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[BIRTHDAY SPECIAL] Macau International Airport

64.8k CR929thenewSPplayer  4 months ago

Note: This is proposed to be posted at December 20, which is my birthday, but because of some other things, so I delayed the posting date.

Introductions:

History

Macau International Airport (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC); Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Macau) is an international airport in the special administrative region of Macau, situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters which opened for commercial operations on 9 November 1995, during Portuguese administration of the region.

Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between the Mainland and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in mainland China and Southeast Asia. During 2006, the airport handled 5 million passengers and 220,000 tonnes of cargo. In 2017 the number of passengers had increased to 7,165,803, which is more than the 6 million passengers per year the terminal was originally designed for.

The Macau airport was constructed on reclaimed land adjacent to the islands of Taipa and Coloane. It cost US$1 billion to build. Commercial air service began on 9 November 1995. The first departure was an Air Macau flight to Beijing, and the first arrival was a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur. The official inauguration ceremony took place on 8 December 1995, and Portuguese President Mário Soares presided over it.

In April 1996, TAP Air Portugal started service to Lisbon using Airbus A340s. It cooperated with Sabena on the route; the flight stopped in Brussels, and TAP allocated a certain number of seats to the airline on the segment between Brussels and Macau. TAP encountered difficulties in running the flights. The crew had to spend long layovers in Macau because the service only operated twice a week. Additionally, TAP and Air Macau, in which the former held a stake, were unable to coordinate their schedules, making connections between the Lisbon flight and Air Macau's network inconvenient. In April 1997, TAP moved the stopover to Bangkok in hopes of attracting more passengers. Nevertheless, it was losing money on the route. The company's chairman stated in November 1997 that he wanted to end the link but that he faced opposition from the Portuguese government, which owned the airline. TAP stopped serving Macau the following year.

Facilities:

The airport's designed capacity is 6,000,000 passengers per year, with processing capacity of up to 2,000 passengers per hour. The airport does not have a night curfew. There are 24 parking spaces for aircraft in the apron, with five jetways. There are 10 gates. As in Hong Kong, Macau has its own immigration policies and is a separate customs territory from mainland China. All travellers, including those to mainland China and Hong Kong, need to go through the immigration and customs inspections of international flights.

The airport's runway was built on a strip of reclaimed land in the sea, adjacent to Taipa Island, where the main terminal and air traffic control facilities are located, unlike in Hong Kong, where Chek Lap Kok has them all on a reclaimed island. The runway is connected to the apron by two causeways. Runway 34 is ILS CAT II equipped. Navigational and radio aids are located at either end of the runway. Despite its small area, the airport is capable of handling Boeing 747s and Antonov 124s, which forms a vital freight link between local manufacturers and overseas markets. Its catering facility can produce up to 10,000 meals per day.

Other tenants of the airport are the Macau Customs Service (Independent department under Secretariat for Security of Macau), the Macau Immigration Department/Services (Public Security Police Force of Macau), the Macau Business Aviation Centre, Servair Macau and Menzies Macau.

Credits:

RepublicOfCursedPlanes for the Singapore airlines 737 on the 2nd thumbnail

(I forgot the person who makes the Philippine airlines of A300’s name, plz tell me in the comment if you found him)

(Also the next livery’s teaser)

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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 6899.5ft (2103.0m)
  • Length 14294.1ft (4356.8m)
  • Height 537.3ft (163.8m)
  • Empty Weight 4,734,385lbs (2,147,483kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,734,385lbs (2,147,483kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 0

Parts

  • Number of Parts 232
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 558
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    Thank you all very much!

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    Purpose of building this:

    My birthday was on December 20, which is the day when Macau returned to China, I have always thought about what to build on this day, but I have didn’t thought about it, and just one day before my birthday, I finally thought about building this, and I still have 2 more things to make related to this, and it will posted separately 1 and 2 days later.

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    Please give feedbacks so I can improve my work quality next time!

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    @CR929thenewSPplayer your welcome :)

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    I actually saw Zirku airport when I’m wandering in google maps, I’ll build it
    And thanks for the suggestion!
    @MauriceAVSPPH

    UAE also have lots of airports like this

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    167k MAPA

    Congratulations friend, happy birthday !

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    happy birthday dude! So i was wondering if you could make Al bateen executive airport or Zirku airport, an airport based in an Island owned by the united arab emirates since they are small and can be quite interesting since they are from the middle east where im from, so if you want to make Non-major airports, you can take these suggestions.

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    620 Coreyiol

    Happy birthday 🎂

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    @CR929thenewSPplayer thanks

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    谢谢!
    @Cecilia350

    4 months ago
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    哇,生日快乐

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    Happy birthday!
    @NormalCv580enjoyer

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    热知识:我知道@CR929thenewSPplayer

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    Today I have my birthday, and this is the best gift! Thank you 😊

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    Nice
    @CalabooseCal

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    Alright, I’m already interested in this airport at before. @XProAerospaceAircrafts

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    29.6k HanakoSan

    I used to go to macau as a kid, it was good😊

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    Hi, I have an idea for the airport, SBRJ Santos Dumont airport

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    冷知识:澳门航空曾经有727货机
    @AeroflotBilibili

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    好了,这下官网有两个澳门航空了

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