When Mongolia's new international Khushig Valley airport opens, ‘Chinggis Khaan International’ airport will become an Aviation Training Centre, said D.Ganbat, Minister of Roads and Transportation. The new international airport is currently under construction 52 km south of Ulaanbaatar city center in Sergelen soum of Tuv Province. Construction commenced in May 2013, and is expected to be completed  by December 2016.

The airport is designed with the capacity of up to three million passengers per year, and has sufficient space for a possible future expansion of up to twelve million passengers yearly. It will also be equipped with a 24-hour all-weather air traffic control system. It is hoped to become an airline hub connecting Europe and East Asia, North America and South East Asia (via the Polar route).

Currently, over 3000 pilots are needed in China and South Korea. New pilots are trained in the USA and Canada. This, however, is an expensive process: it costs between USD 100-150 thousand to train one pilot! Because skies will soon be safe and aircraft free, the old airport will be an ideal location for the new training centre. The project for transforming ‘Chinggis Khaan International’ into and Aviation Training Centre has been discussed with various companies.