Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport

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Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
上海虹桥国际机场
Shànghǎi Hóngqiáo Guójì Jīcháng

Image:Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.jpg

IATA: SHA – ICAO: ZSSS
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Shanghai Airport Authority
Location Shanghai
Elevation AMSL 10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 31°11′53″N 121°20′11″E / 31.19806, 121.33639
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 11,154 3,400 Asphalt

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (IATA: SHAICAO: ZSSS) (Simplified Chinese: 上海虹桥国际机场, Traditional Chinese: 上海虹橋國際機場, Pinyin: Shànghǎi Hóngqiáo Guójì Jīcháng, Translation: Rainbow Bridge International Airport) is one of the two airports in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The airport is in the western part of a still relatively urban area of Shanghai.

In 2006, it handled 19,338,485 passengers, which ranks it 62nd place out of all of the airports. It is the 5th busiest airport in China.

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[edit] History

Before the construction of Shanghai Pudong International Airport in 1999, Hongqiao Airport served as Shanghai's main international airport. The airport presently has two international flights with "city-to-city" service to central Tokyo's Haneda Airport which started on September 29th 2007. [1] Services started to central Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on October 28th, 2007.

One taxi rank serves the airport from the arrivals level. A bus stop provides various services to other parts of the city. As of October 2003, one minibus route terminates at Jing An Temple station, and costs CNY 4.50. An extension of Shanghai Metro Line 2 to the airport is under construction.

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport has won state approval for a 15.3 billion yuan expansion that features a second runway and a new terminal. The growth plan for the smaller of the city's two airports is expected to boost Hongqiao's capacity to 40 million passengers a year by 2010, according to the statement. The expansion project comprises a 3,300-meter runway and a new terminal with an area of 250,000 square meters, plus new public facilities.

The proposed extension Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport of the Shanghai Maglev Train will be from Longyang Road through Shanghai South Railway Station to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. When finished, then the track will be 55km and also have a travel time of 15 minutes between the two airports. The Hangzhou extension has been postponed, however, there are plans to slow the Maglev at urban areas and fasten the maglev when it leaves the urban area. This is to be completed by 2010, in time for the 2010 Shanghai world expo.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Domestic passenger flights

  • Air China (Beijing, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hohhot, Kunming, Qingdao, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yantai)
  • China Eastern Airlines (Beijing, Changsha, Datong, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hefei, Hohhot, Huangyan, Jinan, Jinjiang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Linyi, Liuzhou, Luoyang, Nanchang, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shantou, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tunxi, Urumqi, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xuzhou, Yantai, Yibin, Yichang, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan)
  • China Southern Airlines (Beijing, Changsha, Dayong, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Kunming, Nanning, Nanyang, Sanya, Shantou, Urumqi, Wuhan, Yantai, Zhengzhou)
  • Deer Air (Lijiang City, Sanya)
  • Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Changzhi, Dongying, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Weifang)
  • Juneyao Airlines (Guilin, Sanya)
  • Shandong Airlines (Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai)
  • Shanghai Airlines (Baotou, Beijing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Jiujiang, Kunming, Linyi, Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanning, Qingdao, Shantou, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wanxian, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xiangfan, Xuzhou, Yantai, Yichang, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou)
  • Shenzhen Airlines (Jingdezhen, Shenzhen)
  • Spring Airlines (Changde, Guilin, Haikou, Mianyang, Nanchang, Qingdao, Sanya, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Zhuhai)
  • Xiamen Airlines (Fuzhou, Jinjiang, Nanchang, Xiamen)

[edit] International "city-to-city" services flights

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-09/01/content_6073285.htm

[edit] External links

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