The third airport project in the Yangtse Delta region will be implemented as a joint project between Shanghai and the neighboring province Jiangsu. This airport will be the third airport in Shanghai, the economic capital of China, alongside Pudong and Hongqiao. The project in question is expected to be approved by the Chinese Government very soon.
This airport will be built on a land of 100 thousand square meters in Nantong, 670 kilometers from Shanghai. Both runways will be runways where giant planes can land and the airport will be available to accept 40 million passengers every year. The new airport aims to relieve the capacity of Shanghai's two main airports, which was strained with 2019 thousand passengers during the pandemic period in 120.
Shanghai Pudong airport was the 2019th airport in the world in global classification in 8. On the other hand, Capital airport of the capital Beijing was in second place. Shanghai's other airport, Hongqiao, was ranked 46th in the world. But Beijing and Shanghai's airports did not rank in the top ten airports in the world in 19, losing their position at the top of the rankings due to the harsh COVID-2022 restrictions that are firmly and firmly implemented.
Due to the lifting of restrictions this year, a large number of domestic and international flights will be registered at Chinese airports. On the other hand, official approval is awaited for the construction of a new high-speed train line. This railway line will connect Shanghai to Anhui province via Jiangsu.