Macau International Airport
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Macau International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Macau 澳門國際機場 Oumùhn Gwokjai Gēichèuhng | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Macau | ||||||||||
Operator | Sociedade do Aeroporto Internacional de Macau S.A.R.L. | ||||||||||
Serves | Macau | ||||||||||
Location | Taipa, Macau | ||||||||||
Opened | 9 November 1995 | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 20 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°08′58″N 113°35′29″E / 22.14944°N 113.59139°E | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 澳門國際機場 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门国际机场 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Oumùhn Gwokjai Gēichèuhng | ||||||||||||||
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Portuguese | Aeroporto Internacional de Macau |
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Macau International Airport (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) (Chinese: 澳門國際機場; Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Macau) is an international airport in the special administrative region of Macau, situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters which opened for commercial operations on 9 November 1995, during Portuguese administration of the region.
Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between the Mainland and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in mainland China and Southeast Asia. During 2006, the airport handled 5 million passengers and 220,000 tonnes of cargo.[5] In 2017 the number of passengers had increased to 7,165,803,[1] which is more than the 6 million passengers per year the terminal was originally designed for.[6]
History
During the 1990s, the Macau airport had a direct link to Europe. TAP Air Portugal, in cooperation with Sabena, started flying Airbus A340s to Lisbon via Brussels in April 1996, but within a few months the airlines were finding the route difficult to operate.[7][8] For instance, TAP had not succeeded in aligning the flight timings with the schedules of Air Macau, which the Portuguese carrier partly owned. Air Macau passengers consequently could not connect smoothly onto the Lisbon flight and help fill the cabin. Additionally, the crew had to spend long layovers in Macau due to the low flight frequency.[7] By 1997 TAP had changed the stopover to Bangkok, but it was still not making a profit. Although the Portuguese government initially ordered TAP to continue serving its then colony, the airline had withdrawn from Macau by early 1999.[9][10]
Facilities
Terminal
The airport's designed capacity is 6,000,000 passengers per year, with processing capacity of up to 2,000 passengers per hour. [citation needed] The airport does not have a night curfew. There are 24 parking spaces for aircraft in the apron, with 5 jetways. There are 10 gates. As in Hong Kong, Macau has its own immigration policies and is a separate customs territory from mainland China. All travellers, including those to mainland China and Hong Kong, need to go through the immigration and customs inspections of international flights.
Runway and aprons
The airport's runway was built on a strip of reclaimed land in the sea, adjacent to Taipa Island, where the main terminal and air traffic control facilities are located, unlike in Hong Kong, where Chek Lap Kok has them all. The runway is connected to the apron by two causeways. Runway 34 is ILS CAT II equipped. Navigational and radio aids are located at either end of the runway. Despite its small area, the airport is capable of handling Boeing 747s and Antonov 124s, which forms a vital freight link between local manufacturers and overseas markets. Its catering facility can produce up to 10,000 meals per day.
Other tenants
Other tenants of the airport are the Macau Customs Service (Independent department under Secretariat for Security of Macau), the Macau Immigration Department/Services (Public Security Police Force of Macau), the Macau Business Aviation Centre, Servair Macau and Menzies Macau.
Redevelopment
Master Plan
Since 2016, Macau's government has been developing a Master Plan for the airport's expansion.[11] To be done in 3 phases, the most visible sections of it broke ground in 2020.[12]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Statistics
Annual traffic
Year | Passengers[34][35] | Airfreight (kg)[36][37] | Aircraft operations |
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1995 | 43,642 | 127,606 | 662 |
1996 | 1,300,936 | 25,043,358 | 13,386 |
1997 | 1,952,578 | 45,540,468 | 19,837 |
1998 | 2,214,487 | 65,166,798 | 24,015 |
1999 | 2,640,111 | 53,117,516 | 23,861 |
2000 | 3,239,428 | 68,084,076 | 28,692 |
2001 | 3,805,306 | 76,075,513 | 32,506 |
2002 | 4,171,703 | 111,267,673 | 37,564 |
2003 | 2,905,566 | 141,294,285 | 31,293 |
2004 | 3,714,259 | 220,828,358 | 40,506 |
2005 | 4,247,742 | 227,232,634 | 45,004 |
2006 | 4,976,093 | 220,572,754 | 51,049 |
2007 | 5,498,878 | 180,935,284 | 53,386 |
2008 | 5,097,802 | 167,767,412 | 49,764 |
2009 | 4,250,249 | 49,995,119 | 40,601 |
2010 | 4,078,836 | 52,165,711 | 37,148 |
2011 | 4,045,014 | 39,523,531 | 38,946 |
2012 | 4,491,065 | 27,794,488 | 41,997 |
2013 | 5,027,059 | 26,464,881 | 48,950 |
2014 | 5,481,441 | 28,767,407 | 52,559 |
2015 | 5,831,459 | 30,058,277 | 55,720 |
2016 | 6,628,555 | 32,891,452 | 56,932 |
2017 | 7,165,803 | 37,499,000 | 58,520 |
2018 | 8,261,412 | 41,508,955 | 65,777 |
2019 | 9,611,427 | 42,219,799 | 77,581 |
Busiest routes
Ground transportation
The airport is connected by public transit bus routes, light rail, taxis, private cars, and regional coach services.
Air–sea link
For passengers transferring to China or Hong Kong, a "two customs, one checkpoint" service is provided. Passengers can use a bus shuttle directly from the airport to the New Macau Ferry Terminal or the Taipa Ferry Terminal without passing Macau immigration.
Bus
Towards Macau Peninsula, Taipa, Cotai and Coloane
- Transmac routes:
- 26 – Bacia Norte do Patane ↔ Merado Municipal de Coloane
- 51A – The Praia ↔ Av. Vale das Borboletas
- AP1 – Portas do Cerco ↺ Aeroporto de Macau
- AP1X – Praça das Portas do Cerco ↺ Aeroporto de Macau (06:00–10:00, 15:00–20:00)
- MT4 – Parque M. Dr. Sun Yat Sen ↔ Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros da Taipa
- T.C.M. routes:
- N2 – Bacia Norte do Patane ↔ Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros da Taipa (00:00–06:00)
- 36 – Rotunda Leonel Sousa ↺ Aeroporto de Macau
- MT1 – Praceta 24 de Junho ↺ Aeroporto de Macau
Cross-Border Coach
Cross-Border Coach connects Macau International Airport with mainland locations like Huadao, Guangzhou, Panyu, Dongguan, Gongbei Port of Entry and Hengqin Border. The "two customs, one checkpoint" service is also available to the Hengqin Border.
Light rail
Macau Light Rail Transit will be located at the Avenida Wai Long, Airport Station is close to Macau International Airport. In addition, the seamless connection between the Station and the footbridge allows passengers to access the Airport and the hotels nearby.[38]
See also
References
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- ^ "Traffic Statistics – Cargo". Macau International Airport Co. Ltd. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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- ^ "MIA Passenger Volume Hit Record High Creating a New Starting Point" (Press release). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Macao 2007 Yearbook (PDF). Government Information Bureau of the Macau SAR. 2007. ISBN 978-99937-56-09-5.
- ^ "MIA: Airport History". Airport Information Management Solutions Ltd. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ a b Whitaker, Richard (31 July 1996). "TAP trickles into Macau". Airline Business. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "TAP en Sabena samen naar Macao". Nieuwsblad Transport (in Dutch). 14 December 1995. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Turn off the TAP". Airline Business. 30 November 1997. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Resultados da Pesquisa de Destinos". TAP Air Portugal (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Macau International Airport Master Plan". Civil Aviation Authority of Macao. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Macau Airport Begins Construction". International Airport Review. 16 March 2020.
- ^ Liu, Jim (25 October 2019). "Air Koryo plans Macau service increase from late-Oct 2019". Routesonline.
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- ^ a b c d Liu, Jim (25 September 2019). "Spring Airlines expands Macau network in W19". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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- ^ "Menzies Macau welcomes MASkargo as a new Cargo customer". menziesaviation.com.
- ^ "Qatar Airways Cargo commences Macau-Guadalajara transpacific freighter service". Gulf-Times. 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Qatar Airways Cargo Announces Inclusion of Singapore on its Popular Transpacific Freighter Route". Qatar Airways. 16 July 2019.
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External links
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