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The major airport that's sinking into the sea - and it sees 30 million visitors a year
The Kansai Airport is constructed across two artificial islands in Osaka Bay READ MORE: The world's most incredible monorails ...
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The world's largest artificial island airport is 'rising up' from the middle of the sea
Once finished, it will take the title of the world’s largest airport built on an artificial island, beating both Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) and Japan’s Kansai Airport (KIX ...
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The Airport Is Sinking
In a 2015 photograph taken from the International Space Station, Kansai International Airport’s artificial islands and 1.86-mile bridge stand out in Japan’s Osaka Bay. This October ...
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The 14 Coolest Artificial Islands On Earth
Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport opened in July 1998 on the artificial island of Chek Lap Kok. The southern gateway to Mainland China took six years and $20 billion ...
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IN FOCUS: Overcrowded south, undeveloped north – Bali seeks new airport, highways and rail lines despite roadblocks
an ambitious project that will reclaim 900 hectares of the Bali Sea to form an artificial island. Designed in the shape of a giant turtle, the airport will feature two runways – one of which can ...
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2025 Osaka Expo gears up for quake, typhoon and other risks
To simulate potential responses, organizers have studied past typhoon disasters, including the one that hit Kansai International Airport in 2018, another artificial island in Osaka Bay.