В Японии такая дорогая земля, что приходится строить плавучие аэропорты, there are also examples in Hong Kong and Macau
Кстати, в Японии живет 120 миллионов человек.
Kobe Airport
New Kitakyushu Airport
А также Chubu Centrair International Airport,Kansai International Airport
The first of these incredible engineering wonders to be built, and the first of its kind in the world, was Kansai International Airport in Osaka Bay. Just to build the 4-kilometre long island called for 21 million cubic metres of landfill plus the assistance of 80 ships, then there was the small matter of connecting the airport to the mainland by way of a 3-kilometre bridge. In total the project has so far cost around $20 billion but has already saved some expense by surviving both an earthquake and a typhoon in the last 15 years, in addition to being open 24 hours a day due to its location.
Ярким представителем плавучих аэропортов является паром-аэропорт МЕГАФЛОАТ.
Mega-Float is very large artificial island floating on the sea. The technology to design, fabricate and construct Mega-Float had been developed by Technological Research Association of Mega-Float (TRAM) comprised of seventeen leading shipbuilding companies and steel companies in Japan from 1995 to 2000.
In March of 2001, the "Mega-Float Airport Investigation Committee" put together a detailed evaluation of the verification tests on the 1000m Mega-Float airport and the 4000m-class test design, and announced in their final report that a Mega-Float airport with a scale of up to 4000m is practically feasible.
