Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport

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The airport Hangzhou Xiaoshan (Chinese杭州 萧山 国际 机场, Pinyin Hangzhou Xiaoshan Guoji Jīchǎng, English: Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport ) is an international airport in the district of the provincial capital Hangzhou Xiaoshan in Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China. He is by passenger traffic of China's tenth largest airport and the largest in the province. It is located south of the Qiantang River, where the city of Hangzhou is located.

Transport links

The airport Hangzhou Xiaoshan can be reached by car, taxi or by bus. There are three parking, a VIP parking and a long-term parking. A taxi to the city center costs about 150 yuan and a bus ride about 30 million yuan. The buses run every 15-30 minutes from the terminal. Furthermore, there is a bus to the Shanghai Huangpu bus station for about 100 yuan. The trip length is about three and a half hours.

History

When planning an expansion of the airport in three phases was provided. The first phase began in July 1997 and was completed on 30 December 2000. It replaced the old airport Hangzhou Jianqiao, who was both a civil and military airport. In September 2003 it was decided by the central government of China to expand the airport for international traffic. In March 2004, after the customs and security area had been completed, the airport was officially inaugurated as an international airport in operation.

The annual traffic has risen from 2.98 million passengers and 73,000 tons of cargo in 2001 to 12.67 million passengers and 210,000 tons in 2008. The number of takeoffs and landings amounted in the year 2001 36.400 and 119.000 in 2008. Airport is one of the ten largest of all 152 Chinese civil airports. The airport fly over 38 airlines with more than 2,400 takeoffs and landings per week. It will be flown from Hangzhou from over 58 cities and regions.

Terminal

The terminal building has a size of about 100,000 square meters. In addition, it owns about 55 check-in counters, of which 23 are for international flights and 12 departure gates, twelve passenger boarding bridges, a VIP area, fast food and Chinese restaurants, several banks, a currency exchange facility, a first-aid station, a lost property office, and numerous shops. Many facilities at the airport and in the terminal have been environmentally friendly built and designed.

Expansion plans

With the second stage of expansion which started in 2007. First, a terminal for international traffic was built with 96,000 m². It was commissioned in 2010. By 2015, the following development plan is to be implemented:

  • Construction of a second start and runway
  • Construction of an international terminal
  • Construction of inland terminals
  • Take necessary measures for the A380

The airport will have a capacity of 25,600,000 passengers, 500,000 tonnes of cargo and 260,000 flights a year.

By 2035 it is envisaged in a third stage has a capacity of 52,000,000 passengers, 1,000,000 tons of cargo, 500,000 flights and an area of ​​1,270 hectares to achieve.

Airlines

The airport to fly to, among others, the following airlines:

Objectives

There are, among other compounds by:

  • Peking
  • Tapei, Taiwan Republic
  • Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
  • Guangzhou (Canton)
  • Busan, Korea
  • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Hong Kong
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Singapore
  • Seoul -Incheon, Korea
  • Kunming, Yunnan Province
  • Osaka, Japan

Air freight connections

  • Air China Cargo Amsterdam, Dubai
  • Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong

On 9 July 2010, the airport was closed for an hour because there is a unidentifiable flying object was sighted. The air surveillance could see no object on the radar. The incident made ​​the Chinese media attention and sparked many speculations.

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