Wuhan Tianhe International Airport
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Wuhan Tianhe International Airport 武汉天河国际机场 Wǔhàn Tiānhé Guójì Jīchǎng |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Wuhan | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Huangpi District | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 34 m / 112 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°47′01″N 114°12′29″E / 30.78361°N 114.20806°ECoordinates: 30°47′01″N 114°12′29″E / 30.78361°N 114.20806°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Passengers | 20,772,000 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 武漢天河國際機場 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 武汉天河国际机场 | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔhàn Tiānhé Guójì Jīchǎng |
Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (IATA: WUH, ICAO: ZHHH) serves Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei province, People's Republic of China.It was opened on 15 April 1995 substituting the old Hankou Wangjiadun Airport and Nanhu Airport as the major airport of Wuhan. The airport is located in Wuhan's suburban Huangpi District, around 26 kilometres to the north of Wuhan city center. It is the busiest airport of central China as it is geographically located in the centre of China's airline route network. The airport is a focus city for Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines. The airport has flights to international destinations such as Bangkok, Moscow, Osaka, Paris, Seoul, and Singapore. In September 2014 China Southern Airlines announced a daily non-stop flight to San Francisco, originating from Guangzhou, operating with a Boeing 787 to begin December 16, 2014. This is Wuhan's first non-stop flight to the United States.
The airport served 18,942,038 passengers in 2015, making it the 13th busiest airport by passenger traffic in China.
The name Tianhe (天河) can be literally translated as "Sky River"; it is also one of the old names for the Milky Way.
Starting from May 1, 2015, passengers from countries such as EU countries, Japan, Korea, Russia, the U.S., when traveling to a third country, can enter China from this airport without a Chinese visa for up to 72 hours.
Terminal 2 is currently the main terminal for Tianhe Airport, which handles only domestic airlines. It has a floor area of 121,200 square meters and a designed capacity to handle 13 million passengers and 320,000 tons of cargo a year. The project is completed in April 15, 2008, with a total cost of 3.37 billion yuan (421.5 million US dollars). By 2010, Wuhan served at least five international and 100 domestic routes. Some 12.2 million passengers are expected to pass through Wuhan each year, and the city's cargo-handling capacity is to reach 144,000 tons.
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