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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Western Sydney Airport Opens to Passengers

  Western Sydney International Airport, Greendale, New South Wales, AustraliaWestern Sydney Airport

  

  Starts 10/25/2026SCHEDULED79% CONFIDENCEin 32 daysGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "Western Sydney to open to passengers on 25 October" 2026.

  Western Sydney International Airport, a AU$5.3BN project decades in the making, opens to passenger flights to relieve an overwhelmed Sydney Airport as the city's population grows toward 7 million.

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Sydney Metro West Opens

  Sydney MetroParramatta, New South Wales

  Starts 12/31/2032DELAYED4 years late63% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsSydney Metro’s^[2] own project overview targets "an opening date of 2032", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.

  A driverless metro doubling rail capacity between Parramatta and the Sydney CBD. Estimated date.

  A$27B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Sydney Western Harbour Tunnel Set to Open

  Warringah Freeway, Cammeray, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  

  Starts 12/31/2028SCHEDULED80% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "Western Harbour Tunnel remaining on track to open to traffic in 2028".

  Sydney's Western Harbour Tunnel, redesigned mid-build from a cut-and-cover crossing to twin bored tunnels, is on track to open beneath the harbour in 2028.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Phoenix Sky Harbor Starts Building Its Third Terminal

  Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 3400 E Sky Harbor Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85034City of Phoenix

  

  Starts 01/01/2029ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsThe airport's own schedule lists "Construction 2029 - 2033" with no start date, so the pin uses the start of 2029.^[1]

  Sky Harbor's West Terminal, the airport's first new terminal since Terminal 4 opened in 1990, is scheduled to go into construction in 2029 and open in 2033, with the number of concourses and gates still to be decided. The airport puts the likely cost at around $4.5 billion, paid for with passenger facility charges, bonds and airport funding rather than tax dollars.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Sydney Metro City & Southwest Opens Under the Harbour

  Victoria Cross, Lower North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSydney Metro

  

  Starts 08/19/2024CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Sydney Metro^[3] City officially opened on Monday, 19 August 2024."

  Sydney opened the City & Southwest section of its Sydney Metro, adding a new driverless rail crossing under Sydney Harbour and the CBD alongside the city's largest railway cavern.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Munich Airport Opens as Franz Josef Strauss International Airport

  Nordallee 25, 85356 München, GermanyMunich Airport

  

  Starts 05/17/1992CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE34.4 years agoMunich Airport's own history page and Wikipedia^[3] both give 17 May 1992 as its opening date at the current site.

  Munich Airport opened at its current site on 17 May 1992, replacing Munich-Riem, and is one of only two European airports to hold Skytrax's 5-Star rating.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Crown Sydney Opens at Barangaroo

  Crown Sydney, Wulugul Walk, Barangaroo, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCrown Resorts

  

  Starts 12/28/2020CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE5.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "select Crown Sydney venues were open to the public for the first time from December 28" 2020.

  Crown Sydney, the AUD $2.2BN, 71-storey tower at Barangaroo designed by Wilkinson Eyre, opened its hotel and restaurants after a construction run through the Covid-19 pandemic.

  A$2.2B

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Navi Mumbai International Airport Opens on a Reclaimed Swamp

  Navi Mumbai International Airport, Maharashtra, IndiaAdani Group

  

  Starts 12/25/2025CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE272 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the first phase of the airport opened on Christmas Day 2025."

  Built on flattened hills and stabilised mangrove swamp across the harbour from central Mumbai, Adani Group's Navi Mumbai International Airport began commercial flights on Christmas Day 2025.

  $2.2B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Abu Dhabi's Midfield Terminal Opens as Zayed International Airport

  Zayed International Airport, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi Airports

  

  Starts 11/01/2023CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE2.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "will begin operations on 1 November 2023, bringing a major increase to passenger capacity."

  Abu Dhabi's long-delayed Midfield Terminal began operations as Terminal A of the newly renamed Zayed International Airport, six years behind its original 2017 target.

  $3B

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Al Maktoum International Airport Phase 1

  Dubai World Central, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesDubai Airports

  

  Starts 12/31/2032SCHEDULED78% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per Dubai's Crown Prince and the source^[1]: "Phase 1 scheduled to begin operations in 2032."

  The first phase of Dubai's US$35BN Al Maktoum International Airport expansion, ultimately sized to handle more than 260 million passengers a year and become the world's largest airport.

  $35B

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Noida International Airport Starts Commercial Flights at Jewar

  Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaYamuna International Airport Private Limited

  

  Starts 06/15/2026DELAYED3.5 years late40% CONFIDENCE100 days agoThe article states "The airport commenced flight operations on 15 June 2026, with an IndiGo flight landing from Lucknow."^[1]

  An IndiGo flight from Lucknow landed on the first day of scheduled service at the National Capital Region's second airport, whose first phase has one 3,900 m runway and a 101,590 sq m terminal for 12 million passengers a year, designed by Grimshaw with Nordic, Haptic and STUP. Zurich Airport International holds the 40-year concession, and the DGCA granted the aerodrome licence on 6 March 2026.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Sydney Opera House Officially Opens

  Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW, Australia

  

  Starts 10/20/1973CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE52.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the Sydney Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II."

  Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Sydney Opera House, capping fourteen years of construction that ran a decade late and far over its original budget.

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