Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport

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Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
杭州萧山国际机场
Hángzhōu Xiāoshān Guójì Jīchǎng
IATA: HGH - ICAO: ZSHC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Co. Ltd.
Serves Hangzhou
Elevation AMSL 23 ft (7 m)
Coordinates 30°13′46″N, 120°26′04″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 11,811 3,600 Concrete

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (IATA: HGHICAO: ZSHC) (simplified Chinese: 杭州萧山国际机场; pinyin: Hángzhōu Xiāoshān Guójì Jīchǎng) is the principal airport serving Hangzhou, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the provincial capital of Zhejiang.

The airport is built on the southern shore of Qiantang River in the Xiaoshan district and is 27km away from downtown Hangzhou.

In 2007, Hangzhou airport handled 11,729,983 passengers, and became the 8th busiest airport in China. In addition, the airport was the 8th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 10th busiest airport by traffic movements.

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[edit] History

The airport was planned to be constructed in 3 phases. The first phase of construction started in July 1997 and was completed and opened for traffic on December 30, 2000. It replaces the old Hangzhou airport which was a shared civil and military airfield. In September 2003, the central government of China declared HGH an international airport and in March 2004 the airport officially became an international airport after immigration and customs facilities were built and put into service.

The airport was a hub of CNAC Zhejiang. After the airlines' merger with Air China, Air China inherited the Hangzhou hub.

[edit] Facilities

Phase 1 of the airport occupies 7260 arces of land. It has a capacity of 8 million passengers and 110,000 tons of cargo a year and can handle aircraft as large as the Boeing 747-400. It has 1 runway of 3,600m in length and 45m in width. The passenger terminal can handle 3,600 passengers an hour and is 100,000 sq. metre in size (including an underground parking of 22,000 sq. metre). The departure level has 36 ticket counters, including 12 in the international side of the terminal. There are 2,900 seats in the departure lounge. The immigration and customs area occupies 9,500 sq. metre of terminal space.

The apron occupies 340,000 sq. metre of land and there are 12 jetways and 18 departure gates.

Maintenance facilities are certified to perform B-Check on all types of aircraft and C-Check on Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 aircraft.

[edit] Transportation

The Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway has an exit at the airport. Driving time from the airport to Shanghai is 2.5hrs, Suzhou is 1.5hrs, Wuxi is 2hrs and Wenzhou is 3.5hrs.

There are airport buses to downtown Hangzhou and Xiaoshan every 15-30 minutes. There are also airport buses to prefectures further away near Hangzhou such as Yiwu with a less frequency.

  • Airport Transfer
    • Travel from Hangzhou Airport to Shanghai at CNY100 one way[1]
    • Estimated Journey 3.5 hours
Hangzhou International Airport > Shanghai Huangpu Bus Station
Day Time Remarks*
Monday 14:15 1
Tuesday 23:10 2
Wednesday 14:15 3
Thursday No Service 4
Friday 14:15 5
Saturday 23:10 6
Sunday No Service 7


Shanghai Huangpu Bus Station
No. 1588 of Shanghai Waima Road (near the nanpu bridge station of metro line 4)
Tel: (86)21-33760978 33765128

Shanghai Huangpu Bus Station > Hangzhou International Airport
Day Time Remarks
Monday 08:15 1
Tuesday 17:15 2
Wednesday 08:15 3
Thursday No Service 4
Friday 08:15 5
Saturday 17:15 6
Sunday No Service 7

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Current destinations (as of January 2008):

[edit] International

[edit] Domestic

  • Air China (Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Kunming, Sanya, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an)
  • China Eastern Airlines (Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Guilin, Jinan, Jinjiang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Xiamen)
  • China Southern Airlines (Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Harbin, Kunming, Lanzhou, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xiamen, Yantai, Zhengzhou)
  • Deer Air (Guangzhou)
  • Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hefei, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou)
  • Okay Airways (Tianjin)
  • Shandong Airlines (Guilin, Jinan, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Xiamen)
  • Shanghai Airlines (Beijing, Guangzhou)
  • Shenzhen Airlines (Jinan, Nanning, Quanzhou-Jinjiang, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Zhengzhou)
  • Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu, Chongqing)
  • United Eagle Airlines (Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian)
  • Xiamen Airlines (Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Harbin, Jinjiang, Lijiang City, Nanchang, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen, Zhengzhou)

[edit] Cargo Carriers

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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[edit] External links