It really is America's infrastructure decader, and it's about damn time! New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Portland, and so many other major airport expansion/upgrades, flying into the US is finally going to start being a pleasant experience again.
Atlanta is rebuilding its Concourse D without closing it, or even impacting flights. To do this, they're building new concourse sections off the side of the airport, and trucking them across the tarmac during overnight hours to place against the existing structure. The end result will make the concourse 1/3rd wider, matching the dimensions of the other five concourses.
Awesome video, but don't forget Lima's airport reconstruction. They're building a completely new terminal with a 2nd parallel runway, designed to serve 30M passengers.
Denver International AirPort just continues to grow and get bigger and busier. In 2023 over 77 million people flew through DIA. It’s got 5 runways at 12,000 feet long and 1 at 16,000 feet. They also have room for 6 more runways. The place is huge.
Be cool if you did a video on Pittsburgh International Airport's remodel and history, lot of interesting backstory involving that airport that affected the airport industry at large really that many don't know about.
Some of these videos need Part 2s. In Chicago, there has been some back and forth between the airport vs United and American. Denver has also developed plans for 2045.
You should make a video on new airports from China India and other asian countries. Rather than these small upgrades of western countries. The amount of infra projects happening these is valuable for your content and it will also show the rise of asia.
All youtubers are ditching the Philippines 🇵🇭. The Philippines is building a whole new airport from scratch in Metro Manila. Why not make a video about it?
It's probably because the projects are YEARS from completion, let alone becoming operational so no rush. One can only hope that there are teams already filming stock footage and timelapses to document the progress.
LAX is beginning to look like a completely different airport. The entire airport will finally have a unifying architectural design aesthetic. The new aesthetic is an homage to Mid Century Modern. Even the APM train cars and stations will have a similar aesthetic. BTW, the train cars are actually white, not blue, as shown in this rendering.
The inside scoop at ORD: The city planners and designers of the modernization program failed miserably. The two busiest runways, 10L/28R and 9R/27L were never built with an end around taxiway on the each end. Therefore, due to incompetence in taxi route planning by the FAA, arriving aircraft on each side of the airport are constantly forced into a single line that puts them into the face of all departing aircraft. This is the reason for the sometimes incredibly long taxi times to get to the gates after landing. Unfortunately the new terminals will NEVER solve this problem. Only new concrete and taxi procedures can improve the overall quality of service at this once great airport.
They should have built that new Airport just to the South East of Coventry in Long Lawford. The plans were for 8 runways with expansion to 12 in future years. Fully connected to High speed rail and the M1, M6, M40, M45, M42 within a few miles. It would have saved all the problems extending Heathrow, Gatwick, Standstead and City Airport in London. Labour then Cameron’s government killed it. I suppose because it wasn’t in the South East enough to do it.
9:30 While I sort of understand the massive responsibilities of everyone involved, he's probably overselling it lol granted he needed to get the message across on the importance of his work but he didn't need to understate other "normal" jobs as if everyone else is sleeping while he keep the world spinning...
Would love to see a B1M special just for WSI - Western Sydney International, which is a complete new build, not a renovation. Also including motorways, a train line, an adjoining city. Built in stages. At least $20B being spent
Would love to see a video on Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport! The new Terminal 3 is expected to add capacity for 45 million passengers more per year by 2027, plus there are plans for a 3rd runway, satellite terminal, and new cargo area to be completed around 2030.
The B1M, your next aviation video should be on the will they? Won't they? build a metro train link from Melbourne Airport to Southern Cross Train Station.
HK current airport should still have been on the south side of Lantau islands, which means it could've used way less land reclamation and use the Soko islands (a bunch of useless rocks) as an anchor for expansion as needed. Although that was my thought prior to knowing they're going to do the connections between HK-Zhuhai-Macau bridge and the other connection through Tuen Mun up to Shenzhen Bay border crossing, which help connect HKIA to an extra over 20 million people of the Greater Bay Area, as well as shared loads and diversions between airports at Macau and Shenzhen Bao'an.
55:20 - All well and good that the roadways are being "replumbed" but please consider the AirTrain from Manhattan - with East Side Access/GCM now complete, it's a LOT easier to get to/from JFK.
Been thru Gatwick a few times ... never, ever again. I only go Heathrow now. The only reason is the distance to London. Gatwick is literally out in the middle of nowhere ... an hour+ from the City. If you have to hire a ride ... its a fortune. The fact its called a London Airport is literally a scam.
Denver International: frankly after 20 years people are pretty damn sure there's a very important strategic retreat base/bunker complex underneath DIA.... one of the reasons such a HUGE complex of land was obtained was to make sure no one else could build or dig anywhere near the complex underneath. While it certainly isn't on THAT scale, and isn't in a completely new unused location, Salt Lake International has done a truly amazing project. one I would love to see this gentleman mention at some point: they are posed to finish within a year or two the final phase of a project that was originally envisioned to end somewhere between 2027 and 2030. The pandemic allowed for a massive shift in planning, due to the original airport being effectively shut down and/or reduced drastically for so long. The old airport was completely replaced, with a major size upgrade, BEING BUILT ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING AIRPORT at the same time.. But thanks to that pandemic change, they were able to go ahead and completely demolish the 1960 airport all at once. There are precious few airports that have done anything of this sort, and certainly not at this scale.
@@米空軍パイロット This. Eastern Adams County mostly consisted of empty prairie. Also, the airport replaced by DIA -- Stapleton International -- got surrounded by development to the extent that it couldn't expand, and the gripes about noise just never ended. So, the *new* airport has vast stretches of empty fields that will *never* be zoned for residential development -- only mixed industry and commercial uses. Additionally, the airport has enough open land in immediate proximity that it could double the number of existing runways anytime the city chooses. The City and County of Denver took the lessons of Stapleton seriously.
No mention of Laramie Regional Airport's completely new terminal in 2021? The airport is 90 years old and has 10's of thousands of passengers each year and 1 destination! It has free parking and you may be welcomed by a herd of pronghorn antelope.
Correct me If I'm wrong but aren't we supposed to be reducing our flying miles. All this is about increasing flying. Not that I think it matters were screwed anyway.
the flights to Greenland gonna be 5 times cheaper now with the new airports and monopol Raised on the flight traffic from denmark gonna be MEGA NICE cant wait to get more on holidays to Greenland
When they built a new runway on Sea-Tac airport they imported dirt they used a conveyor and ran it up a creek and 4 miles. I'm glad they didn't move the Minneapolis airport.all of this last century
This is a fantastic video, really informative and really explains the complexities of airport construction very well. It is pretty out of date with some info though. For example, as of June 2024, the LAX APM is over 2 years late and almost $1bn over budget.
Babe, get the popcorn ready. The new 1 hour video from B1m is here🗣🗣🗣
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this compilation-recycling nonsense really has to stop.
@@RandomUser2401 the compilation works well for my lifestyle
@@kjx4086 cool, some ppl don't like rewatching recycled content.
@@RandomUser2401 credit to Fred catering for all his viewers 😉
14:30 "But while size is important it's what you do with it that really matters"
Ain't that the truth haha
It really is America's infrastructure decader, and it's about damn time! New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Portland, and so many other major airport expansion/upgrades, flying into the US is finally going to start being a pleasant experience again.
LaGuardia new terminal is awesome
Love airports and anything aviation ❤
you know its a banger when he's on location
Atlanta is rebuilding its Concourse D without closing it, or even impacting flights.
To do this, they're building new concourse sections off the side of the airport, and trucking them across the tarmac during overnight hours to place against the existing structure.
The end result will make the concourse 1/3rd wider, matching the dimensions of the other five concourses.
Awesome video, but don't forget Lima's airport reconstruction. They're building a completely new terminal with a 2nd parallel runway, designed to serve 30M passengers.
South America doesn't count.
The best channel on UA-cam for construction
Denver International AirPort just continues to grow and get bigger and busier. In 2023 over 77 million people flew through DIA. It’s got 5 runways at 12,000 feet long and 1 at 16,000 feet. They also have room for 6 more runways. The place is huge.
Damn, it's an over 1 hour B1M video! Let me slip into something a little more... comfortable.
You missed the navi mumbai and jewar airport in india
They won't mention it .
You know why.
35:45 Hong Kong's Island Airport is from "Hong Kong’s $18BN Airport Expansion Explained" was published in April 2021 not April 2024.
LAX is so much better now with the upgrade.
One of my reasons to watch you is to hear you say over and over "The Woowold"😅😆🤣😂
Can you cover Navi Mumbai International airport? It'll open next year in march.
Awesome. It's becoming the new shanghai 🫡
It's really pretty
Airport designs are something amazing that I like a lot, so thanks a lot for this video!
The one in chongqing is pretty good as well
Now this is going to make my Sunday afternoon great.
Be cool if you did a video on Pittsburgh International Airport's remodel and history, lot of interesting backstory involving that airport that affected the airport industry at large really that many don't know about.
"..In the world.." We need a montage. Frat parties drink to this phrase.
spoke to my soul!
Some of these videos need Part 2s. In Chicago, there has been some back and forth between the airport vs United and American. Denver has also developed plans for 2045.
The avgeek in me particularly loved this episode.
Wow wonderful airports upgrades. Can't wait to swim through the first one hour plus video from the b1m.
Much love from Uganda love you the b1m💞
Haha the comparison between terminals and the Pentagon at 13:20 tells me more about how huge Pentagon must be.
You should make a video on new airports from China India and other asian countries. Rather than these small upgrades of western countries. The amount of infra projects happening these is valuable for your content and it will also show the rise of asia.
They don't want to show rise of Asia
@@ap19918It's more likely that access to asian airport projects especially in countries like china is very limited.
@@ap19918 He made a video about the 2nd tallest skyscraper in Asia not even 2 weeks ago
It's about where they can get access. They just did the Merdeka building not long ago.
They want to flog the dead horse of Europe😅
What Airport is that at 0:17? Looks familliar
Hong kong
I always have a question, what is meaning of B1M? 😮
Channel is no doubt superb🎉
Probably one of your best videos and they are all good
All youtubers are ditching the Philippines 🇵🇭. The Philippines is building a whole new airport from scratch in Metro Manila. Why not make a video about it?
It's probably because the projects are YEARS from completion, let alone becoming operational so no rush. One can only hope that there are teams already filming stock footage and timelapses to document the progress.
80 minutes ! outstanding ! we are not worthy ! thank you B1M!
Absolutely love the long format videos. Nice way to end the day. The last two, this one and the fusion nuclear reactor has been fascinating.
Fantastic video! Thanks Fred!
LAX is beginning to look like a completely different airport. The entire airport will finally have a unifying architectural design aesthetic. The new aesthetic is an homage to Mid Century Modern. Even the APM train cars and stations will have a similar aesthetic. BTW, the train cars are actually white, not blue, as shown in this rendering.
B1M RULE 👊👍🤟
I love O'Hare. Easy to move about. The staff does a great job cleaning the public areas and restrooms. 🎉👏
(Ash-felt? Try saying Azs-fault )
Wow, love this video! Thank you!
looking at gatwick's second runway, in cebu, philippines, they already built a second runway as well with the same purpose for emergencies
The inside scoop at ORD:
The city planners and designers of the modernization program failed miserably. The two busiest runways, 10L/28R and 9R/27L were never built with an end around taxiway on the each end. Therefore, due to incompetence in taxi route planning by the FAA, arriving aircraft on each side of the airport are constantly forced into a single line that puts them into the face of all departing aircraft. This is the reason for the sometimes incredibly long taxi times to get to the gates after landing. Unfortunately the new terminals will NEVER solve this problem. Only new concrete and taxi procedures can improve the overall quality of service at this once great airport.
In America, something like those pedestrian tunnels would be called assault tunnels.
They should have built that new Airport just to the South East of Coventry in Long Lawford. The plans were for 8 runways with expansion to 12 in future years. Fully connected to High speed rail and the M1, M6, M40, M45, M42 within a few miles. It would have saved all the problems extending Heathrow, Gatwick, Standstead and City Airport in London. Labour then Cameron’s government killed it. I suppose because it wasn’t in the South East enough to do it.
9:30 While I sort of understand the massive responsibilities of everyone involved, he's probably overselling it lol granted he needed to get the message across on the importance of his work but he didn't need to understate other "normal" jobs as if everyone else is sleeping while he keep the world spinning...
sunday, aus melb time up load? what is this?
Very very interesting!! Great video
i really hope heathrow expansion gets back on track 😭
Not sure what “ashfelt” is but there sure is a lot of it!
SLC built a completely new terminal and still expanding. It’s no LAX or Dubai but still worthy of being mentioned
Would love to see a B1M special just for WSI - Western Sydney International, which is a complete new build, not a renovation. Also including motorways, a train line, an adjoining city. Built in stages. At least $20B being spent
Love these videos ❤
Nurse do the surgery, B1M just put out a video.
Would love to see a video on Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport! The new Terminal 3 is expected to add capacity for 45 million passengers more per year by 2027, plus there are plans for a 3rd runway, satellite terminal, and new cargo area to be completed around 2030.
You forgot about navi airport one of the world largest airport with unique design ever done before design by zaha Hadid
Every time he mispronounces 'asphalt,' drink. *falls out of chair*
Fred speaks English, not American.
That's how the word is pronounced, in his native language.
The B1M, your next aviation video should be on the will they? Won't they? build a metro train link from Melbourne Airport to Southern Cross Train Station.
still waiting on a video about Lima's new airport
》1,400 tennis courts, the mind boggles!!
Is this the Largest airport after...
Leaving off Salt Lake City from this video is wild
Please do 1hr video about Chinese high-speed railroad and express Highway
Agreed
i hope they look and make a documentary on Philippines old bbrutalist infrastructure plus the new one coming new manila airport
Fascinating
Check out Kansai in Japan 🗾. Built on water in Osaka bay.
No mention of Mexico City’s new airport?
LAX is a nightmare. I try and use Burbank. And Burbank is getting an all new airport and bulldozing the old terminal.
can't believe Dubai international airhub isn't here ?? the busiest International airport globally
HK current airport should still have been on the south side of Lantau islands, which means it could've used way less land reclamation and use the Soko islands (a bunch of useless rocks) as an anchor for expansion as needed. Although that was my thought prior to knowing they're going to do the connections between HK-Zhuhai-Macau bridge and the other connection through Tuen Mun up to Shenzhen Bay border crossing, which help connect HKIA to an extra over 20 million people of the Greater Bay Area, as well as shared loads and diversions between airports at Macau and Shenzhen Bao'an.
YESS!!!
Would be nice to see a video of FRAnkfurt airport in germany. I love your vids.
55:20 - All well and good that the roadways are being "replumbed" but please consider the AirTrain from Manhattan - with East Side Access/GCM now complete, it's a LOT easier to get to/from JFK.
It's really cool!!!!!!❤❤❤❤
That’s a lot to tak3 in , love it 🥰 😊😊😊😊😊
Been thru Gatwick a few times ... never, ever again. I only go Heathrow now.
The only reason is the distance to London. Gatwick is literally out in the middle of nowhere ... an hour+ from the City.
If you have to hire a ride ... its a fortune. The fact its called a London Airport is literally a scam.
Definitely, current 2 London airports are too old and small so they should do some upgrades!
Where is the Cambodia airport one? It’s gonna be 9th largest
Southampton airport is tragically small. Because of this, flights to germany or france cost hundreds of pounds. So everyone goes to heathrow.
What kind of large vehicle is that taxing 1:13:20 ?
looks like the missing part of the elevated transfer tunnel during construction
Love this channel but its hard to take seriously anyone who applies the phrase "brilliant engineering" to infrastructure in China 😝
Please do a video on how Kansas City completely redid the airport.
maybe pave it when the airport was shut? essential workers could still work during the (cough)
0:00 - 11:35 and 1:06:20 - 1:13:28 - A very great idea for expansion! 😍
Denver International: frankly after 20 years people are pretty damn sure there's a very important strategic retreat base/bunker complex underneath DIA.... one of the reasons such a HUGE complex of land was obtained was to make sure no one else could build or dig anywhere near the complex underneath.
While it certainly isn't on THAT scale, and isn't in a completely new unused location, Salt Lake International has done a truly amazing project. one I would love to see this gentleman mention at some point: they are posed to finish within a year or two the final phase of a project that was originally envisioned to end somewhere between 2027 and 2030. The pandemic allowed for a massive shift in planning, due to the original airport being effectively shut down and/or reduced drastically for so long.
The old airport was completely replaced, with a major size upgrade, BEING BUILT ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING AIRPORT at the same time.. But thanks to that pandemic change, they were able to go ahead and completely demolish the 1960 airport all at once. There are precious few airports that have done anything of this sort, and certainly not at this scale.
Or the land was dirt cheap
@@米空軍パイロット why not both?
@@米空軍パイロット This. Eastern Adams County mostly consisted of empty prairie.
Also, the airport replaced by DIA -- Stapleton International -- got surrounded by development to the extent that it couldn't expand, and the gripes about noise just never ended.
So, the *new* airport has vast stretches of empty fields that will *never* be zoned for residential development -- only mixed industry and commercial uses.
Additionally, the airport has enough open land in immediate proximity that it could double the number of existing runways anytime the city chooses.
The City and County of Denver took the lessons of Stapleton seriously.
No mention of Laramie Regional Airport's completely new terminal in 2021? The airport is 90 years old and has 10's of thousands of passengers each year and 1 destination! It has free parking and you may be welcomed by a herd of pronghorn antelope.
B1M and chill will replace netflix and chill soon
Ho Chi Minh City's new airport be like 👀
Sorry..!
Man-made islands must still be islands, i.e., not attached to land, surrounding lands, etc, am I right?
Istanbul airport is the largest period
Correct me If I'm wrong but aren't we supposed to be reducing our flying miles. All this is about increasing flying. Not that I think it matters were screwed anyway.
the flights to Greenland gonna be 5 times cheaper now with the new airports and monopol Raised on the flight traffic from denmark gonna be MEGA NICE cant wait to get more on holidays to Greenland
LAX has got to be one of the worst airports on the planet
Back to Back
Where is Beijing Daxing International Airport?
"Tiny propeller airplanes"???? Dash-8's are hardly tiny.
When they built a new runway on Sea-Tac airport they imported dirt they used a conveyor and ran it up a creek and 4 miles. I'm glad they didn't move the Minneapolis airport.all of this last century
This is a fantastic video, really informative and really explains the complexities of airport construction very well. It is pretty out of date with some info though. For example, as of June 2024, the LAX APM is over 2 years late and almost $1bn over budget.
Where is Zaha hadid's iconic Daxing airport!!
@57:23 500,000 square meters? concrete is measured in qubic meters isn't it?
Isn’t it asphalt not ASHfelt
the UK is so far behind now days
Amsterdam Schiphol recently announced another 6 billion euro investment
What about frankfurt airport?