Sanya Hongtangwan International Airport is an airport planned to be built to serve the city of
Sanya
Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China.
According to the 2020 census, the total population of Sanya was 1,031,396 inhabitants, li ...
in
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
Province, China. It would be located on an
artificial island
An artificial island is an island that has been constructed by people rather than formed by natural means. Artificial islands may vary in size from small islets reclaimed solely to support a single pillar of a building or structure to those th ...
in Hongtang Bay, about west of Sanya. Construction began in 2017, and the airport was expected to be opened in December 2020. However the same year, the project was suspended pending a new environmental assessment following complaints from Chinese environmental agency
Friends of Nature
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. In 2020, part of the construction of the artificial island was deemed illegal, and further land reclamation was halted. In the new plans, the land reclamation was reduced by .
The original plans were for of sea airport used, land area, 4 runways, 3 terminal buildings and corresponding supporting auxiliary area.
See also
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List of airports in China
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List of the busiest airports in China
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References
Airports in Hainan
Proposed airports in China
Sanya
Artificial island airports
Artificial islands of China
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