Shanghai Pudong International Airport |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Shanghai Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Shanghai, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Pudong, Shanghai, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 4 m / 13 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°08′36″N 121°48′19″E / 31.14333°N 121.80528°ECoordinates: 31°08′36″N 121°48′19″E / 31.14333°N 121.80528°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | en |
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Passengers | 66,002,414 |
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Freight (in tons) | 3,440,279.7 |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Shànghǎi Pǔdōng Guójì Jīchǎng |
Wade–Giles | Shang4hai3 P'u3tung1 Kuo2chi4 Chi1ch'ang3 |
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Shanghainese Romanization |
Zaanhe phudong guji jizaan |
Passenger
Cargo
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (IATA: PVG, ICAO: ZSPD) is one of two international airports of Shanghai and a major aviation hub of China. Pudong Airport mainly serves international flights, while the city's other major airport Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport mainly serves domestic and regional flights. Located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the city center, Pudong Airport occupies a 40-square-kilometre (10,000-acre) site adjacent to the coastline in eastern Pudong. The airport is operated by Shanghai Airport Authority (Chinese: 上海机场集团有限公司, : ).
The airport is the main hub for China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines, and a major international hub for Air China, as well as secondary hub of China Southern Airlines. It is also the hub for privately owned Juneyao Airlines and Spring Airlines, and an Asia-Pacific cargo hub for UPS and DHL. The DHL hub, opened in July 2012, is said to be the biggest express hub in Asia.
Pudong Airport has two main passenger terminals, flanked on both sides by four parallel runways. A third passenger terminal is planned since 2015, in addition to a satellite terminal and two additional runways, raising its annual capacity from 60 million passengers to 80 million, along with the ability to handle six million tonnes of freight.
Pudong Airport is a fast-growing hub for both passenger and cargo traffic. With 3,440,279.7 metric tonnes handled in 2016, the airport is the world's third busiest airport by cargo traffic. Pudong Airport also served a total of 66,002,414 passengers in 2016, making it the second busiest airport in China, 5th busiest in Asia and the 9th busiest in the world. By the end of 2016, Pudong Airport hosted 104 airlines serving more than 210 destinations.