Largest airport in the world equals 100 soccer fields

That China is the country known for its reputation for “the biggest thing in the world, ” is no longer news to anyone. In its record history alone, we have the longest glass bridge in the world, the largest statue in the world, the largest aquarium in the world and even the largest natural stone arch in the world.

And in September of that year, after less than five years of construction, the country opened the doors of the Beijing Daxing International Airport to the world, simply the largest airport in history. A $ 12 billion historical fact, with numbers and curiosities that scare as much as its dimensions.

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Dubbed Starfish, the airport, which looks like the mother ship of the Independence Day movie, was designed by architect Zaha Hadid and has a total of 700, 000 square meters, the equivalent of 100 soccer fields. Built by over 8, 000 workers, it is divided into four floors, has a huge luxury mall, hotels and cafes.

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In 2017, during excavations on the airport grounds, a Qing Dynasty cemetery of about 228 tombs was found, containing jewelry, ceramic pots and other funerary objects. Experts believe that they all belonged to one family.

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About 20, 000 people were relocated when they lost their homes, some because they were well on the way to the billionaire project, others because of noise pollution. In both cases, people received compensation packages for this, although it was a not very friendly agreement. The demolition of 11 villages was also accounted for more space.

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Daxing has become the world's largest transportation integration center, allowing passengers to board subways and trains without ever having to leave the airport.

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The design of the building was designed with passengers intending to spend a maximum of eight minutes walking from its gate to the security check zone, so its tentacle shape becomes so useful.

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All airport check-in desks are automated so that passengers can pick up their tickets and check in their luggage using face-to-face facial recognition systems, so that the entire process takes less than 30 minutes. including the walk from the central terminal to one of the gates.

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