It's a good season to visit Wuhan. So, how to get to Wuhan? How many airports are there in Wuhan? Which district is Wuhan airport located in?
1. Wuhan Tianhe International Airport
Wuhan Tianhe International Airport is located in Huangpi District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. It is 25km away from the center of Wuhan. It is a 4f level civil international airport. It is one of China's eight regional hub airports, an international regular flight airport, a class I open air port and an international alternate Airport.
Wuhan Tianhe International Airport was officially opened to traffic on April 15, 1995, named as Wuhan Tianhe Airport; it was confirmed as an international airport in 2000; the second phase expansion project was completed in April 2008. The phase III expansion project was substantially started in June 2013, passed the completion acceptance in June 2017, and passed the industry acceptance and put into use in August 2017.
As of July 2017, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport has three terminals with a total area of 659800 square meters, two runways with a length of 3400 meters and 3600 meters, a total of 153 seats and 20000 square meters of cargo depots, which can meet the needs of 35 million passengers, 440000 tons of cargo and mail throughput, and 404000 aircraft take-off and landing. There are 170 domestic and foreign routes, including international routes 53 (regional) routes.
In 2016, the passenger throughput of Wuhan Tianhe International Airport was 20.772 million, an increase of 9.7% year on year; the cargo and mail throughput was 175300 tons, an increase of 13.3% year on year; the transport take-off and landing sorties were 175000, an increase of 6.9% year on year, ranking 14th, 16th and 16th respectively in China.
The T3 terminal of Wuhan Tianhe International Airport was officially opened at 06:00 on August 31, 2017. All flights, buses and taxis of the original T1 and T2 terminals were transferred to T3 terminal for operation.
2. Wuhan Hannan general Airport
Wuhan Hannan general airport is the first general airport in Wuhan city. The project is located in the demonstration park of industrial new town of Wuhan Economic Development Zone (Hannan District). It is the core component of the navigation Industrial Park of Wuhan Economic Development Zone. After the completion of the airport, it will have three major functions: Aviation movement, navigation operation and general assembly of navigation aircraft. In November 2017, the first IAF world flier conference will be held here.
The 1600 meter long runway is the longest in the national navigation airport, and the largest in the world's single aircraft hangar. It can stop 8 Boeing 737 aircraft hellip; hellip; this record breaking Wuhan Hannan general airport was officially opened on October 26, 2017.
However, its record setting rhythm did not stop. The world pilots conference, held here on November 4th -7, will gather 1/10 of the nation's navigable aircraft, the largest number of domestic air shows. From a wasteland to today's tall airport, it took only eight months for the builders of Wuhan Development Zone.
The reporter came to Hannan general airport to see that the construction and interior decoration of the venue have been completed, and the taste of interior decoration has dissipated a lot, which was officially opened yesterday. Roads, street lights and traffic signs leading to the airport have also been completed. The greening of the functional area is in the process of finishing. It is expected to complete the laying of 430000 square meters of turf in the functional area of the event and the construction of the temporary parking lot for the conference on October 31.
The airport is ready for the opening of the 2017 world flying conference. Jing Xiangguo, director of flight standard Airworthiness Management Department of air traffic control center of General Administration of sport of China, introduced that there were more than 1000 aircrafts and aircrafts, and more than 1000 pilots, athletes, coaches, referees and officials from nearly 37 countries and regions will come to China in the future.
Why did Wuhan Development Zone choose the navigation industry for industrial transformation and upgrading? First of all, Wuhan has a unique advantage in transportation hub, and the headroom in Hannan area is very good, which is suitable for building a navigation airport. At the same time, the automobile industry in the development zone has gathered a large number of assembly line workers, which can quickly guide to the navigation industry, which can not be replicated in other places.