Beijing Daxing International Airport Opens

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Daxing Airport Express Reaches Lize Shangwuqu

  Lize Shangwuqu, Fengtai District, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Subway

  

  Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysEnglish Wikipedia^[1] says "The northern extension started construction in 2020 and will be completed in 2026", a year with no month, so the day stands for the end of that year.

  A 3.5 km fully underground northern extension carries the Daxing airport line one stop on from Caoqiao to Lize Shangwuqu in Fengtai District, bringing the airport service closer to central Beijing. Work on the extension started in 2020.

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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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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Long Thanh International Airport Holds Its Technical Opening

  Long Thanh International Airport, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam

  

  Starts 12/19/2025CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE278 days agoThe 19 December 2025 ceremony itself is confirmed, but it was a technical opening rather than the completion of Phase 1: Wikipedia^[2] records it as a ceremonial 'technical opening' with full commercial operations scheduled for December 2026, and the government's own report counted only three of 15 construction packages finished, with 12 still under way.

  Vietnam marked a ceremonial 'technical opening' of its US$4.6 billion first phase at Long Thanh International Airport near Ho Chi Minh City with the first landings, while most of Phase 1 was still under construction.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3 Opens

  Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, GermanyFraport

  

  Starts 04/23/2026CONFIRMED91% CONFIDENCE153 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the first travellers to arrive at Frankfurt's brand-new... Terminal 3", on April 23, 2026.

  Frankfurt Airport's new Terminal 3 opened after more than a decade of construction, giving Germany's biggest airport its first major expansion since the troubled Berlin Brandenburg saga.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Beijing Tongzhou Station Opens as Asia's Largest Underground Station

  Tongyun Subdistrict, Tongzhou District, Beijing, ChinaChina Railway Beijing Group

  

  Starts 12/30/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE267 days agoThe English Wikipedia^[1] article states that the station "opened on 30 December 2025".

  The integrated transport hub at the Beijing City Sub-centre, under Tongyun Subdistrict in Tongzhou District, took its first passengers on the Beijing-Tangshan and Beijing-Binhai intercity railways, with an interchange to Subway Line 6 at Beiyunhedong. Construction of the hub started on 30 November 2019.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Beijing Subway Line 28 Opens Under the CBD

  Dongdaqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Subway

  

  Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsEnglish Wikipedia^[1] says "It is planned to open in 2029", a year with no month, so the day stands for the end of that year.

  Phase 1 of Line 28 runs 8.877 km with nine stations beneath Chaoyang's Central Business District, from Dongdaqiao to Guangqudonglu by way of Guanghualu, Dawang Lu and Beijing East railway station. Construction started in July 2021.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Beijing Subway Line 22 Opens From Hongmiao to Pinggu

  Hongmiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Subway

  

  Starts 12/31/2026DELAYED12 months late40% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysEnglish Wikipedia^[1] says the line "will open between Hongmiao and Pinggu in late 2026", and the August 2026 report it cites says the line 年底基本具备开通条件 ("will basically meet the conditions for opening by the end of the year"), so the day stands for late 2026.

  Line 22, built as the Pinggu line, is the first inter-provincial metro line between Beijing and Hebei: 81.82 km and 22 stations from Dongdaqiao in Chaoyang through Tongzhou and Sanhe in Hebei out to Pinggu, using 8-car Type D trains at up to 160 km/h. Empty trial running between Hongmiao and Pinggu began on 25 August 2026; Jintai Xizhao and Dongdaqiao are held back to 2029.

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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.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Berlin Brandenburg Airport Finally Opens

  Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Schönefeld, GermanyFlughafen Berlin Brandenburg

  

  Starts 10/31/2020CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE5.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: the airport opened on October 31, 2020, ending nearly three decades of delays.

  After nearly 30 years of delays, cost overruns and a notorious spell as an empty 'ghost airport', Berlin Brandenburg Airport opened to passengers.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Changi Airport Breaks Ground on Terminal 5

  Changi East, SingaporeChangi Airport Group

  

  Starts 05/14/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoThe Prime Minister's Office dates the speech to the groundbreaking ceremony 14 May 2025, and PM Wong opens by marking the ground being broken on T5 that day.^[1]

  Prime Minister Lawrence Wong officiated the groundbreaking of Terminal 5 on the Changi East site, launching the airport's largest expansion. PM Wong said T5 will be as big in land area as all of Changi's current terminals combined and will expand the airport's capacity by more than 50 per cent, serving about 50 million more passengers a year.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Nuuk International Airport Opens in Greenland

  Nuuk Airport, Nuuk, GreenlandGreenland Airports

  

  Starts 11/28/2024CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Nuuk International Airport officially opened to the public on November 28, 2024".

  Greenland's capital opened its new international airport on November 28, 2024, ending Nuuk's dependence on connecting flights for long-haul travel.

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  Harry Reid Airport Opens a Customs Building for Private Jets

  West airfield, Harry Reid International Airport, Las Vegas, NVClark County Department of Aviation

  

  Starts 09/18/2026CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5 days agoThe airport's newsroom item of 18 September 2026 says the partners "celebrated the grand opening of a new facility dedicated to the airport's general aviation and private jet operations."^[1]

  Harry Reid International, Signature Aviation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection opened a dedicated general aviation and cargo clearance building on the west side of the airfield. It takes international private-jet arrivals out of the passenger terminals, which the airport says cuts congestion as Las Vegas draws more international traffic for its sporting events.

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