Photos show the construction site of the new Phnom Penh international airport in Kandal province, Cambodia 🇰🇭 Occupying 2,600 hectares in Kandal and Takeo provinces, the new airport is expected to become one of the biggest in southeast Asia. Sin Chansereyvutha, undersecretary of state of Cambodia's State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, said the airport will play a key role in boosting Cambodia's economic growth and tourism when it is put into use.