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Shanghai Pudong
International Airport

上海浦东国际机场
File:PudongAirportLogo.png
Logo of Shanghai Airport Authority
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorShanghai Airport Authority
ServesShanghai
LocationPudong New Area
Hub for
Elevation AMSL4 m / 13 ft
Websitewww.shairport.com
Map
PVG is located in China
PVG
PVG
Location of airport in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,800 12,467 Concrete
17L/35R 4,000 13,123 Concrete
17R/35L 3,400 11,155 Concrete
TBD 3,800 12,467
TBD 3,400 11,155
Statistics (2010)
Passengers40,578,621
Cargo (tons)3,227,914
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Traditional Chinese上海浦東國際機場
Simplified Chinese上海浦东国际机场

Shanghai Pudong International Airport (IATA: PVG, ICAO: ZSPD) (SSE: 600009) is the primary international airport serving Shanghai, China, and a major aviation hub in Asia. The other major airport in Shanghai, Hongqiao, mainly serves domestic flights. Located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the city centre, Pudong Airport occupies a 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi) site adjacent to the coastline in eastern Pudong.

The airport is the main hub for China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines, and a major international hub for Air China. It is also the hub for privately-owned Juneyao Airlines and Spring Airlines, and an Asian-Pacific cargo hub for UPS[5] and DHL. The DHL hub, opened in July 2012, is said to be the biggest express hub in Asia.[6]

Pudong Airport has two main passenger terminals, flanked on both sides by three parallel runways. A third passenger terminal is planned for 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.[7]

Pudong Airport is a fast-growing hub for both passenger and cargo traffic. With 3,227,914 metric tonnes handled in 2010, the airport is the world's third busiest airport by cargo traffic. Pudong Airport also served a total of 40,578,621 passengers in 2010, making it the third busiest airport in mainland China and the 20th busiest in the world. As of December 2011, Pudong Airport hosted 87 airlines serving 194 destinations.[8]

Shanghai Pudong is the busiest international hub of mainland China, ranking 22nd globally in terms of international traffic.[9] About half of its total passenger traffic is international.[10]

Pudong Airport is connected to the city's urban rail network through Metro Line 2 and the Shanghai Maglev Train. The airport is open 24 hours a day.

The interior of Terminal 1

History and development

Early development

Prior to the establishment of Pudong International Airport, Hongqiao International Airport was the primary airport of Shanghai. During the 1990s, the expansion of Hongqiao Airport to meet growing demand became impossible as the surrounding urban area was developing significantly, and an alternative to assume all international flights had to be sought. A suitable site was selected on the coast of the Pudong development zone to the east of Shanghai.

Construction of the first phase of the new Shanghai Pudong International Airport began in October 1997, took two years to build at a cost of RMB 12 billion (1.67 billion USD), and was opened on October 1, 1999. It covers an area of 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi) and is 30 kilometres (19 mi) from downtown Shanghai. The first phase of the airport has one 4E category runway (4000 m x 60 m) along with two parallel taxiways, an 800,000-square-metre (8,600,000 sq ft) apron, seventy-six aircraft positions and a 50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft) cargo warehouse.

A second runway was opened on March 17, 2005, and construction of phase two (including a second terminal, a third runway and a cargo terminal) began in December 2005 and started operation on March 26, 2008, in time for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.

Expansion

In November 2011 Pudong Airport received approval from the national government for a new round of expansion which includes two runways. The 3,800-meter fourth runway, along with an auxiliary taxiway and traffic control facilities, is projected to cost 2.58 billion yuan (USD 403 million). The 3,400-meter fifth runway, along with a new traffic tower, will cost 4.65 billion yuan (USD 726.6 million). Construction is expected to be completed in 2015 and will double the capacity of the airport.[11][12]

Hongqiao flights

Limited international services resumed at Hongqiao Airport in October 2007 with flights to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), in November 2007 with flights to Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, in June 2010 with flights to Taipei Songshan Airport and in September 2010 with flights to Hong Kong Airport. This is believed to be a major effort to provide convenience to business travelers, a practice already in place between Haneda and Gimpo for years. Hongqiao, Haneda, Gimpo, and Songshan are much closer to their respective metro centers than their newer but remote international gateways Pudong, Narita, Incheon, and Taoyuan.

Composition

The airport has 70 boarding bridges along with 218 parking positions. Three runways are in operation: one 4,000-metre (13,000 ft) runway—4E rating—with six taxiways, one 3,800-metre (12,500 ft) runway—4F rating—with four taxiways and one 3,400-metre (11,200 ft) runway—4F rating—with six taxiways.

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 was opened on October 1, 1999 along with a 4000m runway and including a cargo hub. It was built to handle the demand for traffic and to relieve Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport's traffic. Terminal 1 is shaped like Kansai International Airport's terminal, but it is shorter and with 28 gates, 13 of which are double decker gates. The exterior of the terminal is shaped like waves. The capacity of Terminal 1 is 20 million passengers. It currently has 204 check-in counters, thirteen luggage conveying belts and covering an area of 280,000 square meters. Terminal 1 has received some controversy about the lack of shopping stalls, the pricing of the shops, confusing locations of restrooms, the escalators and passenger difficulty of moving through the terminal.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2, opened on 26 March 2008, along with the third runway, gives a capacity of 60 million passengers and 4.2 million tonnes of cargo annually. Terminal 2 is shaped like the 1st terminal but it has more of a seagull shaping, rather than a wave shape and is slightly larger than Terminal 1. Terminal 2 is primarily used by Air China and other Star Alliance members but may be used by SkyTeam and Oneworld airlines.[13]

Shanghai Airlines moved to Terminal 2 upon its opening on March 26, 2008 with 14 other airlines, including Air India, Northwest Airlines, Qatar Airways, Alitalia, British Airways, Qantas, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Philippine Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Transaero Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Aerosvit Airlines, Garuda Indonesia and Royal Nepal Airlines. Fellow Star Alliance partners Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and United Airlines moved to the new terminal on April 29, 2008[14] such that more than 30 airlines are now operating at Terminal 2.[13]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo 2
Aeroméxico Mexico City, Tijuana 2
Aerosvit Kiev-Boryspil [resumes 20 October 2012]2
Air Canada Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver2
Air China Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hohhot, Jiuzhaigou, Lanzhou, Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Qingdao, Sendai, Shenzhen, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita, Ürümqi, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Yichang, Yinchuan2
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle1
Air India Delhi, Mumbai2
Air Koryo Seasonal: Pyongyang1
Air Macau Macau2
Air Mauritius Kuala Lumpur, Port Louis2
Air New Zealand Auckland2
All Nippon Airways Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita 2
American Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Los Angeles2
Asiana Airlines Busan, Seoul-Incheon2
British Airways London-Heathrow2
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong2
Cebu Pacific Manila2
China Airlines Kaohsiung, Taipei-Taoyuan1
China Eastern Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beihai, Beijing-Capital, Busan, Cairns [begins 30 October 2012], Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chifeng, Chongqing, Daegu, Dalian, Dazhou, Delhi, Denpasar/Bali, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hamburg, Hanoi, Harbin, Hefei, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Huai'an, Jeju, Jieyang/Shantou, Jinan, Kagoshima, Komatsu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Kwangju, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Liuzhou, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luzhou, Macau, Matsuyama, Melbourne, Mohe County, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Mudanjiang, Nagasaki, Nagoya-Centrair, Naha, Nanchang, Nanjing, New York-JFK, Niigata, Okayama, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Rome-Fiumicino, San Francisco [resumes 26 April 2013], Sanya, Sapporo-Chitose, Seoul-Incheon, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Shizuoka, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo-Narita, Vancouver, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Yan'an, Yancheng, Yanji, Yantai, Yibin, Yichun, Yinchuan, Yulin, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan, Zhuhai
Seasonal: Asahikawa		1
China Southern Airlines Changbaishan, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Dandong, Daqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Jiamusi, Jieyang/Shantou, Kunming, Mudanjiang, Nagoya-Centrair, Nanning, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Sanya, Seoul-Incheon, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei-Taoyuan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, Yining, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai2
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu2
Chongqing Airlines Chongqing2
Delta Air Lines Detroit, Tokyo-Narita2
Dragonair Hong Kong2
Emirates Dubai2
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi2
EVA Air Kaohsiung, Taipei-Taoyuan2
Finnair Helsinki2
Garuda Indonesia Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta2
Hainan Airlines Haikou, Lanzhou, Tianjin, Xi'an, Xining1
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong2
Japan Airlines Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita1
Jin Air Jeju 2
Juneyao Airlines Baotou, Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Chongqing, Dalian, Dongying, Fuzhou, Guilin, Hailar, Harbin, Heihe, Hong Kong, Macau, Manzhouli, Naha [begins 20 September 2012], Nanchang, Sakaiminato/Yonago, Sanya, Seoul-Incheon [begins August 17, 2012], Shenyang, Shijazhuang, Tongliao, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yichang, Yinchuan1
KLM Amsterdam1
Korean Air Busan, Seoul-Incheon1
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich2
Mahan Air Tehran-Imam Khomeini2
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur2
Mega Maldives Malé2
Orient Thai Airlines Surat Thani2
Philippine Airlines Manila2
Qantas Sydney2
Qatar Airways Doha2
Royal Brunei Airlines Bandar Seri Begawan1
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen2
Shandong Airlines Qingdao, Yantai2
Shanghai Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beihai, Busan, Changchun, Da Nang, Dalian, Haikou, Harbin, Hohhot, Jiayuguan, Jinzhou, Mianyang, Ordos, Osaka-Kansai, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, Sanya, Seoul-Incheon, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei-Songshan, Tangshan, Tianjin, Toyama, Wanzhou, Xi'an, Yichang, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai2
Shenzhen Airlines Jinjiang/Quanzhou, Nanchang, Shenzhen2
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu, Chongqing, Jiujiang, Saipan1
Singapore Airlines Singapore2
Spring Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Changchun, Chongqing, Dalian, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Hong Kong, Ibaraki, Sakaiminato/Yonago [begins 23 September 2012], Lanzhou, Macau, Mianyang, Nanning, Qingdao, Saga, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Takamatsu, Xiamen, Yanji, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie1
SriLankan Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Colombo 1
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich2
Thai Airways International Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi2
Tianjin Airlines Weifang1
TonleSap Airlines Siem Reap1
Transasia Airways Taichung, Taipei-Songshan, Taipei-Taoyuan2
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk2
United Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco2
Vietnam Airlines Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City2
Virgin Atlantic Airways London-Heathrow2
Zest Airways Manila 1
Cities with international airlink to Shanghai Pudong International Airport

Cargo airlines

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot-Cargo Novosibirsk
Air Cargo Germany Hahn
Air China Cargo Beijing-Capital, Chennai, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Milan-Malpensa, Manchester, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Portland (OR), Vienna
Air France Cargo Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Hong Kong Hong Kong
AirBridgeCargo Airlines Krasnoyarsk , Novosibirsk
ANA & JP Express Tokyo-Narita
Atlas Air Chicago-O'Hare, Frankfurt, Honolulu, Melbourne, New York-JFK, Sydney
British Airways World CargoChennai, Cologne/Bonn, Frankfurt, London-Stansted, Madrid
Cargolux Luxembourg
Cargo Garuda Indonesia Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta
Cathay Pacific Cargo Hong Kong
China Airlines Cargo Taipei-Taoyuan
China Cargo Airlines Amsterdam, Anchorage, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Chennai, Chicago-O'Hare, Chongqing, Copenhagen, Dallas/Fort Worth, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, San Francisco, Seattle, Seoul-Incheon, Shenzhen, Singapore, St.Louis, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo-Narita
China Southern Cargo Amsterdam, Chicago-O'Hare, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Osaka-Kansai [begins 24 August 2012], Vancouver, Vienna
Emirates SkyCargo Almaty, Chengdu [begins 12 September 2012], Dubai
Etihad Crystal CargoAbu Dhabi, Chennai
EVA Air Cargo Taipei-Taoyuan
Evergreen International Airlines Anchorage, Chongqing, Chicago-O'Hare, Nagoya-Centrair, New York-JFK
FedEx Express Anchorage, Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou, Memphis
Finnair Cargo operated by World Airways Helsinki
Iran Air Cargo Tehran-Imam Khomeini [begins 1 September 2012]
Lufthansa Cargo Frankfurt , Krasnoyarsk , Novosibirsk
Martinair Cargo / KLM CargoAmsterdam, Moscow-Sheremetyevo
MASkargo Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Tashkent
MNG AirlinesIstanbul-Ataturk
Nippon Cargo Airlines Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita
Polar Air Cargo Osaka-Kansai
SAS Cargo Group Beijing-Capital, Copenhagen
Saudia Cargo Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Jeddah, Riyadh
Singapore Airlines Cargo Los Angeles, Singapore
Silk Way Airlines Baku
TNT Airways Liège, Singapore
UPS Airlines Almaty, Anchorage, Chengdu, Cologne/Bonn, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon, Shenzhen, Tokyo-Narita, Warsaw
Volga-Dnepr Abakan
Yanda Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Yangtze River Express Anchorage, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chicago-O'Hare
A Shanghai Pudong Airport Bus Expressway
Shanghai Pudong International Airport in 2001

Ground transportation

A maglev train departing Pudong airport
Metro Line 2 links city centre and Pudong airport

Maglev Train

Starting service on 29 January, 2004 as the first commercial high-speed maglev railway in the world, Shanghai Maglev Train links Pudong International Airport with Longyang Road Metro station (Chinese: 龙阳路), where transfer to Line 2 or Line 7 is possible. The 30-km ride from Longyang Road Metro station to Pudong International Airport typically takes less than eight minutes, with the maximum speed reaching 431 km/h. Trains operate every 15 minutes; therefore passengers can expect to arrive in less than 25 minutes, waiting time included.

A standard single-ride ticket costs 50 RMB[15]. Discounted prices are available for Shanghai Public Transportation Card holders (￥40 single), and for round trips within 7 days (￥80 round-trip). First-class tickets cost 100 RMB (single) or 180 RMB (round-trip within 7 days). All cars are equipped with racks and space designated for luggage.

Shanghai Metro Line 2

Shanghai Metro Line 2 also provides service between Pudong International Airport and Longyang Road, Lujiazui, People's Square, and Hongqiao International Airport, Shanghai's primary domestic airport. Line 2 is part of the Shanghai Metro system; therefore unlike the Maglev, free in-system transfer to other lines are possible, with ticket prices varying from 3 RMB to 10 RMB.

Prices are substantially lower than the Maglev (￥6 from Pudong International Airport to Longyang Road and Lujiazui, ￥7 to People's Square, ￥8 to Hongqiao International Airport). However, trips take longer due to lower speed of trains. A casual ride to People's Square, the city centre, typically takes just over one hour. It is wise to allow more than five hours for a safe flight transfer at Hongqiao International Airport using public tranportation.

It should further be noted that Line 2 operates in two sections: trains from Pudong International Airport terminate at Guanglan Road, where passengers wishing to travel on change trains across the platform. In addition, not all trains go to Hongqiao International Airport.

Airport Buses

Eight Airport Bus lines serve Pudong International Airport, providing rapid links to various destinations. Buses are labelled "机场X线" (Airport Bus Line X) and typically operate on a 15-to-30 minute basis. Fares range from 2 to 22 depending on distance travelled.

Incidents and accidents

Photo gallery

See also

References

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