Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
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| Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport 成都双流国际机场 Chéngdū Shuāngliú Guójì Jīchǎng |
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| IATA: CTU - ICAO: ZUUU | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Government | ||
| Serves | Chengdu | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,625 ft (495 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 02/20 | 11,811 | 3,600 | Concrete |
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (IATA: (CTU, ICAO: ZUUU) simplified Chinese: 成都双流国际机场; pinyin: Chéngdū Shuāngliú Guójì Jīchǎng) is the major airport in Chengdu, China. It's the fifth busiest airport in China and 96th all over the world.[citation needed] The airport started service in 1938 as a military airport in the second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Now it's an international civil airport with flights to more than 20 international destinations and most domestic airports. There's an express-way connecting downtown Chengdu with the airport, and the planned subway system will connect to the airport as well. It's located in the north of Shuangliu County, about 16km southwest from the downtown of Chengdu. It has the IATA Airport Code CTU. It is a hub for Air China and the Main hub for Sichuan Airlines.
- Air China (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing, Chongqing, Changsha, Fukuoka, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Nanchang, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Singapore, Seoul-Incheon, Tokyo-Narita, Urumqi, Wuhan, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xi'an)
- Shandong Airlines (Jinan)
- Air Macau (Macau)
- Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
- Cathay Pacific
- Dragonair (Hong Kong)
- China Eastern Airlines (Jiuzhaigou, Jinan, Jinghong, Kunming, Lanzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai-Pudong, Qingdao, Wuhan, Xi'an)
- China Southern Airlines (Changsha, Guangzhou, Guilin, Shantou, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan)
- Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Changsha, Ningbo, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Xi'an, Xining)
- Hong Kong Express Airways (Hong Kong)
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
- Orient Thai Airlines (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
- Okay Airways (Tianjin)
- Philippine Airlines (Manila) [begins March 18]
- Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
- Shenzhen Airlines (Guangzhou, Nanning, Shenzhen, Wuxi)
- Sichuan Airlines (Beijing, Chongqing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Nanchang, Qingdao, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xi'an)
- Singapore Airlines
- Silkair (Singapore)
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
- United Eagle Airlines (Beijing, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanchong)
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