Terminal 3A (T3A) at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport entered the final stages of construction on April 27, with the expectation of being completed in June.

The terminal is a key project in Chongqing to build the city into a comprehensive transportation junction in western China.

With construction beginning in 2013, Terminal 3A includes a China Eastern Airlines service area, a third runway and the 530,000-square-meter new terminal building, 3.5 times as large as terminals T1 and T2.

The new runway will be able to accommodate Airbus A380 aircraft, the world’s largest passenger plane.

Upon completion, the Jiangbei International Airport will service an annual passenger throughput of 45 million trips, and a total cargo and mail volume of 1.1 million tons.

A worker walks past a huge window being installed in Terminal 3A. [Photo/liangjiang.gov.cn]

Indoor construction of Terminal 3A is near completion. [Photo/liangjiang.gov.cn]

A passenger plane taxis on the runway at the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. [Photo/liangjiang.gov.cn]

Edited by Zachary Dye