HEXAIDEN Cargo Airport
A cargo-only airport at the export edge of the estate, linking Khammouane directly to Saudi Arabia.
- 3,200 × 45 m runway
- Code E parallel taxiway
- 40,000 m² apron
- 5,000 m² perishable terminal
HEXAIDEN Food Security Estate · Khammouane Province, Lao PDR
Joint venture LDCI × AIDEN DIGITAL LABS UK
حلالHalal
The architecture of dependable halal supply.
An 8,000-ha integrated halal food-security estate with its own cargo airport — greenhouses, open fields, halal poultry, cattle and aquaculture, central food processing and an unbroken cold chain, built to feed Saudi Arabia first and halal markets across the Middle East.
- Final validated masterplan
- 8,000ha
- Cargo airport · ICAO Code 4E
- 600ha
- Cargo runway, 45 m wide
- 3,200m
- Halal Protein Hub
- 1,200ha
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01One estate, every link
From seed and feed
to flight.
HEXAIDEN brings the entire halal food chain onto one masterplanned estate in Khammouane, Lao PDR: production, halal slaughter, processing, cold storage and a cargo airport at the export edge — a single designed pathway to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
Integrated productionDedicated halal processingUnbroken cold chainOn-estate air cargo
Developed by the joint venture LDCI × AIDEN DIGITAL LABS UK, combining LDCI's land and agricultural platform with AIDEN's digital intelligence, traceability and HALALCHAIN systems.
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02Masterplan at a glance
8,000 hectares.
Every hectare designed.
The final land schedule assigns every hectare to a purpose — seven integrated zones arranged around a central processing park, with the cargo airport on the export edge.
Land8,000 ha
Export-farming estate
LDCI authorization for export farming in Khammouane Province.
AirportDecree approved
Cargo airport
Approved by parliamentary government decree; 600 ha within the estate.
Total8,000 ha
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03Interactive 3D masterplan
Fly through
the masterplan.
Watch the cinematic fly-through of the final 8,000-ha estate — from the glasshouses and halal protein hub to the cargo airport at night — then orbit the real-time 3D model: select any zone, reveal energy, logistics and halal-flow layers, and switch between golden hour and night operations.
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Final estate workbench
Masterplan / 8,000 ha
3D masterplan model · Khammouane Province, Lao PDR
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Compare / land schedule
Compare the estate, zone by zone.
Select up to three zones from the inspector to compare their area, estate share, systems and handling sequence.
Maximum 3 zones. Shares are calculated from the final 8,000-ha estate schedule.
Guided walkthrough
Tour all seven final zones.
User-controlled only. Each step selects a zone and explains how it contributes to the integrated estate.
- 100 MWSolar farmEstate-wide renewable generation
- 10 MWBiogas plantManure and crop residue to energy
- 320 kmRoad networkFour gates · weighbridges at zone entries
- 32.8 kmUtility spineWater, power, fibre and biogas mains
- AIDENDigital control centreIoT · SCADA · digital twin · HALALCHAIN
- WetlandsWater & reuseTreatment, reservoirs and constructed wetlands
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04The estate, zone by zone
Seven zones.
One closed loop.
Every zone feeds the next: crops feed livestock, livestock and produce feed the processing park, and the processing park feeds the cold chain and the cargo airport. Manure and residues return as biogas energy.
Halal Protein Hub
Integrated poultry, cattle and aquaculture with dedicated halal slaughter and processing.
- Poultry houses (broilers & layers)
- Cattle feedlot
- Aquaculture ponds
- Feed mill
Precision Greenhouse Complex
Year-round controlled-environment production of premium fresh vegetables and herbs.
- Venlo glasshouses
- Climate & fertigation control
- Packhouse & grading
- Water reservoirs
Central Processing Park
The estate's central hub: packhouses, food processing, cold stores and blast freezing.
- Food processing lines
- Packhouses
- Cold stores & blast freezers
- Truck & air-cargo staging
Green Village
A complete serviced community for the estate's workforce and families.
- Mosque (2,000 capacity)
- Primary & secondary schools
- Agricultural college
- 50-bed clinic
Open fields & strategic grains
4,500 ha of precision-managed open-field horticulture and staple crops, with 400 ha of silos, drying and rice milling for strategic reserves and the estate's own feed supply.
Render library · 55 views
Inside the estate.
Step inside every part of the masterplan — glasshouses, halal protein and processing halls, cold chain, the cargo airport and daily life in the Green Village. Select any view to open it full screen.
All estate renders · 55 renders
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05Product pathways
Every product,
its own pathway.
Product integrity, handling conditions and export mode are designed together — from glasshouse, field, barn or pond to the Saudi receiving dock.
Fresh / time-sensitive
Greenhouse & fresh produce
Premium vegetables, herbs and fruit move from the Precision Greenhouse Complex through graded packhouses to the estate's own perishable cargo terminal — farm to aircraft without leaving the estate.
- Masterplan zones
- 800 ha greenhouse complex + 4,500 ha open-field horticulture
- Integrity interface
- Harvest identity · graded segregation · temperature setpoint
- Export mode
- Direct air cargo from the on-estate airport to Riyadh and Jeddah
Year-10 targets
330,000 MTfood production
excluding eggs
excluding eggs
277,000 MTexternal food sales
excluding eggs
excluding eggs
280meggs
per year
per year
Maize and soy grown on the estate are used internally as feed for the Halal Protein Hub, closing the feed-to-protein loop.
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06Halal for the Middle East
Halal integrity,
designed into every handover.
Built for Saudi Arabia first — and for halal markets across the GCC and the wider Middle East.
حلالHalal
- Dedicated halal slaughter for poultry and beef
- Trained halal supervision and QA release
- HALALCHAIN lot traceability, farm to flight
- Export handoff designed around Saudi SFDA requirements
Halal integrity starts at the farm boundary
Feed, inputs, animals and people are controlled at every production boundary. The estate's own feed mill and crop base give full provenance from seed and feed to harvest.
MarketsSaudi ArabiaUAEQatarKuwaitBahrainOman
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07Zone E · Central Processing Park
Cold chain is not a building.
It is a disciplined sequence.
From halal processing release to the aircraft door, every transfer is a controlled event: packing, setpoint, custody, storage, consolidation, transport and receiving.
Product moves one way through the estate — field, barn or pond to zone packhouse, to processing, to cold storage and blast freezing, to truck and air-cargo staging — with no backflow.
Processing, grain & cold chain8 renders
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08HEXAIDEN Cargo Airport
The estate has
its own runway.
A cargo-only airport on the export edge of the masterplan turns harvest to flight into hours, not days — direct to Riyadh and Jeddah.
KhammouaneRUH · JED
- Airport land within the estate
- 600 ha
- ICAO Annex 14 design code
- Code 4E
- Cargo runway
- 3,200 × 45 m
- Full-length parallel taxiway
- Code E
- Apron · 2 Code-E + 2 Code-C stands
- 40,000 m²
- Three-zone perishable cargo terminal
- 5,000 m²
- Design capacity
- 300,000 t/yr Phase 1 → 500,000 t/yr Phase 2
HEXAIDEN Cargo Airport8 renders
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09Product-matched logistics
Air, reefer and sea —
by design.
The estate has its own cargo gateway
A 600-ha cargo-only airport at the export edge of the masterplan, approved by parliamentary government decree. Fresh produce and premium halal protein move from processing to the perishable terminal in minutes, then fly to Riyadh (RUH) and Jeddah (JED).
Airport designICAO Code 4E · 3,200 × 45 m runway · 40,000 m² apron · 300,000 → 500,000 t/yr
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10Intelligence & community
Digital assurance and a living community are core infrastructure.
AIDEN digital control centreRTK / IoT
RTK / IoT
HDAP / AIDEN
HALALCHAIN
Estate-wide IoT and SCADA, a digital twin and the permissioned HALALCHAIN ledger run from the AIDEN digital control centre at the heart of the processing park — managing quality, biosecurity and halal integrity in real time. The AIDEN programme is a $47m, 24-month deployment.
Joint ventureLDCI × AIDEN
Green Village · 200 haHomes · mosque
Homes · mosque
schools · clinic
college · market
A complete serviced community for the estate's workforce and families: a 2,000-capacity mosque, primary and secondary schools, an agricultural college, a 50-bed clinic, a 200-stall market, sports and parks — with outgrower partnerships extending opportunity to surrounding farmers.
Digital assurance, energy & community15 renders
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11Delivery programme
Four phases
to 2046.
The masterplan is delivered in four phases, from first harvest in 2028 and first export in 2029 to full platform maturity in 2046.
- 012026 – 2031First harvest 2028 · first export 2029 · full Phase 1 capacity 2031
Foundation & first harvest
Enabling works, first Green Village neighbourhoods, initial production and processing, and the cargo airport's Phase 1 core.
- 022031 – 2036Integrated air, reefer and sea export pathways
Scale across every zone
Expansion of greenhouse, open-field and protein production, processing lines and cold storage, with airport capacity rising toward 500,000 t/yr.
- 032036 – 2041Closed-loop circular estate
Full integration
The estate operates as one closed-loop system — feed, livestock, processing, halal assurance, energy and water — at full masterplan footprint.
- 042041 – 2046Full platform maturity 2046
Platform maturity
Full platform maturity of the HEXAIDEN Food Security Estate, supplying Saudi Arabia and wider Middle East halal markets.
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12Key facts
Questions
partners ask.
The essentials of the HEXAIDEN Food Security Estate, its masterplan, cargo airport and halal system.
HEXAIDEN Food Security Estate · Final masterplan · October 2026
01What is HEXAIDEN?
HEXAIDEN is an 8,000-ha integrated halal food-security estate in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR, developed by the joint venture LDCI × AIDEN DIGITAL LABS UK to supply Saudi Arabia first and wider Middle East halal markets.
02How is the 8,000-ha masterplan organised?
The final masterplan dedicates 800 ha to the Precision Greenhouse Complex (Zone A), 4,500 ha to Open-Field Horticulture (Zone B), 1,200 ha to the Halal Protein Hub (Zone C), 400 ha to Strategic Grain Silos & Storage (Zone D), 300 ha to the Central Processing Park (Zone E), 200 ha to the Green Village and 600 ha to the cargo airport — 8,000 ha in total.
03What does the cargo airport include?
The 600-ha cargo-only airport is approved by parliamentary government decree and designed to ICAO Annex 14 Code 4E: a 3,200 × 45 m runway, a Code E parallel taxiway, a 40,000 m² apron with two Code-E and two Code-C stands, and a 5,000 m² three-zone perishable cargo terminal, with design capacity of 300,000 t/yr in Phase 1 and 500,000 t/yr in Phase 2.
04How is halal integrity built in?
Halal is designed into the estate from feed to flight: controlled production boundaries, segregated pathways, dedicated halal slaughter for poultry and beef, QA release at every point, HALALCHAIN lot traceability, an unbroken cold chain and a sealed export handoff designed around Saudi SFDA requirements.
05What are the Year-10 targets?
The Year-10 targets are 330,000 MT of food production and 277,000 MT of external food sales (both excluding eggs), plus 280 million eggs. Maize and soy are used internally as feed for the Halal Protein Hub.
06How can partners engage?
HEXAIDEN welcomes dialogue with Saudi and Gulf offtakers, distributors, technical partners and capital partners. Use the partnership brief below to prepare a discussion.
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13Partnership
Open a partnership discussion.
Saudi and Gulf offtakers, distributors, technical partners and capital partners: prepare a brief for your first conversation with the HEXAIDEN team.
- Halal protein supply to Saudi Arabia and the GCC
- Fresh produce by air cargo
- Staples, grains and shelf-stable food
- Technical and capital partnership