Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport

杭州萧山国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorHangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Co. Ltd.
ServesHangzhou
LocationYingbin Avenue, Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Opened30 December 2000; 23 years ago (2000-12-30)
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL7 m / 23 ft
Coordinates30°14′13.6″N 120°25′55.0″E / 30.237111°N 120.431944°E / 30.237111; 120.431944
Websitewww.hzairport.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
HGH/ZSHC is located in Zhejiang
HGH/ZSHC
HGH/ZSHC
Location in Zhejiang
HGH/ZSHC is located in China
HGH/ZSHC
HGH/ZSHC
Location in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,600 11,811 Concrete
06/24 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers28,163,820
Cargo (tonnes)914,063
Aircraft movements238,269
Source: [1]
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
Simplified Chinese杭州萧山国际机场
Traditional Chinese杭州蕭山國際機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHángzhōu Xiāoshān Guójì Jīchǎng

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (IATA: HGH, ICAO: ZSHC) is an international airport serving Hangzhou, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the capital of East China’s Zhejiang province.[1] The airport is located on the southern shore of Qiantang River in Xiaoshan District and is 27 km (17 mi) east of downtown Hangzhou. Architecture firm Aedas designed Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.[2]

The airport has service to destinations throughout China. International destinations are mainly in the east and southeast Asia, and points of Africa, Europe, and South Asia. The airport also serves as a focus city for Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines and Xiamen Airlines.

In 2017, Hangzhou airport handled 35,570,411 passengers,[3] which ranked tenth in terms of passenger traffic in China. Additionally, the airport ranked sixth busiest in terms of cargo with 589,461.6 tonnes and was the country's ninth busiest airport by traffic movements at 271,066.

On 8 September 2022, Terminal 4 of Hangzhou airport opened.[4]

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport has four terminals, Terminal 1,2,3 and Terminal 4. The smaller Terminal 2 serves all international/regional flights while the larger Terminal 1 and 3 solely handles domestic traffic. A newly built Terminal 4 handles both international/regional flights and selected domestic flights. The airport is located just outside the city in the Xiaoshan District with direct bus service and metro linking the airport with Downtown Hangzhou. A new elevated airport expressway is built on top of the existing highway between the airport and downtown Hangzhou.

  1. ^ [2] Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Project Page: Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport". Aedas.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013.
  3. ^ "民航局发布《2017年民航机场生产统计公报》".
  4. ^ "杭州萧山国际机场T4航站楼9月8日起试运行". www.hangzhou.gov.cn. Retrieved 13 October 2022.