Macau International Airport

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Coordinates: 22°08′58″N 113°35′29″E / 22.14944, 113.59139

Macau International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional de Macau
澳門國際機場

IATA: MFM – ICAO: VMMC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Sociedade do Aeroporto Internacional de Macau S.A.R.L. [1]
Location Taipa, Macau, People's Republic of China
Elevation AMSL 20 ft / 6 m
Website www.macau-airport.gov.mo
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,360 11,024 Concrete
Sources: airport website[1] and DAFIF[2][3]

Macau International Airport (traditional Chinese: 澳門國際機場, Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Macau), situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighboring waters, is the only airport in Macau, which opened for commercial operations in November 1995. Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between mainland China and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in China and Southeast Asia. During 2006, the airport handled 5 million passengers and 220,000 tonnes of cargo.[4]

As in Hong Kong, Macau has its own immigration policies and is a separate customs territory from mainland China. Travelers between Macau and mainland China need to go through immigration and customs checks. Flights between Macau and mainland China are therefore treated as international flights.

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[edit] History

Macao airport terminal
Macao airport terminal

The airport was opened in November 1995, during the Portuguese rule. Before then the territory only had 2 temporary airports for small aeroplanes, in addition to several permanent heliports. Cathay Pacific operated seaplane service between Hong Kong and Macau in the late 1940s. The only air services Macau had in the 1990s were helicopter services operated by East Asia Airlines to Hong Kong.

Facilities in Macau:

  • Seaplane hangar on Taipa Island
  • Macau Naval Aviation Centre in the Outer Harbour - southeast side of the mainland
  • Temporary airstrip on Coloane
  • Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Macau heliport

[edit] Facilities

The airport's runway was built on a strip of reclaimed land in the sea, adjacent to Taipa Island, where the main terminal and air traffic control facilities are located. The runway is connected to the apron by two causeways. Runway 34 is ILS CAT II equipped.

Departure lounge
Departure lounge


The airport's designed capacity is 6,000,000 passengers per year, with processing capacity of up to 2,000 passengers per hour. The airport does not have a night curfew. There are 24 parking spaces for aircraft in the apron, with 4 jetways.

Despite its small physical size, the airport is capable of handling Boeing 747s, which forms a vital freight link between local manufacturers and overseas markets. Its catering facility can produce up to 10,000 meals per day.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

The following airlines serve Macau International Airport:

[edit] Cargo airlines

The following cargo airlines serve Macau International Airport (as of October 2007):

[edit] Terminated services

The following airlines previously served Macau International Airport:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Macau International Airport, official site
  2. ^ Airport information for VMMC at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Airport information for MFM at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
  4. ^ (2007) Macau 2007 Yearbook. Government Information Bureau of the Macau SAR. ISBN 978-99937-56-09-5. 

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