The project of expansion of the Jorge Chávez International Airport presents to date an advance of construction 36%. Once completed, it is expected to mobilize more than 37 million passengers per year, which is twice the number of Travellers during 2022.
this new infrastructure In the future, it will have two runways, a single passenger terminal and various shopping areas, which will make it the ‘airport city of Latin America’, with a dimension of 900 hectares of land, which in size is equivalent to the district of miraflores.
To date, the new control tower, which is equivalent in height to a 21-story building, and the second runway, which is 3,480 meters long, have come into operation since the beginning of April and will gradually be coupled to the total operations of the airport.
New Jorge Chávez airport: how much is the investment?
Although at first it was calculated that the total investment would be US$1.6 billion, now the financing for the works of the new single passenger terminal has increased to US$2 billion. According to Lima Airports Partners (LAP), the consortium that operates the airport, seven banks have signed an agreement to invest in these works.
What will the airport city of Jorge Chávez be like?
The work, which has been carried out since 2018 on land handed over by the Peruvian State, is intended to be the first ‘airport city’ which will have the new passenger terminal, four commercial areas, which will be known as North Head, Santa Rosa, Gambetta and Faucett.
When will the new Jorge Chávez airport terminal be ready?
According to LAP, it is expected that the new passenger terminal of the Jorge Chavez airport It will operate from January 2025. The modern infrastructure will have seismic isolators, which will allow humanitarian flights to be attended in the event of earthquakes.
As of May 17, this airport megaproject is 36% complete. Photo: LAP
Source: Larepublica
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