On July 22, 2020, the third-phase expansion project of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport broke ground, marking that the largest civil aviation development in the history of Shaanxi and the largest civil aviation project in the northwest region has entered the construction and implementation stage.

The construction of the third-phase expansion project of Xi'an Airport takes 2030 as the target year and is designed in accordance with the target of annual passenger throughput of 83 million passengers and cargo and mail throughput of 1 million tons. The total investment of the project is 47.645 billion yuan, including airport engineering, air traffic control engineering and fuel supply engineering.

The main construction content of the airport project includes: newly built 700,000 square meters of east terminal building, 115 station parking spaces, 350,000 square meters of integrated transportation center and parking building, and auxiliary production facilities such as rapid transit system, cargo transportation, aviation catering, fire rescue, etc. , Supporting the construction of public supporting facilities such as power supply, water supply and drainage, heating, cooling, and gas supply.

It is understood that the third-phase expansion project of Xi’an Airport is guided by the “four-type airport” construction outline. In terms of safe airport construction, it adheres to the safety policy of “safety first, prevention first, and comprehensive management”, and builds “four lines of defense and 12 levels”. "The airport security system adopts various measures such as air defense, material defense, and technical defense to build a multi-level, three-dimensional, and full-coverage security defense line.

In addition, make full use of cutting-edge new technologies and advanced management concepts to optimize production and operations, increase airport capacity and operational efficiency, improve passenger experience and service quality, and achieve rapid connection of flight transfers, self-checking luggage, and efficient passenger transfers.

After the third phase of the project is completed and put into operation, Xi’an Airport will form 4 runways, 4 terminals, and a two-wheel drive development pattern in the east-west terminal area. It will be equipped with more complete infrastructure, faster air passages, and better quality. With special services, we will speed up the construction of an international aviation hub with "Silk Road Connected, Europe and America Direct, and Five Continents Connected", and become a new source of power for the development of Shaanxi's "three economies". Editor/Huang Lijun