Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport

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Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport 杭州萧山国际机场
IATA: HGH ICAO: ZSHC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Co. Ltd.
Serves	Hangzhou
Location	Yingbin Avenue, Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Opened	30 December 2000; 23 years ago (2000-12-30)
Hub for	Loong Air SF Airlines XiamenAir
Focus city for	Air China China Eastern Airlines China Southern Airlines Hainan Airlines Sichuan Airlines
Elevation AMSL	7 m / 23 ft
Coordinates	30°14′13.6″N 120°25′55.0″E / 30.237111°N 120.431944°E / 30.237111; 120.431944
Website	www.hzairport.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
HGH/ZSHC Location in Zhejiang Show map of Zhejiang HGH/ZSHC Location in China Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,600 11,811 Concrete 06/24 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 28,163,820 Cargo (tonnes) 914,063 Aircraft movements 238,269
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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. 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.