Posted on 12/08/2025 5:20:10 PM PST by Brian Griffin
"King Salman International Airport (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)....covers roughly 57 square kilometers....Around 12 square kilometers have already been reserved for residential construction"
"Al Maktoum International Airport (Dubai World Central), Dubai, UAE...."
"The large-scale Dubai South development program envisions an integrated city with a population of more than one million people that will include housing, business clusters, logistics zones, and technology parks.
"According to estimates by analytical agencies, average annual housing price growth in Dubai South is expected to reach 15 to 20 percent in the coming years."
"Ho Chi Minh City’s existing airport handles more than 40 million passengers per year despite a design capacity of about 25 to 28 million."
"New Manila International Airport (Bulacan) is being built as a key element of the Philippine government’s long-term strategy to relieve the capital region and create a new transport and economic center north of Manila."
"The project includes the creation of an “aerotropolis” that will function as a full-scale urban cluster around the airport with office centers, technology parks, hotels, and residential districts."
“Ho Chi Minh City’s existing airport handles more than 40 million passengers per year despite a design capacity of about 25 to 28 million.”
That might make nervous fliers a little nervous about flying in there, yes?
DFW is building a new terminal. And it’s a pain the traffic now is awful there due to the construction.
“Ho Chi Minh City’s existing airport handles more than 40 million passengers per year despite a design capacity of about 25 to 28 million.”
That might make nervous fliers a little nervous about flying in there, yes?
“Follow the Ho Chi Minh Trail.....”
Fun fact DFW was designed for 13 semi circular terminals you can see the remnants of that design in sat photos only 4 were built but you can clearly see where the other semi circular terminals would go. Total gate count as 240+ with drive and fly parking in each center of the semi circle. It was fundamentally different design from an era when it was expected for people to drive up park and fly for short duration trips not the hub and spoke model that Denver and Atlanta used.
The construction should not affect the main lanes in the center of the airport. What is the construction? I have not been there in a while so I have not seen DFW. I retired so thankfully I have not flown out of there in a year.
It was really bad over the Thanksgiving Holiday.
I had to fight Dallas traffic a few times this fall. I’m still shaking.
I bet there are a LOT of houses under construction around the world too!!!
“I had to fight Dallas traffic a few times this fall. I’m still shaking.”
It’s quite intimidating if you don’t go through there regularly. During my 35+ years as an engineer for NAVAIR, I was through there at least once a month traveling on DoD business. Travel from west to east usually routed me through DFW. My wife freaked out the first time we flew through there going to Miami. I assured her that everything was okay. It’s scary if you don’t know the airport.
If you have to take an International flight, AVOID DFW AT ALL COSTS! It’s by far the worst airport to go through customs.
I hate that they have toll gates, how stupid.
I wasn’t flying but had to stay near the airport. Every driver there is suicidal. I was there on medical business. Not going back.
Also what a monster DFW could have been...
How about a mile plus long terminal building taking one whole half of the airport semi circle spots.
Moving sidewalks would have made it a 15 min “walk” from end to end. 100+ gates and they wanted to then put a second one across the central parkway once it was built. 200+ gates and another runway crammed in too. There was even separate plans to put in STOL runways of 1500-2000 feet between some of the full sized ones for airtaxi and short takeoff point to point flights to small regional general aviation airports. Imagine leaving McKinney airport and 10 min later being at the gate on the air size past security vs the 45+ min drive and then an hour plus through TSA. You would do security at the FOB in McKinney then get on an STOL 4-12 seat airtaxi directly to the STOL runways at DFW then directly to the airtram system to take you to any terminal and gate in under 10 min. What it could have been.
https://www.airporthistory.org/dfw-rebuild-1.html
https://www.airporthistory.org/dfw-rebuild-2.html
,,, so might inadequate infrastructure beyond the airport for the growth they're seeing in terms of visitors and industry. Having said that, the food is great.
“I wasn’t flying but had to stay near the airport. Every driver there is suicidal. I was there on medical business. Not going back.”
I’ve driven around DFW numerous times, my advice is to stay away.
Believe it or not, Logan airport (Boston) is considerably worse.
Vietnam is allocating substantial monies towards new underground subway lines in Saigon, new/upgraded long distance train lines, upgraded airports throughout the country, and water projects. Road improvements are underway in Saigon to alleviate congestion.
The country is moving towards electric vs. gas motorbikes to address air pollution.
That’s why you take the American Eagle flight in from Tyler.
“That’s why you take the American Eagle flight in from Tyler.”
Yep, just like taking the American Eagle flight from Burbank instead of LAX.
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