Building a FOURTH Runway at One of the World's Busiest Airports!

How do you build a $1 billion airport runway without stopping the planes? We're back at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, to see how crews are constructing a massive new 10,000-foot runway while thousands of passengers continue flying in and out every day. This massive expansion involves moving over 8 million cubic yards of earth, paving more than 100 football fields' worth of concrete, and building new taxiways and infrastructure to keep aircraft moving efficiently. From giant excavators and haul trucks moving mountains of dirt to precision concrete paving machines laying an 18-inch-thick runway designed to last 50 years, we're taking you inside the entire construction process. Join us as we spend the day and night with ES Wagner and Highway Paving to see the incredible people, machines, and engineering behind building a billion-dollar runway at an active international airport. A huge thank you to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, ES Wagner, and Highway Paving for making this video possible! 🚜 Want more machine videos? Check out @buildwittkids for family-friendly heavy equipment videos featuring excavators, bulldozers, haul trucks, draglines, and more! 🎙️Want to listen to top Dirt World conversations? Check out @dirttalkpodcast to listen as Aaron Witt talks about top Dirt World issues, answers listener questions, and interviews some of our favorite people, from executives to operators we've met along our travels. Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/dirttalk.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@dirttalkpodcast Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/p/Dirt-Talk-Podcast-61563210306356/ X | https://x.com/DirtTalkPodcast 0:00 - Building a $1 Billion Airport Runway 1:26 - Inside Charlotte Douglas International Airport 3:13 - Moving Millions of Yards of Dirt 6:14 - Preparing the Ground 7:15 - Massive Excavators and Haul Trucks 9:07 - The Challenges of Building an Active Airport 9:40 - How Ejector Trailers Work 11:05 - Preparing to Pave the Runway 12:32 - Laying the Cement-Treated Base 14:49 - How Airport Runways Are Paved 16:47 - Why Runways Are Made of Concrete 17:15 - Outro