"John Rowland" wrote in
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Recliner wrote:

Not on the flood plain, but on an artificial island, like Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is an artificial island? :-)

OK, OK, Chep Lap Kok airport. Actually, the airport isn't quite an
artificial island, as it's actually an landfill extended version of two
small existing islands. Many other airports also start on the land, with
much of the taxiways and runways built on landfill extensions.

Also Kansai and Kobe airports, which really are artificial islands.