Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is one of the three gateway airports in China and the main aviation hub airport in China. Established on 1907, 1 May, 9641day. After the opening of Karachi-Shanghai-Guangzhou-Karachi international route, Hongqiao Airport has become an international airport taking shape.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of the three major international airports in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). It is also known as the three major international airports in China together with Beijing Capital International Airport and Hong Kong International Airport. Shanghai Pudong International Airport is located in the coastal zone on the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary in Pudong, Shanghai, covering an area of more than 40 square kilometers, about 30 kilometers away from the center of Shanghai and about 40 kilometers away from Hongqiao Airport.
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The first phase of Shanghai Pudong Airport started in June 1997 and was completed and opened to traffic in September 1999. The first phase of the project has a 4000-meter-long and 60-meter-wide 4E-class north-south runway, two parallel taxiways, an apron of 800,000 square meters, 76 seats and a freight warehouse of 50,000 square meters. At the same time, it is equipped with navigation, communication, surveillance, meteorology and logistics support systems, which can provide 24-hour all-weather service.
After the completion of the first phase renovation project of Pudong Airport, before it is put into use in 2008, it will be able to meet the operational needs of the second terminal, that is, it will have the guarantee capacity of taking off and landing 300,000 flights and passenger throughput of 36.5 million passengers per year.
In 20 15, Pudong Airport achieved a passenger throughput of 60.08 million passengers, ranking second in the country.
Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, located in the western suburbs of Shanghai, is about 13 kilometers away from the city center. Before the completion of Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Hongqiao Airport was the busiest airport in China. The airport has a runway and taxiway. The runway is 3400 meters long and 57.6 meters wide. The apron is about 486,000 square meters with 66 seats.
The airport terminal covers an area of 82,000 square meters and is equipped with 15 waiting hall, 18 VIP room and 15 luggage transmission system. Hongqiao Airport mainly undertakes the functions of domestic departure, entry and alternate international flights, with an average daily take-off and landing of about 540 flights. In 2007, the passenger throughput of Hongqiao International Airport reached 22.63 million passengers, ranking fourth among domestic civil airports in China, fifth in cargo and mail throughput of 388,904 tons, and fifth in take-off and landing187,045 sorties.
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