KHANBUMBAT AIRPORT TO OPEN

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The “Khanbumbat” international standard airport and accompanying it complex will open soon. It has been erected by investment from “Ouy tolgoi” LLC and is guided by renowned Construction Management Company Fluor. Arts Suvarga, the primary construction contractor, and ACH Services, the design company, employed over 500 Mongolians on a daily basis for the project. The airport, capable of receiving Boeing 737 Aircraft and C 130, will consist of an all Mongolian designed and built Passenger Terminal Building, Air Traffic Control Tower and Fire Services facility. The Khanbumbat airport site will also boast the single largest piece of concrete to be poured in the Gobi. The airport has capacity to receive 240 passengers per hour, longitude of runaway is 3,250 meters and depth of 45 meters. The challenge of paving 85,000m3 of concrete in 90 days to an international standard in the Gobi desert is as extreme as the Gobi environment itself. In order to meet the challenge and ensure success, Oyu Tolgoi and Fluor, in consultation with Arts Suvraga, will be introducing a cutting edge piece of technology to Mongolia--a "Paving Train". The Khanbumbat airport has been constructed by our engineers with model of mongol ger /national dwelling/ and painted with mixed colors of gold and copper said Sh.Altansukh, the president of "Arts Suvarga" LLC. Ch.Enkhtuya