Hong Kong International Airport 香港國際機場 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Aerial view of Hong Kong International Airport in 2010, before the expansion | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Hong Kong, Pearl River Delta | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 6 July 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | HKT (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8.5 m / 27 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°18′32″N 113°54′52″E / 22.30889°N 113.91444°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Hong Kong International Airport[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港國際機場 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港国际机场 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | hoeng1 gong2 gwok3 zai3 gei1 coeng4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Hēunggóng Gwokjai Gēichèuhng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chek Lap Kok International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 赤鱲角國際機場 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赤𫚭角国际机场 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | cek3 laap6 gok3 gwok3 zai3 gei1 coeng4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Cheklaahpgok Gwokjai Gēichèuhng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) is an international airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport, to distinguish it from its predecessor, the former Kai Tak Airport.
Opened in 1998, Hong Kong International Airport is the world's busiest cargo gateway and one of the world's busiest passenger airports.[4] It is also home to one of the world's largest passenger terminal buildings, which was the largest when the airport opened.
The airport is operated by Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), a statutory body of the Hong Kong government established on 1 December 1995.[5] It runs 24 hours a day and is the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, Greater Bay Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, HK Express and Air Hong Kong (cargo carrier). The airport is one of the hubs of Oneworld, and is also one of the Asia-Pacific cargo hubs for UPS Airlines.[6] It is a focus city for China Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. Ethiopian Airlines utilizes Hong Kong as a stopover point for their flights.[7]
Hong Kong International Airport, which employed about 60,000 people at the start of 2024,[8] is an important contributor to Hong Kong's economy. The economic contribution generated by Hong Kong’s air travel industry in 2018 amounted to US$33 billion, 10.2% of Hong Kong’s GDP.[9] More than 100 airlines operate flights from the airport to over 180 cities across the globe. In 2015, HKIA handled 68.5 million passengers,[4] making it the 8th busiest airport worldwide by passenger traffic and the 4th busiest airport worldwide by international passenger traffic.[10] Since 2010, it has also surpassed Memphis International Airport to become the world's busiest airport by cargo traffic (except in 2020 due to disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic).[11]
- ^ "Three-runway System Development Crosses Milestone as Runway Re-designation Completed". Three Runway System. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RUNWAY CLOSURE PROGRAMME" (PDF). Hong Kong Aeronautical Information Services. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Provisional Civil International - Air Traffic Statistics at HKIA" (PDF). December 2023.
- ^ a b "About Hong Kong Airport". Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ 홍콩국제공항 (in Korean). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "UPS Air Operations Facts - UPS Pressroom". Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Bright, Craig (14 November 2017). "Ethiopian Airlines is shaking up its Asia-Pacific routings".
- ^ Westbrook, Laura (27 January 2024). "Hong Kong on track to restore passenger traffic to pre-pandemic levels by end of year, senior Airport Authority official says". South China Morning Post. South China Morning Post Publishers Limited. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
The airport has 60,000 staff, 18,000 fewer than the 78,000 employed before the Covid-19 pandemic.
- ^ "THE IMPORTANCE OF AIR TRANSPORT TO HONG KONG (SAR), CHINA". The International Air Transport Association.
- ^ "Year to date Passenger Traffic". ACI. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Denslow, Neil (26 January 2011). "Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Airport Become Biggest for Freight". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.