Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Sichuan Province Airport Group Co., Ltd.
Serves Chengdu
Location Shuangliu-Wuhou
Hub for Air China
Chengdu Airlines
Sichuan Airlines
Elevation AMSL 495 m / 1,624 ft
Coordinates 30°34′42″N 103°56′49″E / 30.57833°N 103.94694°E / 30.57833; 103.94694Coordinates: 30°34′42″N 103°56′49″E / 30.57833°N 103.94694°E / 30.57833; 103.94694
Website www.cdairport.com
Maps

CAAC airport chart
CTU

Location in Sichuan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02R/20L 3,600 11,811 Concrete
02L/20R 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 42,239,458
Cargo (tons) 556,552
Aircraft movements 293,643
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Simplified Chinese 成都双流国际机场
Traditional Chinese 成都雙流國際機場

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (IATA: CTU, ICAO: ZUUU) is the major international airport serving Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan Province. Located about 16 kilometres (10 mi) southwest of downtown Chengdu to the north of Shuangliu District, Shuangliu airport is an important aviation hub to Western China. Shuangliu Airport is one of the two core hubs for Air China, together with Beijing, as well as the main hub and headquarters for Sichuan Airlines and Chengdu Airlines. China Eastern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Lucky Air and Tibet Airlines also have bases at Shuangliu Airport.

Shuangliu Airport handled 42.2 million passengers in 2015. It was among world's top 30 busiest airport in 2015, the 4th busiest in mainland China, and the busiest in western and central China.[1] It was also the 5th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic in China for 2013.

Overview

History

The airport, formerly named Shuangguisi Airport, opened as an auxiliary military airfield in 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War/World War II. At the time, its runway was only large enough for small biplanes. It was also where the Republic of China Air Force Polikarpov I-15 fighters of the 5th Pursuit Group were based for aerial defense of the Chengtu area against Imperial Japanese bomber raids;[2] this following the Chinese retreat from Wuhan to Chungking as the new provisional capital in aftermath of the Battle of Wuhan against the Imperial Japanese onslaught. Civilian targets were indiscriminately bombed, and ace fighter pilot of the Chinese Air Force Major Wong Sun-shui and Lieutenant Lin Heng (younger brother of renowned architect and poet Lin Huiyin) flying in their I-15 fighter planes were both killed near Shuangliu air base as a result of battling against the world's best fighter aircraft of the time, the A6M "Zero" (Reisen) fighter, in defense of Chengdu on 14 March 1941.[3][4][5][6]

During World War II, the airport was known as Shwangliu (Shuangliu) Airfield and was later used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945). It was used as a fighter base by the 33d Fighter Group, which flew P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bombers from the airport in 1944 to support Chinese ground forces, and also by reconnaissance units that operated camera-equipped P-38 Lightnings that located Japanese forces and provided intelligence to the fighter-bombers. The Americans closed their facilities at Shwangliu Airfield at the end of August 1945.[7][8]

On December 12, 1956, the Shuangguisi Airport was put under civil aviation, which was then formally listed as a civil aviation airport and renamed Chengdu Shuangliu Airport. In 1957, the flights of Chengdu civil aviation were shifted to Shuangliu Airport from Guanghan Airport. The flight courses from Chengdu were thus opened to various cities within China including Beijing, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Chongqing, Kunming, Guiyang, Nanchong, etc.[9] The airport went through several earlier expansions in 1959, 1967, 1983 and 1991 respectively.

Current status

A large-scale expansion was conducted on flight area and navigation area from 1994 to 2001. The runway was extended to 3,600 metres (11,811 ft) with Class 4E rating, allowing for larger jumbo jets including the Boeing 747-400. The newly built terminal building was incorporated with a three-parallel-porch design, accommodating an hourly capacity of 3,500 passengers during rush hours, while the previous terminal building was only designated for regional flights within Sichuan and Chongqing.

The airport is now an international civil airport with flights to more than 50 international destinations and over 170 domestic airports, and is a hub for Chengdu Airlines, Air China and Sichuan Airlines. It is linked to downtown Chengdu by the Airport Expressway and the Chengdu - Mianyang/E'meishan High-speed Railway.

The construction of its second runway started from late 2008, and service commenced in December 2009. The completed new runway, 3,600 metres (11,811 ft) in length and 60 metres (197 ft) width, upgraded the previous flight area rating from 4E to 4F, capable of handling the Airbus A380.[10] The new Terminal 2 has started construction in June 2009; trial operations began on July 28, 2012 with limited airlines and was officially opened on August 9, 2012 for all domestic airlines other than Sichuan Airlines. T1 is split into Domestic and International wings, and retained all international flights from airlines within and outside China. The new terminal is twice the size of the current T1, and allows the airport to handle up to 50 million passengers annually.

Prior to 2014, the airport had no nonstop flights to the United States. Passengers traveling from Chengdu to the United States had to connect at Beijing–Capital and/or Shanghai–Pudong, and it would take two or more stops to travel to many U.S. cities. This shortcoming in service at Chengdu was resolved on June 9, 2014, as United Airlines began operating a nonstop service from San Francisco to Chengdu.[11]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur–International
Air China Aksu, Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhi, Changzhou, Colombo, Dali, Daocheng, Dongying, Frankfurt, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Hongyuan, Huizhou, Jinan, Jiuzhaigou, Karamay, Kashgar, Kathmandu, Korla, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Linfen, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Nyingchi, Osaka–Kansai, Panzhihua, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Qamdo, Qingdao, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shantou,Shenyang, Shenzhen, Singapore, Sydney, Taiyuan, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo–Narita, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xichang, Xining, Yangon, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yining, Yiwu, Yulin, Yuncheng, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Air China
operated by Dalian Airlines		 Dalian, Xi'an
Air Macau Macau
Air Mauritius Mauritius
All Nippon Airways Tokyo–Narita
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Bangkok Airways Charter: Koh Samui
Beijing Capital Airlines Guangzhou, Hangzhou,[12] Lijiang, Madrid,[12] Qingdao, Sanya
Cathay Dragon Hong Kong
Chengdu Airlines Beihai, Changbaishan, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jinan, Jinchang, Jinggangshan, Jining, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Lijiang, Liuzhou, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xichang, Xingyi, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yinchuan, Zhangye, Zhengzhou, Zhongwei, Zhuhai, Zunyi
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines Anqing,[13] Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Cebu, Changchun, Changzhou, Dali, Dalian, Daocheng, Diqing, Fukuoka, Fuzhou[14], Golmud, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hiroshima, Jeju, Jinan,[15] Jiuzhaigou, Kangding, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Mangshi, Manila,[16] Nagoya–Centrair, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Phuket, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xichang, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yancheng, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yushu, Zhuhai
China Eastern Airlines operated by Shanghai Airlines Huangshan, Shanghai–Hongqiao
China Express Airlines Bijie, Guiyang
China Southern Airlines Baotou, Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Daqing, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jinan, Karamay, Korla, Nanning, Nanyang, Ningbo, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yantai, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
China United Airlines Beijing–Nanyuan, Ordos, Shijiazhuang
Donghai Airlines Nantong, Zhengzhou
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa[17]
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
EVA Air Taipei–Taoyuan
Far Eastern Air Transport Kaohsiung
Garuda Indonesia Denpasar/Bali
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jiuzhaigou, Los Angeles,[18] New York–JFK (begins 26 October 2017),[19] Sanya, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Xi'an
Hebei Airlines Shijiazhuang
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong
Jetstar Pacific Charter: Phu Quoc
Juneyao Airlines Chizhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong
KLM Amsterdam
Kunming Airlines Kunming, Lijiang, Nanchang
Lao Airlines Luang Prabang
Lion Air Charter: Denpasar/Bali
Loong Air Dalian, Hangzhou, Handan, Jinan, Kaili, Xiangyang
Lucky Air Dali, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Irkutsk,[20] Jinan, Jiuzhaigou, Koh Samui, Mangshi, Kangding, Kunming, Lhasa, Lijiang, Pu'er, Sanya, Tengchong, Urumqi, Xi'an, Xingyi, Zhaotong, Zhengzhou
Maldivian Charter: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Malé
Malindo Air Charter: Kota Kinabalu, Langkawi
Nok AirCharter: Phuket
Okay Airways Changsha, Tianjin
Philippine Airlines Cebu (ends 25 August 2017),[21] Kalibo (ends 19 August 2017)[21]
Phillipine Airlines
operated by PAL Express 		Cebu (begins 26 August 2017)[21] Kalibo (begins 20 August 2017)[21]
Qatar AirwaysDoha
Qingdao AirlinesLanzhou, Qingdao
Ruili Airlines Harbin, Kunming, Qinhuangdao, Zhangjiakou
Shandong Airlines Guilin, Jingdezhen, Jinan, Qingdao, Xiamen
Shenzhen Airlines Beijing–Capital, Guangzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Huaihua, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Phuket, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wuxi, Xi'an
Sichuan Airlines Anshan, Auckland,[22] Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beihai, Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chiang Mai, Dalian, Daocheng, Datong, Dazhou, Dongying, Dubai–International, Dunhuang, Fuyang, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Handan, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Jeju, Jiayuguan, Jinan, Jiuzhaigou, Kangding, Kashgar, Kathmandu, Krabi, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Linyi, Longyan, Los Angeles, Malé, Mangshi, Melbourne, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Nha Trang, Ningbo, Nyingchi, Ordos, Osaka–Kansai, Panzhihua, Phuket, Prague, Qianjiang, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Rizhao, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Singapore, Taipei–Songshan, Taiyuan, Tangshan, Tianjin, Tokyo–Narita, Urumqi, Vancouver, Wanzhou, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiahe, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xichang, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yichun, Zhengzhou
Charter: Saipan
SilkAir Singapore
Sky Angkor Airlines Charter: Siem Reap, Sihanoukville
Spring Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[23] Krabi,[24] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Surat Thani
Thai Airways Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang
Tianjin Airlines Tianjin
Tibet Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jinan, Kathmandu,[25] Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Nanjing, Nyingchi, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shigatse, Tianjin, Tongren, Wanzhou, Xining, Yushu
United Airlines San Francisco
Urumqi AirUrumqi
Vietnam Airlines Da Nang, Hanoi, Nha Trang
XiamenAir Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen

Cargo

Airport diagram
AirlinesDestinations
Air China CargoNanjing, Shanghai–Pudong
AirBridgeCargo AirlinesMoscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Novosibirsk,[26] Zhengzhou[27]
Cathay Pacific CargoHong Kong, Shanghai–Pudong
China Cargo AirlinesShanghai–Pudong
China Postal AirlinesNanjing
DHL Shanghai–Pudong
FedEx ExpressAnchorage, Delhi, Guangzhou
Korean Air CargoChennai, Hanoi, Seoul–Incheon
SF AirlinesShenzhen
Shenzhen Donghai AirlinesHong Kong, Shenzhen
UPS AirlinesAlmaty, Cologne/Bonn, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Warsaw–Chopin[28]
Yangtze River ExpressChâlons-en-Champagne, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Prague, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen

Other facilities

As long as China Southwest Airlines existed, its headquarters were on the airport property.[29]

Ground transportation

Airport Bus

Airport Bus No.1, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport - City Centre (Minshan Hotel, Section 2 of Renmin Road South, Metro station of Jinjiang Hotel), Single ticket:￥10.

Airport Bus No.2, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport - Chengdu Railway Station (North Railway Station), Single ticket: up to￥10.

Airport Bus No.3, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport - Chengdu East Railway Station (Chengdu Dong Railway Station), Single ticket:￥12.

Airport Bus No.4, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport - Century City (Chengdu Int'l Exhibition Centre), Single ticket:￥10.

Taxi

It costs about RMB 60 Yuan from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to city centre of Chengdu.

High-speed Train (CRH)

Passengers can take CRH train at Shuangliu Airport Railway Station (-1F of Terminal 2) to Chengdu South(Nan) Railway Station and Chengdu East(Dong) Railway Station, single tickets are about ￥11. In addition, the CRH trains at Shuangliu Airport Station are also bound for Mianyang Rail Station, Deyang Railway Station, Meishan East(Dong) Railway Station, Leshan Railway Station and Emeishan Railway Station.

Underground

Chengdu Metro Line 10 is under construction. This line will link Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport with Taipingyuan Station (the transfer station for Chengdu Metro Line 3, Line 7 and Line 10).

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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