYLI130204102Department of Civil Engineering

Overview

Kansai International Airport (KIA)

Key Features Located on a biggest man-made island in Osaka

Bay about 50km south of Osaka, Japan Constructed cost over $14 billion The island of 4km long and 2.5km wide, was

proposed Project Started in 1987 Opened for flights in 1994 The ASCE named KIA the #2 civil engineering

project of the 20th century, second only to the Panama Canal

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Initially, the airport was planned to be built near Kobe, but the city of Kobe refused the plan, so the airport was moved to a more southerly location on Osaka Bay.

Construction Timeline 1987- Start of the airport island seawall

construction

1987 Airport island seawall construction (January)

1991 Completion of reclamation work on the airport

island (December)

1994 Completion of Passenger Terminal Building

(June)

Architect: Renzo Piano

Later on 1994 Opening of the Airport (September 4)

Second phase KIA The second runway opened on 2 August 2007,

but without the originally planned terminal portion, now postponed to a later date.

Second phase has expanded the airport size to 10.5 sq. km

Kansai Airport

FLIGHTS

Weekly international passenger flights: 710

Weekly international freighter flights: 152

Weekly domestic (passenger and freighter) flights: 495

Referances http://www.kansai-airport.or.en/

index.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_International_Airport

http://www.nkiac.co.jp/en/company/history/kix