Dubai World Central International Airport
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| Dubai World Central International Airport (Proposed) | |||
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| IATA: JXB - ICAO: Unknown | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Government of Dubai | ||
| Serves | Dubai | ||
| Elevation AMSL | ? ft (? m) | ||
| Coordinates | ? | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 6 x 12/30 | 14,764 | 4,500 | Asphalt
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Dubai World Central International Airport (IATA: JXB, ICAO: Unknown) is a colossal new airport under construction near Jebel Ali, South of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. Previous working names have included "Jebel Ali International Airport" and "Jebel Ali Airport City". It will be the main part of Dubai World Central, a planned residential, commercial and logistics complex.World Central is the world's first truly integrated logistics platform, with all transport modes, logistics and value added services, including manufacturing and assembly, in a single bonded and Free Zone environment.
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[edit] Overview
At the heart of this huge new community is the Dubai World Central International Airport, the world's largest passenger and cargo hub, ten times larger than Dubai International Airport and Dubai Cargo Village combined.
The airport will have an annual cargo capacity of 12 million tons, more than three times that of Memphis, today's largest cargo hub, and a passenger capacity of more than 120 million - almost 50% more than Atlanta, currently the world's busiest passenger airport.
Built for the future, Dubai World Central International Airport has been designed to handle all next-generation aircraft, including the A380 super-jumbo. Up to four aircraft will be able to land simultaneously, 24 hours a day, minimising in-air queuing.
The region's biggest airport, Dubai World Central will include:
6 parallel runways, 4.5km in length, each separated by a minimum of 800m Three passenger terminals including two luxury facilities one dedicated to airlines of the Emirates Group, the second to other carriers and the third dedicated to low cost carriers Multiple concourses 16 cargo terminals with a 12 million ton capacity Executive and Royal jet centres Hotels and shopping malls Support and maintenance facilities: the region's only hub for A, B and C Checks on all aircraft up to A380 specifications Over 100,000 parking spaces for airport staff and passengers Dubai World Central International Airport and the existing Dubai International Airport will be linked by a high speed express rail system Dubai World Central International Airport will also be served by the Dubai Metro and a dedicated Dubai World Central light railway
[edit] Facilities
The airport is planned to have six 4500m parallel runways, with a huge passenger complex in the middle. Three runways would straddle at one side of the complex while three more would be located at the other side. Furthermore, each runway would have extended asphalted pathways on either side which would allow aircraft to by-pass other runways and taxiways without disturbing aircraft movements of these runways and taxiways. The airport is the biggest section/component of Dubai World Central. When fully built-out it will be capable of handling 120 million passengers and 12 million tons of cargo annually.
Dubai's expectations of an exponential rise in passenger traffic over its skies is built on the presumption that it would become the ideal air hub for transiting travelers from the Asia-Pacific Region, South Asia, Greater Middle-east, Africa, Europe, and Australia (for the Kangaroo route--Australia to Europe/Britain and vice versa).
Upon completion it will be the fourth largest air facility in land area (physical size). Only two other air facilities are larger than Dubai World Central: King Fahad International Airport(near Damman) (780 square kilometers), Montréal-Mirabel International Airport (392 square kilometers), and Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport (225 square kilometers).
The air complex would, perhaps, become the most A380-friendly air facility in the world since all the hard-stand aerobridge gates are capable of accommodating the aircraft, as the masterplan model suggests.[citation needed]
The facility, however, will initially service cargo airlines. Several large warehouses and hangars line the westernmost part of the airport. These interlinked warehouses and/or hangars will stretch from end-to-end of the westernmost runway. Each of these warehouses and/or hangars are capable of housing A380 aircraft.
The airport will complement Dubai International Airport, some 40 km (24 miles) away. The airport itself is surrounded by a large logistics hub, an ultra-luxurious golf resort (with suburban housing interwoven between greens and fairways), an expansive trade and exhibition facility (3 million square meters of exhibition space--would become the world's largest single exhibition site/location/address/destination), a massive commercial district, and a spacious residential/housing district.[citation needed]
Due to the massive physical scale of the masterplan, others would come to claim that Dubai World Central would be the most ambitious airport project ever envisioned. The latest estimates by the government of Dubai peg the price tag at US$ 82 billion.[citation needed] This aerotropolis would be a whopping US$ 62 billion more expensive than the next most expensive airport project [Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport Core Project--which cost the Hong Kong government around US$ 20 billion (in 1997 dollars)]. This would also make it the most expensive single project in the world, ever (with the possible exceptions of the Dubai Waterfront, The Palm Deira, and New Songdo Intelligent City).[citation needed]
[edit] Trivia
Parking
Dubai World Central (not just the international airport) will have a total of 100,000 parking slots for automobile vehicles for both its employees, Dubai residents, tourists, and other users. This will give the air facility the distinction of having the largest parking facility in the world. The former title belonged to West Edmonton Mall's 20,000 parking slot parking lot.
[edit] Construction
Construction has begun on the first runway, which is scheduled to open in June 2008.
The project is expected to be fully built-out and operational by 2017.
