Lanna International Airport (Second Chiang Mai International Airport) is a proposed new airport in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The new airport (also referred to as New Chiang Mai Airport and Chiang Mai 2 International Airport) would be built on land in San Kamphaeng (Chiang Mai Province) and Ban Thi (Lamphun Province) about 25 km from Chiang […]
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New Manila International Airport (Bulacan International Airport)
New Manila International Airport (NMIA) is an under-construction airport that will become the second airport of Manila. The project site is located on the coastal area of Bulakan in Bulacan province, and it’s also referred to as Bulacan International Airport. The airport about 35 kilometres north of the city centre.of Metro Manila. The airport is […]
Sangley Point International Airport
Sangley Point Airport (or Cavite Airport) is an airport at Sangley Point, Cavite City in the Philippines. Cavite is a province south of Metropolitan Manila, and the airport is currently used for domestic flights. The airport is set to be developed into an international airport. Its proximity to the National Capital Region area will make […]
Southeast Asia Airport Review 2022 – Airports planned and under construction in Southeast Asia
Welcome to the Future Southeast Asia Airport Review for 2022 – a summary of airports planned, under construction, and other airport news in Southeast Asia over the past year (for reference, here is the 2021 edition). Cambodia Techo–Ta Khmau International Airport The new airport for Phnom Penh airport was reported to be over 27% completed […]
Will there ever be an airport on Koh Lanta?
The two largest islands in Thailand (Phuket and Ko Samui) have an airport, so has Koh Lanta ever considered building an airport? Koh Lanta is an island district in Krabi Province, Thailand. There are two main islands that make up the bulk of this island group. Ko Lanta Yai (the main tourist island) is the […]
New airports planned and under construction in Southeast Asia – 2021 edition
Air travel in Southeast Asia boomed in the 2010s, with new routes opening up previously unconnected provincial cities, and low-cost airlines making long-distance travel more comfortable and affordable. To give you an idea of these boom times, I posted about Vietnam’s aviation market in 2019. To cater to this new-found demand, old airports have been […]
Vietnam’s booming aviation market – 2019 Report
Vietnam’s aviation sector is undergoing a prolonged boom that is opening up the country to new tourism markets, while putting a strain on the airlines and airports of Vietnam. According to Airports Council International, their annual World Airport Traffic Report 2018 [PDF] lists Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the top 10 fastest growing […]
