| Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport 上海虹桥国际机场 Shànghǎi Hóngqiáo Guójì Jīchǎng |
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| IATA: SHA – ICAO: ZSSS | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Shanghai Airport Authority | ||
| Serves | Shanghai | ||
| Location | Changning District, Shanghai | ||
| Hub for | China Eastern Airlines Juneyao Airlines Shanghai Airlines Spring Air |
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| Elevation AMSL | 3 m / 10 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 18L/36R | 3,400 | 11,155 | Asphalt |
| 18R/36L | 3,400 | 11,155 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 31,298,812 | ||
| Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic | |||
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (IATA: SHA, ICAO: ZSSS) (Chinese: 上海虹桥国际机场) is the main domestic airport serving Shanghai, China, with limited international flights. It is located near the town of Hongqiao in Changning District, 13 km west of downtown, and is closer to the city center than Pudong Airport, Shanghai's main international airport.
In 2010, Hongqiao Airport handled 31,298,812 passengers, a growth of 24.8% over 2009, making it the 4th busiest airport in China and the 41st busiest in the world.[1] The airport was also China's 5th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 7th busiest by traffic movements.
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An airport was first built in the town of Hongqiao in the west of Shanghai in 1907, initially as a small military airfield. In March 1923, it was upgraded into the Hongqiao Airport for civilian use. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the airport was occupied by the Japanese and used as an air force base. Its military use continued after being handed over to the Republic of China government and, later, the People's Republic of China government. From late 1963, it was rebuilt for civilian use, and was re-opened in April 1964. A major expansion took place from March to September 1984, and another from December 1988 to December 1991.
Hongqiao Airport served as Shanghai's primary airport until the completion of Pudong International Airport in 1999, when almost all international flights were moved to Pudong. The airport presently offers mainly domestic flights, as well as five international or cross-border routes with "city-to-city" service to central Tokyo's Haneda Airport, central Seoul's Gimpo Airport, central Taipei's Songshan Airport, Hong Kong, and Macau.
In preparation for the Shanghai Expo, on March 16, 2010 Hongqiao Airport completed a five-year 15.3-billion-yuan expansion project, which included a 3,300-meter second runway and the new Terminal 2, boosting Hongqiao's capacity to 40 million passengers a year.[2] Terminal 2 is four times the size of the original Terminal 1 and now houses 90 percent of all airlines at the airport (Terminal 1 is now exclusively for international flights and Spring Airlines). With the new runway, Shanghai became the first city in China to have five runways for civilian use (Shanghai-Pudong and Shanghai-Hongqiao combined). As a result of the expansion, Hongqiao Airport was rated the most improved airport in the world by Skytrax in 2011.[3]
Hongqiao Airport is located adjacent to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, a major train hub served by the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, the Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway and the Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway. It is also served by three stations of the metro network[4]:
The proposed extension of the Shanghai Maglev Train from Longyang Road through Shanghai South Railway Station to Hongqiao would connect the two airports. At top speed, the maglev would take only 15 minutes to travel the 55 km route. Original plans called for completing the extension by 2010, in time for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo; however, the Hongqiao extension has been postponed. There have been discussions about slowing the Maglev within urban areas but allowing full-speed operation along non-urban portions of the track. In the meantime, there remains an empty section of Terminal 2 with "Maglev" signage for this purpose.
A taxi rank serves the airport from the arrivals level. A bus stop provides various services to other parts of the city. A minibus route terminates at Jing An Temple station.
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
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| Air China | Taipei-Songshan | 1 |
| Air China | Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hohhot, Kunming, Qingdao, Tianjin | 2 |
| Air Macau | Macau | 1 |
| All Nippon Airways | Tokyo-Haneda | 1 |
| Asiana Airlines | Seoul-Gimpo | 1 |
| China Airlines | Taipei-Songshan | 1 |
| China Eastern Airlines | Hong Kong, Seoul-Gimpo, Taipei-Songshan, Tokyo-Haneda | 1 |
| China Eastern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Datong, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Handan, Hefei, Hohhot, Huai'an, Jinan, Jixi, Kashgar (Kashi), Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Linyi, Liuzhou, Luoyang, Luzhou, Mang City, Nanchang, Nanning, Qingdao, Shantou, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Taizhou/Huangyan, Tengchong, Tianjin, Urumqi (Wulumuqi), Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xuzhou, Yantai, Yichang, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan | 2 |
| China Southern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Nanning, Nanyang, Ordos, Sanya, Shantou, Shenzhen, Urumqi (Wulumuqi), Yanji, Yantai, Zhengzhou | 2 |
| China United Airlines | Beijing-Nanyuan, Fuyang | 2 |
| Dragonair | Hong Kong | 1 |
| EVA Air | Taipei-Songshan | 1 |
| Hainan Airlines | Aksu, Beijing-Capital, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi | 2 |
| Hainan Airlines operated by Grand China Express | Weifang | 2 |
| Hebei Airlines | Shijiazhuang | 2 |
| Hong Kong Airlines | Hong Kong | 1 |
| Japan Airlines | Tokyo-Haneda | 1 |
| Juneyao Airlines | Baotou, Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Changzhi, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang, Hohhot, Liancheng, Kunming, Nanning, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi (Wulumuqi), Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhuhai | 2 |
| Korean Air | Seoul-Gimpo | 1 |
| Shandong Airlines | Changde, Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai | 2 |
| Shanghai Airlines | Hong Kong, Macau, Seoul-Gimpo, Taipei-Songshan, Tokyo-Haneda | 1 |
| Shanghai Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Huangshan, Jinan, Jinggangshan, Jiujiang, Kunming, Linyi, Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanning, Qingdao, Quzhou, Sanya, Shantou, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi (Wulumuqi), Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yanji, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhengzhou | 2 |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Jingdezhen, Nanning, Shenzhen | 2 |
| Sichuan Airlines | Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou | 2 |
| Spring Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Changde, Changsha, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Mianyang, Qingdao, Quanzhou/Jinjiang, Sanya(Seasonal), Shantou, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Urumqi (Wulumuqi), Wenzhou, Xiamen, Yinchuan, Zhijiang/Huaihua, Zhuhai | 1 |
| TransAsia Airways | Taipei-Songshan | 1 |
| Xiamen Airlines | Fuzhou, Quanzhou/Jinjiang, Xiamen | 2 |
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