| Shenzhen International Airport 深圳宝安国际机场 Shēnzhèn Guójì Jīchǎng |
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| IATA: SZX – ICAO: ZGSZ | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Shenzhen Airport Company Ltd. | ||
| Serves | Shenzhen | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 4 m / 13 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 15/33 | 3,400 | 11,155 | Concrete |
| 16/34 | 3,800 | 12,467 | Concrete |
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| Passengers | 26,713,610 | ||
| Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 深圳寶安國際機場 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 深圳宝安国际机场 | ||||||||||||||
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Shenzhen International Airport (simplified Chinese: 深圳宝安国际机场; traditional Chinese: 深圳寶安國際機場; pinyin: Shēnzhèn Guójì Jīchǎng; formerly named Shenzhen Huangtian Airport) (IATA: SZX, ICAO: ZGSZ) is located near Huangtian and Fuyong villages in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, the People's Republic of China. It is 32 km northwest of the city center. It is the hub for Shenzhen Airlines, and a focus city for China Southern Airlines. The airport also serves as an Asian-Pacific cargo hub for UPS Airlines.[2] The airport is currently undergoing major expansion with a new terminal and a second runway under construction. By 2012, it will form one of the three largest airport hubs serving southern China, alongside Hong Kong International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.
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The airport was opened on 12 October 1991. It occupies an area of 10.8 km². Its runway is 3400 m long and 45 m wide, and it has 53 parking spaces on its apron. The airport also has ferry routes to Hong Kong International Airport, where passengers can transit without going through immigration and custom checks, akin to transit between two flights. Its current terminal covers an area of 152,000 sq meters and consist of 24 jet-ways.[3]
Shenzhen airport handled 26,713,610 passengers in 2010, according to Civil Aviation Administration of China, making itself the fifth busiest in China. The airport was also China's 4th busiest and world's 24th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic, registering 809,363 tonnes of freight. In terms of traffic movements, Shenzhen airport was the 5th busiest airport in China in 2009.
In comparison with Hong Kong International Airport, Shenzhen International Airport offers greater connectivity to domestic Chinese cities at a cheaper ticket price but is less convenient for Hong Kong residents and for the international traveler suffers from, on comparative terms, low levels of spoken English.
There are three main terminals at Bao'an Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
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| Air China | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dazhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Pudong, Tianjin, Wuhan | B |
| Air Koryo | Seasonal Pyongyang | D |
| AirAsia | Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur | D |
| Asiana Airlines | Seoul-Incheon | D |
| Chengdu Airlines | Chengdu, Liuzhou | A |
| China Airlines | Kaohsiung, Taipei-Taoyuan | D |
| China Eastern Airlines | Haikou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an | B |
| China Southern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Changde, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Dandong, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Huangshan, Jinan, Kunming, Lianyungang, Lijiang, Luoyang, Luzhou, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nanyang, Ningbo, Ordos, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Tianjin, Ürümqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou | A |
| China Southern Airlines | Taipei-Taoyuan | D |
| Chongqing Airlines | Chongqing | A |
| Dalian Airlines | Dalian[4] | TBD |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou [ends 13 February], Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou | A |
| Hainan Airlines | Sydney [ends 13 February] | D |
| Juneyao Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao | A |
| Korean Air | Seoul-Incheon | D |
| Kunming Airlines | Kunming | B |
| Shandong Airlines | Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, Wenzhou | B |
| Shanghai Airlines | Jinggangshan, Shanghai-Hongqiao ,Shanghai-Pudong | B |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Baotou, Beihai, Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Jingdezhen, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Ordos, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Quanzhou, Quzhou, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Taizhou (Zhejiang), Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xiangyang, Xining, Yibin, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou | B |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon, Taipei-Taoyuan | D |
| Sichuan Airlines | Chengdu, Chongqing | A |
| SilkAir | Singapore | D |
| Spring Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao | A |
| Sky Shuttle | Macau-Terminal Marítimo | D |
| Thai AirAsia | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi | D |
| Tiger Airways | Singapore | D |
| Uni Air | Taichung, Taipei-Taoyuan | D |
| Xiamen Airlines | Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Nanning, Quanzhou, Tianjin, Xiamen | A |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| FedEx Express | Anchorage, Seoul-Incheon, Memphis[5] |
| SF Airlines | Chengdu, Hangzhou |
| Shenzhen Donghai Airlines | Chengdu, Hong Kong, Manila, Shanghai-Pudong |
| TNT Airways | Liège |
| Transmile Air Services | Kuala Lumpur |
| UPS Airlines | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Clark, Cologne/Bonn, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore |
| Yangtze River Express | Clark, Dhaka, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai-Pudong |
Shenzhen Airlines is headquartered on the grounds of the airport.[6] Jade Cargo International is headquartered on the sixth floor of the Shenzhen Airlines Flight Operations Building on grounds of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.[7]
Regular bus and minibus services links the Airport with the rest of the city. Intercity bus services to some other nearby cities such as Hong Kong and Dongguan are also available.
Local taxis, and often some taxis from Dongguan, can pick up passengers there.
Metro Luobao Line connects the city through Airport East Station.
TurboJET also operates fast ferries to Kowloon (Hong Kong), Macau and the Hong Kong International Airport at the nearby Fuyong Pier. Free shuttle buses connect the Pier and the Airport.
Buses currently run every half an hour from 7:30am to 5pm at Hong Kong side, and from 10am to 9pm at Shenzhen side.
New City Terminal of Shenzhen Airport opens in Hong Kong, (23 March 2010).[8]
Coach service is provided by Trans Island Limousine Service Ltd serving SZIA and Hong Kong, including (Sheung Wan, Causeway Bay, Mong Kok (Prince Edward), Tsim Sha Tsui and Hong Kong International Airport.
A direct coach service, operated by Chinalink Bus Company, is available at Elements Mall in Hong Kong. Passengers may check-in for their flights at the bus terminal but luggage must still be carried to the airport by the passengers. The service operates from Kowloon Station on the Airport Express MTR line direct to the Shenzhen International airport.[9]
Since the beginning of 2008 the 1.6 km long terminal 3 is being built. This new terminal will be between the current runway and another runway currently being built. Architect: Massimiliano Fuksas, Rom; Structure, Facade and Parametric Design: Knippers Helbig, Stuttgart. A second runway running parallel to the west of the current runway will also be built. The new runway will be built on reclamation land extending out towards the Pearl River Delta, with a length of 3600 meters and 60 meters wide. The second runway was completed in June, 2011 and started operations in July, 2011 but capacity will be restricted until the new terminal is opened. This is due to air movements will need to cross the existing runway to access the older terminals to the east. It is hoped and expected that the new terminal will be opened during 2012.
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