The completed new Brisbane Airport runway,which runs parallel to the existing main runway.Credit:Brisbane Airport Corporation
The runway received clearance for take-off on September 18,2007,when the federal government approved the major development plan.
Since 2012,324 subcontractors - 90 per cent of which were based in south-east Queensland - have worked 3.3 million hours to build the 3.3-kilometre strip.
The runway is built on a 360-hectare reclaimed site,made possible by pumping 11 million cubic metres of sand from Moreton Bay through a 4.5-kilometre pipeline.
The site preparation and reclamation works were completed in May 2017,triggering the start of construction of the $120 million Dryandra Road Underpass,which opened in October 2018.
The new stretch of tarmac will be Brisbane Airport's third runway,but an existing one (bottom left) has been clogged by parked Virgin Australia aircraft in recent months.Credit:Brisbane Airport Corporation
In April last year,work began on the John Hansford Bridge,which will form part of the surrounding road network and has been named after Brisbane Airport's longest-serving employee.
In December,the last of the 100,000 tonnes of high-strength asphalt was laid,the final layer of the runway's pavement design.