Wuhan Tianhe International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Wuhan Tianhe International Airport
nativename =
nativename-a = 武汉天河国际机场
nativename-r = Wǔhàn Tiānhé Guójì Jīchǎng


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IATA = WUH
ICAO = ZHHH
type = Public
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operator = Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Co. Ltd.
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location = Wuhan
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r1-number = 04/22
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Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (Traditional Chinese: 武漢天河國際機場; Simplified Chinese: 武汉天河国际机场; pinyin: Wǔhàn Tiānhé Guójì Jīchǎng) Airport codes|WUH|ZHHH serves Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China. It was opened on April 15, 1995. The airport is located around 26 kilometres to the north of Wuhan city center and is the busiest airport of central China as it is geographically located in the center of China's airline route network. In 2007, the airport handled 8,356,340 passengers, ranking 12th in China. Additionally, it has been designated as China's fourth international hub after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Having registered a 39.8% increase by traffic movements, a 37% increase by passenger traffic and a 21.5% increase in terms of cargo traffic in 2007, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport had become one of the most fastest-growing airports in China.

Terminal 2

Recent developments included the construction of a second terminal, a planned second runway in order to better serve the increasing passengers as well as to accommodate the Airbus 380 jumbo jet. The second terminal, which 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 expansion project is expected to be complete by July 2008, with a total cost of 3.37 billion yuan (421.5 million US dollars). By 2010, Wuhan is expected to serve 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. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/21/content_5515034.htm]

It has also been selected to become the fourth international hub airport for China (after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou). International flights will soon start arriving at and leaving from Wuhan Tianhe Airport without first stopping at Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou. At present, international flights to inland cities all stop at one of the three hubs first.The name Tianhe (天河) can be translated as "Sky River".

Airlines and destinations

*Air China (Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Hongqiao)
*Cathay Pacific
**Dragonair (Hong Kong)
*China Eastern Airlines (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Jinan, Jinjiang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Wenzhou, Wuxi, Xi'an, Yichang)
*China Southern Airlines (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Enshi, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Jinan, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Xi'an, Xiamen, Xuzhou)
*East Star Airlines (Changde, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Nanjing, Shenzhen)
*Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Enshi, Guangzhou, Sanya, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Zhengzhou)
*Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
*Shandong Airlines (Jinan)
*Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Hongqiao)
*Shenzhen Airlines (Changchun, Guangzhou, Hohhot, Shenyang, Shenzhen)
*Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu, Chongqing, Nantong)
*United Eagle Airlines (Kunming, Nanjing)
*Xiamen Airlines (Chengdu, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Jinjiang, Xi'an, Xiamen)

ee also

*List of airports in the People's Republic of China

References

* [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/21/content_5515034.htm/ Xinhua]

External links

* [http://www.whairport.com/ Official website] (Simplified Chinese, with English version)
* [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Wuhan-WUH/city.html Destinations from Wuhan]
*WAD|ZHHH