The New Phnom Penh Airport is the planned new airport to serve Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It will replace the current airport for commercial flights, while the old airport will be used for “the head of state, heads of local governments and Cambodian senior leaders, as a military airbase, for domestic flights, private jets and for diplomatic officials and foreign leaders.”
The new airport site is located about 30-40km south of the city in Kandal province on former farmland and reclaimed land from a lake.
The total land for the airport and development area is 2,600 hectares, making it one of the biggest airports in the world by land size. The actual airport land is 700 hectares, and the airport is not planned to be a mega-airport like Long Thanh or New Manila Airport.
A new airport was first hinted at in 2016 when plans for the current airport expansion were halted. The project was officially announced in January 2018, and construction began in 2019. The airport was officially named Techo Takhmao International Airport in December 2021.
There have been varying estimates for completion, with 2025 being the latest estimated completion year.
2024
Techo International Airport construction 76 percent completed – [07/06/24]
New capital airport set for early ’25 operations – [06/06/24]
New Phnom Penh International Airport over 64% work completed – [15/02/24]
Residents near new Phnom Penh airport site protest land settlement – [01/02/24]
Cambodia’s Techo International Airport takes pioneering step towards sustainability with GreenSky Initiative – [13/01/24]
Techo International Airport in Cambodia will be a plant haven – [10/01/24]
TIA to become ‘inter-regional transport hub’ – [09/01/24]
Construction gathers momentum at Techo International Airport in Cambodia – [03/01/24]
2023
TIA invites investment by Japanese companies – [25/12/23]
“Some 22 Japanese companies are considering investing in projects within or surrounding the under-construction Techo International Airport (TIA), Cambodia’s largest once completed.”
Takeo farmers begrudge $1 per square meter land compensation by Phnom Penh airport developer – [11/12/23]
New Phnom Penh airport 55% completed – [01/12/23]
“The construction of the new international airport in Phnom Penh is 55 percent completed as of November and it is on course to open for operations in 2025 with work progressing as per the schedule, according to the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation.”
New capital int’l airport construction passes 55% – [22/11/23]
“The construction of Techo International Airport (TIA) is over halfway complete, with expectations of concluding the project by the end of 2024 and commencing operations mid-2025, said a senior official of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA).”
Watch: Exploring the Techo International Airport project in Cambodia – [15/09/23]
In Pictures: New Phnom Penh Airport more than 50% complete – [04/09/23]
“The Ministry of Land Management and Urban Planning says that the new Takhmao Techo Airport – which will replace Phnom Penh International Airport – is now more than 50% complete”
Techo airport Phase I passes halfway mark – [10/07/23]
Kandal residents protest new land filling near airport development – [06/06/23]
Phnom Penh’s new Techo International Airport scheduled to commence operations by early 2025 – [31/05/23]
SIA Engineering forms JV to provide line maintenance services at Phnom Penh’s new airport – [30/05/23]
Phnom Penh’s new Techo International Airport more than 44% complete – [31/03/23]
Techo International Airport construction progress on track – [06/02/23]
“The construction of Cambodia’s new international airport has been on track on its construction progress, according to government officials and will soon be 50 percent completed.”
New int’l airport nearly half complete as travel industry returns to life – [16/01/23]
Work on Cambodian capital new airport expected to finish in 2024: spokesman – [15/01/23]
Hun Sen’s sister, tycoon clash over troubled airport project – [11/01/23]
2022
Phnom Penh new airport terminal 40 percent complete – [10/10/22]
“The control tower can now be seen from afar. Measuring 118 meters high, it rises above a vast plot of sand that used to be rice fields and symbolizes the construction of the new Phnom Penh International Airport, which is due to start operations in January 2025.”
Techo International Airport over 33 percent work completed – [15/06/22]
New Phnom Penh International Airport hits 30% milestone – [01/06/22]
“The new Phnom Penh International Airport’s construction is going swimmingly despite recurring and torrential rains in Phnom Penh and Kandal province.”
Villagers worried over land acquisition for airport project – [23/03/22]
Development of mega-airport continues, despite opposition by locals – [16/03/22]
2021
CP Bank pumps in $10 million in CAIC bond for Techo Int’l Airport – [29/12/21]
Airport land dispute complaint taken by 200 to National Assembly – [20/12/21]
Techo Krong Takhmao renamed for Kandal airport – [10/12/21]
PM calls on local firms to buy CAIC bonds to raise funds for new airport – [09/12/21]
PICTURES AND VIDEO: In progress – impressive New Phnom Penh International Airport takes shape – [08/12/21]
FTB invests $20 million in CAIC Bond to support the development of the New Phnom Penh International Airport – [25/11/21]
As airport project set to swallow village, protesters petition Hun Sen – [16/11/21]
New Phnom Penh International Airport is now 26 percent complete as it inks $15 million bond facility with Prince Bank – [04/11/21]
Nine villagers charged for attacking 13 police officers in new Phnom Penh Airport protest – [17/09/21]
New Phnom Penh Airport ‘25% complete’ – [16/09/21]
Nine face charges in Kandal land dispute – [14/09/21]
“Kandal provincial police have arrested 30 people after a clash with protesters on September 12 over a land dispute at the new Phnom Penh International Airport construction site in Kandal Stung district’s Boeung Khyang commune.”
Two people detained for visiting farmland being cleared for Kandal airport – [08/09/21]
Kandal residents briefly detained for taking photos of new airport development – [08/09/21]
Residents block NR2 in bid to seek better compensation over airport project – [08/09/21]
Displaced residents of land for new airport offered land swap – [27/08/21]
Phnom Penh airport flyover plans run into Coronavirus turbulence – [30/06/21]
“This expressway project is not a highway like the road to Kampong Som, but a flyover with a total length of 21.5 kilometres (km) and two phases”.
Residents in dispute with new airport curse developers in ceremony – [22/06/21]
“Nai Phun says her rice field was only one month old when the bulldozers came to clear it. The 46-year-old resident has been told she lives in the path of a future runway, and her family and 12 others are currently being pressured to move out and take compensation of $8 per square meter — much less than the land is worth, she says.”
Negotiations fail in land dispute linked to new Phnom Penh airport – [15/06/21]
Airport protesters vow to block road next week as governor refuses to budge – [11/06/21]
New Phnom Penh International Airport construction now 40 percent complete – [24/05/21]
New homes provided to Kandal families affected by new airport development – [21/05/21]
Villagers protest farmland clearing for Phnom Penh airport project – [19/05/21]
“More than 40 families living in Boeung Khyang commune’s Kampong Talong village in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district have set up tents to guard their rice fields and blocked a road into their village to prevent a construction company from using machinery to clear their farmland for the new Phnom Penh International Airport project.”
New Phnom Penh International Airport construction on schedule – [23/02/21]
2020
Expressway announced linking city centre to new Phnom Penh International Airport – [29/12/20]
SSCA dismisses media claims – [08/12/20]
“Recent media reports of a lack of transparency in the awarding of a 2.67 billion yuan ($405 million) contract to design and construct the airfield have been dismissed by the Secretariat of State for Civil Aviation (SSCA). The contract in question was awarded to Metallurgical Corp of China after a bidding process.”
Gov’t mulls building railway connecting Phnom Penh city centre to new airport in Kandal – [01/12/20]
China bags Cambodian airport contract in blow to French operator – [23/11/20]
“State-owned MCC lands $400m construction deal for new gateway in Phnom Penh.”
Capital’s new airport construction largely unaffected by days of deluges – [20/10/20]
“Despite floods inundating areas surrounding the new Phnom Penh International Airport and some access roads to it, an official from the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) said that it will not affect or delay construction.”
Current international airport to be converted into military air and domestic air base – [23/06/20]
“Phnom Penh International Airport will be used as military airbase, domestic airport, cargo terminal, plane parking, etc.”
Gov. reveals US$3.5 bn investment to upgrade Cambodia’s airports – [17/04/20]
“New Phnom Penh International Airport: US$1.5 billion construction investment by Cambodian Overseas Investment Company (OCIC).Located at the border of Kandal and Takeo provinces, currently 30% complete. The airport will be upgraded to a 4F class airport, with the BOEING 747-8 and the AIRBUS A-380-800 being the 9th largest.”
Foster to design US$1.5 billion new Phnom Penh International Airport – [18/03/20]
“Globally renowned English architectural design and engineering firm Foster & Partners have been selected to design the master plan of the US$1.5 billion new Phnom Penh International Airport located in Kandal and Takeo province, according to the airport’s developer.”
New Phnom Penh Airport cost estimated at $1.5 billion – [06/02/20]
OCIC to build airport with SCA – [05/02/20]
“Cambodia Airports (SCA) and Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) have agreed to jointly develop the new airport which will serve Phnom Penh, State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman Sin Chansereyvutha said on Wednesday.”
New Phnom Penh airport to be completed by 2022 – [27/01/20]
“The airport will be able to accommodate 27 million passengers by 2030 and about 30 million by 2050. A joint venture between local Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation and the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation is a 4F class airport.”
Chinese firms to build new Phnom Penh airport – [15/01/20]
“Three enterprises, all Chinese-owned, have been chosen to build the new airport that will service the Cambodian capital, the company in charge of the project said.”
2019
Construction of new Phnom Penh airport on schedule – [06/12/19]
“Construction of a new airport that will serve Phnom Penh is on track and could be completed as early as 2023, the developer said.”
Villagers protest sale of ‘communal’ land for new airport – [06/05/19]
“About 400 villagers protested outside the district hall in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district on Monday seeking compensation for communal land they say was sold without their knowledge to house Phnom Penh’s new airport.”
Construction on New Phnom Penh Airport to Start in September 2019 – [17/03/19]
“Construction on the US$1.5 billion Phnom Penh International Airport in Kandal and Takeo provinces is to begin in September, according to project owner Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se.”
Airport committee set to suspend land deals – [04/03/19]
“The committee on the new Phnom Penh international airport project development said on Thursday that it will temporarily suspend land business in sensitive areas that could hinder the new airport’s development project.”
Commission created to study a location for new Phnom Penh International airport – [21/02/19]
“The government has created a commission tasked with studying a location for new Phnom Penh International Airport.”
2018
New mega-airport and ‘Airport City’ in Cambodia triggers land disputes – [21/02/18]
“A plan for a new airport, one of the largest in the world on a 2,600 hectare site in the Kandal District of Cambodia, with an accompanying ‘Airport City’, has reignited one of the country’s fiercest land disputes.”
Villagers in dispute over land for new Kandal airport take fight to province hall – [19/02/18]
“More than 200 people gathered at Kandal Provincial Hall today demanding intervention in a dispute involving tycoon Seang Chanheng near land earmarked for a massive new $1.5 billion airport development.”
Will huge new airport planned for Kandal see locals stripped of land? – [08/02/18]
Land prices in Kandal Steung district soar after new airport announced – [07/02/18]
Land prices soar on capital’s airport announcement – [26/01/18]
Government approves plan to relocate Phnom Penh’s airport – [19/01/18]
“The government has signed off on a proposal to build a new airport to serve Phnom Penh and has earmarked land in Kandal province for the $1.5 billion project.”
Cambodia plans to build one of world’s biggest airports – [18/01/18]
Government plans one of world’s biggest airports in Kandal – [15/01/18]
“A document from the Council of Ministers, dated December 21, approves an investment proposal from Cambodia Airport Investment Co Ltd to build a $1.5 billion, 2,600-hectare airport in Kandal province’s Kandal Steung district, about 30 kilometres south of Phnom Penh.”
New $1.5-billion Phnom Penh airport approved – [12/01/18]
“A new airport for Phnom Penh will be built in Kandal province, a southern part of the capital”
2016
New international airport on table as PPIA expansion plans halted – [22/06/16]
“A senior government minister yesterday announced a halt to plans to expand the Phnom Penh International Airport, and instead revived talk of a new airport altogether, mentioning plans to identify a location 30 to 40 kilometres outside the city in hopes of completing the new airport by 2025.”
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