Tianjin Binhai International Airport
Tianjin Binhai International Airport 天津滨海国际机场 Tiānjīn Bīnhăi Guójì Jīchǎng | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Administration of China | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Tianjin | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Dongli District | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 3 m / 10 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°07′28″N 117°20′46″E / 39.12444°N 117.34611°E | ||||||||||||||
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Tianjin Binhai International Airport (IATA: TSN, ICAO: ZBTJ) (Chinese: 天津滨海国际机场; pinyin: Tiānjīn Guójì Jīchǎng) is an airport located east of Tianjin, in Dongli District. It is one of the major air cargo centers in the People's Republic of China.
It is the hub airport for the newly established Tianjin Airlines, and privately owned Okay Airways. It's also a focus city for Air China.
International flights are primarily operated by Korean Air and Asiana Airlines to Seoul-Incheon International Airport, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines to Nagoya-Chubu Centrair International Airport.
New terminal and second runway
Construction of a new terminal began in August 2005 and was completed by the end of 2007 scheduled to be in full operation by 2008. The airport expansion will provide a state-of-the-art terminal building, which is more than three times bigger than the current one at 116,000 m2. When the three construction phases are complete the airport terminal will be over 500,000 m2 and be able to handle 40 million passengers a year. Over the period of the project the airport site will enlarge from the current 25 km² to 80 km². The airport as a whole will resemble Amsterdam's Schiphol airport in size and will be able to handle over 500,000 tons of cargo and 200,000 flights a year.
The expansion, with a total investment of nearly 3 billion yuan (409.5 million U.S. dollars), started in August 2005. The runway was also widened to 75 meters from the current 50 meters and lengthened 400 meters to 3,600 meters. In May 2009, the airport has also completed the construction of a second runway, and the expected number of passengers will exceed ten million.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger Flights
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aero Mongolia | Ulan Bator |
| AirAsia X | Kuala Lumpur |
| Air China | Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Asiana Airlines | Seoul-Incheon |
| China Eastern Airlines | Hangzhou, Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| China Southern Airlines | Dalian, Guangzhou, Hohhot, Zhengzhou |
| China West Air | Chongqing |
| Deer Jet | Sanya |
| EVA Air | Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Hainan Airlines | Guangzhou, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen |
| Hong Kong Airlines | Hong Kong |
| Japan Airlines | Nagoya-Centrair |
| Juneyao Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| Korean Air | Seoul-Incheon |
| Lucky Air | Chengdu |
| Okay Airways | Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian, Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Nanjing, Sanya, Taiyuan, Yantai, Zhuhai |
| Shandong Airlines | Hohhot, Qingdao |
| Shanghai Airlines | Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Harbin, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Zhengzhou |
| Sichuan Airlines | Chengdu, Chongqing, Shenyang |
| Tianjin Airlines | Dalian, Hohhot, Nanjing, Qingdao, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Yantai |
| Vladivostok Air | Yekaterinburg |
| Xiamen Airlines | Changsha, Hangzhou, Singapore, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xiamen |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Airstars | Abakan[1] |
| Atlant-Soyuz Airlines | Bratsk[1] |
| Etihad Crystal Cargo | Abu Dhabi |
| Grizodubova Air Company | Abakan[1] |
| Jade Cargo | |
| Singapore Airlines Cargo | Anchorage, Los Angeles, Nanjing, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore |
| TransAVIAExport Airlines | Novosibirsk[1] |
| Volga-Dnepr | Abakan[1] |
Statistics
In 2008, the airport handled 166,558 tonnes of freight, and became the 11th busiest airport in China. Tianjin Airport is also among the fastest-growing airports in China, registering a 20.2% increase by passenger traffic and a 33.2% increase in terms of cargo traffic in 2008.
| Movements | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
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| Passenger | 4.637.299 | 3.860.752 | 2.766.504 | 2.193.914 | 1.705.271 | 1.103.491 | 1.092.121 | 941.178 | 884.448 |
| Freight (TM) | 166.558 | 125.087 | 96.756 | 80.192 | 70.995 | 48.681 | 41.722 | 36.503 | 44.387 |
See also
- Transportation in Tianjin
- List of airports in the People's Republic of China
- China's busiest airports by passenger traffic
