Floating Airports!!!
Yes, the Japanese have made it possible!!
Japan has a lot of unique problem. But we are only going to
tackle one today. Although Japan’s
population is generally shrinking, it still needs to build infrastructure,
namely airports. What to do!!
Japan is at least as famous for its engineering as it for
things that are cute,weird and delicious. They have made airports floating on
water. Here’s a look at Japan’s most notable floating airports.
1.
Osaka-Kansai Airport
It serves an area that also includes the tourists-friendly
cities of Kyoto and Nara. It is most probably Japan’s most famous floating
airport. It is the 5th busiest airport in Japan. The initial sinking
rate of the airport was much fasterthan engineers initially compensated for, it’s
slowed in recent years.
2.
Nagoya-Centrair Airport
It is also known as ‘Central Japan International Airport’. Japanese
engineers have made it free from all engineering problems that plagued in older
siblings.
3.
Kobe airport
It serves only a handful of domestic destinations. Indeed,
since Kobe is part of the larger Kansai region, international passengers ride
Japan’s amazing rail network across the bay to Osaka-Kansai airport.
4.
Kyushu’s Floating Airport
The island of Kyushu is home to two of Japan’s floating
airports: Nagasaki and itakyushu, which serves a city that this Japan
aficionado knows solely because of a certain flower-filled tunnel. Both of
Kyushu’s floating airports have low traffic.
The sea is limit. Although I’ve been referring to these
airports as ‘floating’, they are actually sinking, by design at that. If sea
level rise keeps at its current pace, the Japanese engineers need to develop an
entirely new approach to island airports!
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