| Wuhan Tianhe International Airport 武汉天河国际机场 Wǔhàn Tiānhé Guójì Jīchǎng |
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| IATA: WUH – ICAO: ZHHH | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Co. Ltd. | ||
| Location | Wuhan | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 113 ft / 34 m | ||
| Coordinates | 30°47′01″N 114°12′29″E / 30.78361°N 114.20806°ECoordinates: 30°47′01″N 114°12′29″E / 30.78361°N 114.20806°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 04/22 | 11,155 | 3,400 | Concrete |
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) (IATA: WUH, ICAO: 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.
Having registered 9,202,629 passengers in 2008, the airport has become 12th busiest airport by passenger traffic in China.
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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. [1]
The name Tianhe (天河) can be translated as "Sky River".
Airlines and destinations
Note: Flights to Hong Kong and Taipei are treated as international flights.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air China | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Zhengzhou |
| China Eastern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Enshi, Fuzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Quanzhou/Jinjiang, Sanya, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taipei-Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xiamen, Yichang |
| China Southern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Enshi, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Jinan, Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shantou, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Xiamen, Xuzhou, Zhuhai |
| Dragonair | Hong Kong |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Dalian, Enshi, Guangzhou, Guilin, Ningbo, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Xiamen, Zhengzhou |
| Hong Kong Express Airways | Hong Kong |
| Korean Air | Seoul-Incheon |
| Lucky Air | Kunming, Nanjing, Qingdao |
| Shandong Airlines | Guangzhou, Guiyang, Jinan, Nanning, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenzhen |
| Shanghai Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Changchun, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Nanning, Shenyang, Shenzhen |
| Sichuan Airlines | Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Nantong |
| Transasia Airways | Taipei-Songshan |
| Uni Air | Taipei-Taoyuan [begins December 21] |
| Xiamen Airlines | Chengdu, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou/Jinjiang, Xi'an, Xiamen |
World War II
During World War II, the airport was known as Hankow Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942-1945). It was used primarily as a transport base by C-46 Commando and C-47 Skytrain aircraft of several Troop Carrier Groups, which ferried personnel to the Hankow area after the war. It remained in operation as a transport and supply center until November 1945 when the Americans closed their facilities.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
External links
- Official website (Simplified Chinese, with English version)
- Airport information for ZHHH at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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