New Ulaanbaatar International Airport

New Ulaanbaatar International Airport
Хөшигийн хөндийн нисэх буудал

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Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Mongolia
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia
Location Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Elevation AMSL 1,366 m / 4,481 ft
Coordinates 47°38′36″N 106°49′08″E / 47.64338°N 106.81876°E / 47.64338; 106.81876Coordinates: 47°38′36″N 106°49′08″E / 47.64338°N 106.81876°E / 47.64338; 106.81876
Website www.nubia.mn
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New Ulaanbaatar International Airport

Location within Mongolia

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--/-- 3,600 11,811 Concrete

The New Ulaanbaatar International Airport, or the Khöshig Valley Airport (Mongolian: Хөшигийн хөндийн нисэх буудал[1]) is a new international airport presently under construction[2] 52 km south of Ulaanbaatar city center in Sergelen sum, Töv Province, Mongolia. It will serve Ulaanbaatar and its metropolitan area.[3][4][5][6][7][8]It is also hoped to be an airline hub which connects Europe and East Asia, North America and South East Asia (through the Polar route).

Overview

The airport is designed with the capacity of up to three million passengers per year,[9] and has sufficient space for a possible future expansion of up to twelve million passengers yearly. It will also be equipped with a 24-hour all-weather air traffic control system.[10] It is assumed that on average, the airport will take roughly 2.5 million passengers annually. In comparison, the current airport (Chinggis Khaan International Airport, the largest airport in Mongolia) serves about 900,000 passengers per year (2011 figures). Cargo capacity is set to increase 10-fold.[11]

There will be 2 runways, road and rail terminal, next - a city with a population of about 100 thousand people. Design capacity - 1,100 passengers per hour.[3][4]

Development

In May 2008, a ¥28.8 billion (US$385 million) 40-year soft loan agreement at 0.2% interest was signed between the Government of Mongolia and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to build a new international airport.[5][6] The loan requires that the project is to be carried out by Japanese Consultants and Contractors however the materials and equipment the Contractors use can be up to 70% from any country. Between 2009 and 2011, Azusa Sekkei and Oriental Consultants Joint Venture made the design and bid documentation for the airport. In 2011, a call for bids was announced for the construction of the airport, with the Mitsubishi-Chiyoda Joint Venture (MCJV) successful in the Technical Bidding. An extended Price review and Contract negotiation was completed on 10 May 2013 when the main construction contract was signed between MCJV and the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia .[7][8]

Construction

The project was begun with a ground breaking ceremony. Taking place on 22 April 2012,[12][13] the first work started was a site flood protection scheme. Other works under way were the construction of the electric power line from Nalaikh.

Construction started in May 2013, and is expected to finish by December 2016. The New Ulaanbaatar International Airport Construction Project Steering Committee visited the project construction work site on 11 September 2013 to see the progress of construction work.[14] The concrete pouring work for the control tower started on 13 September 2013.[15]

On 29 January 2013, the airport's electric substation construction was completed and connected to the Mongolian central grid.[16] The end of the airport construction is expected by January 2017[17]

Name

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