Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport Master Plan (BKK)

Initial Phase

Ultimate Phase

Proposed Expansion

I was searching for a Master Plan for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport and this was the closest I could find.  It shows the 2 phases of development and the proposed expansion.

Pictures from Suvarnabhumi Airport website.

Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport (JKT) Master Plan

JKT caught my attention recently because of the spectacular growth it has been experiencing recently.  It is the busiest airport in Southeast Asia overtaking both Bangkok and Singapore.  In 2011, it had 54million passengers, which was 19.3% more than 2010. 

It is bursting at its seams and so expansion of the airport is needed urgently.  There is a US$1.3billion expansion plan expected to begin this month (July 2012).  Click here to read the Jakarta Globe's story about this.

The Master Plan shows the existing 2 parallel Runways and 3 Terminals.  It also shows a proposed 3rd Runway and 4th Terminal.

Click here for a video (9min 17 sec) showing Soekarno Hatta International Airport's Master Plan.  It's called the "Grand Design".  It's not in English but the illustrations are quite informative with English terms scattered throughout the video.

Pictures are taken from the video.

About Airport Planning Blog - 2nd most popular post

Being a novice blogger, it is interesting to see the stats and see what people are reading on my blog.  The second most popular post on my blog is "Airport Planning Courses".  It is a short write up about what airport planning courses are out there in the world.  This was not too surprising to me.

What surprised me is the most popular post on my blog is " Munich-Riem Airport Redevelopment".  I was writing about old airports being redeveloped and I have a simple aerial picture of the old Munich-Riem airport with a short post.  The word 'munich riem' and the picture seem to direct traffic to my blog.   The strange world of the internet and search engines.....

Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) Master Plan

This is obtained from the Houston Airport System's (HAS) website. 

Top 30 airports in the world - An Analysis by CAPA

I was looking for a list of the top 30 airports in terms of passenger numbers and came across this article by the Centre of Aviation (CAPA) about "The world's top 30 airports: a disparate grouping".  (click here for the article)  The list above is from the article.

The following a listing of the various aspects that it examines in the analysis of the world's top 30 airports in 2010.
- how the list of the top 30 airports have changed over the last 20 years and a breakdown by region
- It looked at various subgroups, primarily international and primarily domestic, I was not surprised to read that DXB, HKG and AMS was 100% international passengers but it was interesting to note that London Heathrow (LHR) was 94% international passengers.
- It examined hub dominance and provides percentages of hub carrier at their hub airports.  These numbers are not easily available for airports which are located outside the United States.

Hub Carrier's share of total airport traffic
Singapore Airlines / Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) 34% (48% with Silkair and Tiger)
Emirates / Dubai Airport (DXB) 59%
Lufthansa / Frankfurt (FRA) and Munich (MUC) 63%
British Airways / London Heathrow (LHR) - less than half

- It also talks about Low Cost Carrier Traffic and provides numbers for legacy passenger traffic for various airports.
- There was also an analysis of carrier and alliance dominance at the top 30 airports.

If you want the actual numbers, I would suggest going to wikipedia and look at the article "World's busiest airports" click here.  The source for that is probably Airports Council International (ACI).

London Heathrow Airport New Terminal 2

Pictures of the New Terminal 2 and 2B, the midfield pier that will be connected to Terminal 2. 
Source: Balfour Beatty (Builders of 2B) website.

Terminal 2 data
- Capacity: 20 million annual passengers
- 180,000m2
- opening in 2013
- Capacity will be increased when T2 is extended and a second satellite is built (T2C)

Source: BAA Heathrow website

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Master Plan

The pictures show the existing KLIA layout, the proposed 2056 layout (long-term Master Plan) and the third picture shows an updated KLIA Layout plan with the KLIA2 Terminal currently being built.

Source: Emerging Airports Conference website