Re-design of Jerusalem Airport "Qalandia"
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Date
2021
Authors
Hadeel Yasin
Razan Sholi
Sally Hamdan
Basel Himoni
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This project is not only to achieve an academic goal but it means much more than that. It
represents the story of the struggle of the Palestinian people who have been suffering for
tens of years from Israeli occupation, oppression, restrictions on their land, etc. Once
upon a time, Palestine was one of the first great civilizations to have a vast and wonderful
transportation network; the most important part of this network was the Jerusalem
Regional Airport, and it was the first airport established in Palestine in 1924. Many
Palestinians used this airport for travel, and it was an essential and important part of the
Palestinian economy.
After Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967, the airport was generally not used.
Unfortunately, these days an Israeli settlement is slated to be built instead of an airport
which will steal the precious memories and history of every free Palestinian on this holy
land.
This project aims to redesign the Jerusalem Regional Airport (Qalandia). It is a regional
airport, where airport facilities include a runway, a taxiway system apron area, as well as
the terminal building, will be planned and designed using Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) regulations. The first step in the project was to collect all the data
needed to forecast demand and configure the direction of the runway and the area of the
terminal building. It is assumed that the Jerusalem Regional Airport will be developed in
three phases to reduce the cost of the project. At the end of the last phase extending from,
the airport is proposed to a runway of 2,470 m in length, and a two-story terminal
building with a total area of 25,000 square meters. All airport facilities are engineered
and structured, taking into account all FAA regulations. The total cost was estimated at
$71 million by the end of the third phase, including excavation works, the station
building, and construction piers.