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Land reclamation   Schiphol-in-Sea   

Schiphol-in-Sea

In 1997, the Dutch airport Schiphol had over-extended its possibilities for expansion and was unable to grow any further due to noise inconvenience. Since then, many plans have been made to solve the problem. However, the plans keep perishing due to various reasons. Once again, in 2008, the Province of North-Holland has come up with a new plan. In the table below, you can see a summary of the events since 1997.

  • Overview
    Year Event Result
    1997 Schiphol and Delft Hydraulics make a plan for expansion artificial island 10 to 40 kilometers in sea, connected with a tunnel to present airport
    1999 plan suspended too expensive
    2001 Fifth Note on Environmental Planning allows option for airport in sea Development Flyland Plan for airport in sea in 2020
    2003 Plan Flyland suspended stagnation of growth, quieter planes allowing more flights, merge Air France and KLM
    2004 Environmental Planning Note no mention of Schiphol-in-sea
    2008 Province of North-Holland makes plans for future of Schiphol in 2040 1-adaption of present airport in combination with further development of smaller regional airports
    2-airport in sea 10 kilometers off the coast of Zandvoort
    3-airport in the Markermeer
    early 2009 decision viewpoint province  
    2009 decision Parliament  
  • Altenative plan

    An alternative plan for an airport on an island is a floating airport that can turn with the wind. The airport would have to consist of a permanent terminal with a floating runway. The authors think that the plan can be executed from funds earned by selling the land of the present runways of Schiphol for building houses. A small floating airport in Japan was tested with success.