Biggest Airport Development in Southeast Asia

Here are the World Class Airport Developments in Southeast Asia, transforming the aviation landscape in each country, and in the Region.
New Phnom Penh International Airport, Cambodia
The construction work on a Chinese-built new Phnom Penh international airport, formally known as the Techo International Airport, is expected to be completed in 2024.
Invested by the Cambodia Airport Investment Company Limited, the 1.5 billion US dollar project is being constructed by the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Company Limited on an area of 2,600 hectares in the southern Kandal, and Takeo provinces. Making it one of the world's largest airports by land area.
According to the updated master schedule provided by the contractor, the project in the first phase is expected to be completed in the middle of 2024, with more than 50 percent of the construction work had been completed.
Eastern Economic Corridor Airport City, Thailand
The construction of the U -Tapao International Airport of the Eastern Airport City projects, is expected to commence this year. The $9 billion development plan was approved in 2020, which comprises the third airport terminal, the Airport City commercial gateway, the free trade zone, maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities, and a Training center for aeronautical personnel.
U-Tapao International Airport near Pattaya, Thailand, is undergoing a major upgrade to become one of the most innovative airports and multi-modal transport hubs in the Asia region.
The expansion will deliver 450,000m² of passenger terminal buildings with the capacity to handle 60 million passengers annually, and 124 aircraft stands. Advanced facilities such as automated people mover, self-check-in, and self-bag drop system will also be created.
Sangley Point International Airport, Philippines
The Sangley Point International Airport development project will be the newest Airport in the country within mega Manila. It will supplement the country’s increasing demand for air travel.
This $10.9 billion Airport project, is a joint consortium between the provincial government of Cavite, and local and International Companies.
The new Sangley Point International Airport is a foundation of a world-class global hub airport. Adjacent to the heart of Metro Manila. Key to the Philippines Airport system, Clark International Airport, and New Manila International Airport in the North.
Long Thanh International Airport, Vietnam
Construction of Vietnam’s $14.5 billion Long Thanh International Airport, with a capacity of 100 million passengers per annum, is at last underway, seven years after it was first mooted. The airport is the most expensive infrastructure project in Vietnam's history.
Break ground early in 2021, Piling work for the passenger terminal was completed one month ahead of the schedule and more than 14 million cubic meters of soil has been dug, filled, and leveled. While the construction of the Long Thanh International Airport's passenger terminal will start this year.
Covering a total area of more than 5,580 hectares, the airport will straddle six communes in the Long Thanh district. The airport will be built in three phases over three decades.
New Manila International Airport, Philippines
The New Manila International Airport is an under-construction Airport City in Bulacan that will serve as the main aviation gateway in the Philippines. The 2,500 hectares gateway has a design capacity of 100 million passengers a year but can be expanded to 200 million, and is targeted to accommodate 240 aircraft movements per hour. Making New Manila International Airport, the biggest Airport in Southeast Asia and the second-biggest airport in the world.
The proposed airport will feature at least four runways, expandable to six, Eight Taxi ways, a world-class terminal, and a modern and interlinked infrastructure network that includes expressways and railways. New Manila International Airport, is part of the envisioned 12,000 hectares of aerotropolis that features residential zones, commercial districts, government centers, a seaport, and an industrial zone.
Land development for the New Manila International Airport in Bulacan, undertaken by Boskalis, is almost 50% complete. Land development is expected to be done by the end of 2023. By 2024, the project’s proponent can start construction of the runway and passenger terminal building.
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