| Macau International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Macau 澳門國際機場 |
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| IATA: MFM – ICAO: VMMC
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Sociedade do Aeroporto Internacional de Macau S.A.R.L. [1] | ||
| Serves | Macau | ||
| Location | Taipa | ||
| Hub for | Air Macau | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 16/34 | 3,420 | 11,221 | Concrete |
| Sources: airport website[1] and DAFIF[2][3] | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 澳門國際機場 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 澳门国际机场 | ||||||||||||||
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| Portuguese | Aeroporto Internacional de Macau | ||||||||||||||
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Macau International Airport (Chinese: 澳門國際機場; Jyutping: ou3mun4*2 gwok3zai3 gei1coeng4; Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Macau) (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring 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 mainland 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. All travellers, including those to mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan need to go through the immigration and customs inspections of international flights.
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The airport was opened in November 1995, during 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.
Former air facilities in Macau:
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.
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. There are 10 gates.
Despite its small physical size, the airport is capable of handling Boeing 747s and Antonov 124s, which forms a vital freight link between local manufacturers and overseas markets. Its catering facility can produce up to 10,000 meals per day.
Navigational and radio aids are located at either end of the runway.
The following airlines serve Macau International Airport (as of 2012 Q1):
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur |
| Air China | Wuhan |
| Air Macau | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Kaohsiung, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Taipei-Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tokyo-Narita, Xiamen |
| Cebu Pacific | Clark, Manila |
| China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong |
| EVA Air | Taipei-Taoyuan |
| EVA Air operated by Uni Air | Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Indonesia AirAsia | Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Denpasar/Bali |
| Jetstar Asia Airways | Singapore |
| Jin Air | Seoul-Incheon |
| Juneyao Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong |
| Philippine Airlines | Manila |
| Shanghai Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| Spring Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong |
| South East Asian Airlines | Clark |
| Thai AirAsia | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
| Tiger Airways | Singapore |
| TransAsia Airways | Kaohsiung, Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Xiamen Airlines | Hangzhou, Xiamen |
The following cargo airlines serve Macau International Airport (as of October 2007):
There is limited retail shops at the airport as the airport mainly services China and some destinations in Southeast Asia:
Macau Airport has one Multi-Purpose Rescue and Fire Boat (Flor de Lotus built by SEN Engenharia e Arquitectura Naval of Portugal) owned and operated by Companhia do Aeroporto de Macau. The fire boat is docked at the fire station at C1 taxiway. It has two fire nozzles and additional liferafts in the rear.
There are two airport fire and rescue stations, one at the terminal and the other at the runway end of the C1 taxiway). The fire services is operated by Companhia do Aeroporto de Macau. The airport fire service has 5 Oshkosh Corporation TI 3000 airport tenders (#1-5) and two new Rosenbauer Panther RBM 36.705 6x6 ARFF (#11-12) with telesquirt.
The airport is connected by public transit bus routes, taxis, private cars and regional coach services.
The airport has a parking areas on either side of the terminal building.
For transfer passenger to Mainland China or Hong Kong a "two customs, one checkpoint" service is provided. Passengers can use a bus shuttle directly from the airport to the New Macau Ferry Terminal or the Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal without passing Macau immigration.
Towards Macau Peninsula, Taipa, Cotai and Coloane
Cross-Border Coach connects Macau International Airport with mainland locations like Huadao, Guangzhou, Panyu, Dongguan, Gongbei Border Gate and Hengqin Border. The "two customs, once checkpoint" service is also available to the Hengqin Border.
Directly opposite the airport departure lounge is the Golden Crown Airport Hotel.
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