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Shanghai Pudong International Airport

Main airport serving Shanghai, China

Summary

Main airport serving Shanghai, China

Field	Value
name	Shanghai Pudong
International Airport
nativename	上海浦东国际机场
image	Shanghai Pudong International Airport logo (2021).svg
image2	Shanghai Pudong Airport 2024 (cropped).jpg
image2-width	280
caption2	Aerial view of the two terminals and satellite concourse with the 4-runway system (2024)
IATA	PVG
ICAO	ZSPD
type	Public
owner-oper	Shanghai Airport Authority
city-served	Shanghai
location	Pudong, Shanghai, China
opened
hub	{{ubl	class=nowrap
focus_city	Hainan Airlines
operating_base	Spring Airlines
elevation-m	4
metric-elev	yes
coordinates
website
pushpin_map	China Shanghai#China
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Shanghai##Location in China
pushpin_label	PVG/ZSPD
metric-rwy	yes
r1-number	17L/35R
r1-length-m	4,000
r1-surface	Concrete
r2-number	16R/34L
r2-length-m	3,800
r2-surface	Concrete
r3-number	17R/35L
r3-length-m	3,400
r3-surface	Concrete
r4-number	16L/34R
r4-length-m	3,800
r4-surface	Concrete
r5-number	15/33
r5-length-m	3,400
r5-surface	Concrete
stat1-header	Passengers
stat1-data	76,787,039
stat2-header	Aircraft movements
stat2-data	528,074
stat3-header	Freight (in tons)
stat3-data	3,778,331
stat-year	2024
footnotes	Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

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Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of the two international airports serving Shanghai, China.

Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic flights, while the city's other major airport, Shanghai–Hongqiao, mainly serves domestic and regional flights in East Asia. Located about 30 km east of the city center, Pudong Airport occupies a 10000 acre site adjacent to the coastline in eastern Pudong. The airport is operated by Shanghai Airport Authority.

The airport is the main hub for China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines, and a major international hub for Air China, as well as a secondary hub for China Southern Airlines. It is also the hub for privately owned Juneyao Air and Spring Airlines, and an Asia-Pacific cargo hub for FedEx, UPS and DHL. The DHL hub, opened in July 2012, is reportedly the largest express hub in Asia.

Pudong Airport had two main passenger terminals, flanked on both sides by four operational parallel runways. A third passenger terminal was started in 2021, in addition to a satellite terminal and two additional runways, which will raise its annual capacity from 60 million passengers to 80 million, along with the ability to handle six million tons of freight.

Pudong Airport is a fast-growing hub for both passenger and cargo traffic. With 3,778,331 metric tons handled in 2024, the airport is the world's second-busiest airport by cargo traffic. Pudong Airport also served a total of 76,787,039 passengers in 2024, making it the busiest airport in China, fourth-busiest in Asia, and the tenth-busiest in the world. It is also the busiest international gateway of mainland China, with 35.25 million international passengers.

Shanghai Pudong is the busiest international hub in China, and about half of its total passenger traffic is international. Pudong Airport is connected to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport by Shanghai Metro Line 2, the Shanghai Maglev Train via Pudong Airport Terminal 1&2 station and the Airport Link Line (Shanghai Suburban Railway). There are also airport buses connecting it with the rest of the city.

History

Early development

Construction of the first phase of the new Shanghai Pudong International Airport began in October 1997, took two years to build at a cost of RMB 12 billion (US$1.67 billion), and was officially opened on 1 October 1999 and it replaced Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport as Shanghai's primary airport which was the city’s only commercial airport until the completion of Pudong International Airport. Most international flights were gradually moved to Pudong after its opening.

A second runway was opened on 17 March 2005, and construction of phase two (including a second terminal, a third runway and a cargo terminal) began in December 2005 and started operation on 26 March 2008, in time for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.

In November 2011, Pudong Airport received approval from the national government for a new round of expansion which includes two runways. The 3,800 m fourth runway, along with an auxiliary taxiway and traffic control facilities, is projected to cost 2.58 billion yuan (US$403 million). The 3,400 m fifth runway, along with a new traffic tower, will cost 4.65 billion yuan (US$726.6 million). Construction was completed in 2015 and has doubled the capacity of the airport.

Ongoing expansion

Pudong International Airport officially started the third phase of the Pudong International Airport expansion with the construction on a new south satellite terminal on 29 December 2015. The new satellite terminal will be the world's largest single satellite terminal with a total construction area of 622,000 m2, which is larger than the Pudong International Airport T2 terminal building (485,500 m2). The satellite terminal is composed of two halls, S1 and S2, forming an H-shaped structure. It will have an annual design capacity of 38 million passengers, The total cost of the project is estimated to be about 20.6 billion yuan. Halls S1 and S2 will have 83 gates. A high capacity people mover connecting T1 to S1 and T2 to S2 will be constructed. After the completion of the satellite terminal in 2019, Pudong International Airport will have an annual passenger capacity of 80 million passengers, ranking among the top ten airports in the world by capacity.

As of October 2019, the satellite terminal is in operation and connected by people movers to the main Terminals 1 and 2.

By 6 January 2021, work on Pudong Airport T3 began on the south side of the airfield. The new terminal is anticipated to serve 50 million annual passengers when it opens according to city officials, while the entire airport is expected to have 130 million passengers by 2030. Several public transport lines will be extended to T3.

|File:Shanghai Pudong International Airport Aerodrome Chart.svg|Shanghai Pudong International Airport Aerodrome Chart |File:ZSPD Layout.svg|The layout of Shanghai Pudong International Airport |File:View of PVG 230602.jpg|View of Shanghai Pudong International Airport from above

Facilities

Terminal 1 was opened to public and officially opened on 1 October 1999 along with a 4000 m runway and a cargo hub.

Terminal 2 was officially opened to the public on 26 March 2008 along with the third runway, making the entire airport capable of handling 60 million passengers and 4.2 million tons of cargo annually. Terminal 2 is shaped like Terminal 1, although it more closely resembles a wave, and is slightly larger than Terminal 1. Terminal 2 also has more floor areas than Terminal 1. Terminal 2 is primarily used by Air China and other Star Alliance members.

Construction on an additional satellite concourse facility to accommodate further gates and terminal space started on 29 December 2015 and officially opened in September 2019. It is the largest stand-alone satellite airport terminal buildings in the world at 622000 m2.

The satellite terminals (S1 and S2) are connected to the main terminals (T1 and T2) by the Shanghai Pudong Airport automatic people mover, an underground automated metro system. The West line connects terminals T1 and S1, and the East line connects terminals T2 and S2.

The airport has been using the Airport Collaborative Decision Making system (A-CDM) developed by the aviation data service company VariFlight since January 2017. The system is aimed to improve on-time performance and safety of the airport's operations. By June 2017, Shanghai Pudong airport recorded 62.7% punctuality rate, which was a 15% increase compared to the same period previous year.

|File:上海浦东机场T1 - panoramio.jpg|Interior of Terminal 1 |File:Delta Air Lines check-in area K at ZSPD T1 (20191112180928).jpg|Check-in counters at Terminal 1 |File:20230720 Interior of Terminal 2 of Shanghai Pudong International Airport.jpg|Interior of Terminal 2 |File:All Nippon Airways check-in counters at ZSPD T2 (20191112165851).jpg|Check-in counters at Terminal 2 |File:202309 Eastern Commercial Center in PVG Concourse H.jpg|Interior of the Satellite concourse

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Statistics

Year	Passengers	% change	Aircraft movements
26,788,586		231,994
28,920,432	8.0%	253,532	2,559,098
28,235,691	2.4%	265,735	2,603,027
31,921,009	13.1%	287,916	2,543,394
40,578,621	27.1%	332,126	3,228,081
41,447,730	2.1%	344,086	3,085,268
44,880,164	8.3%	361,720	2,938,157
47,189,849	5.1%	371,190	2,928,527
51,687,894	9.5%	402,105	3,181,654
60,098,073	16.3%	449,171	3,275,231
66,002,414	9.8%	479,902	3,440,280
70,001,237	6.1%	496,774	3,835,600
74,006,331	5.7%	504,794	3,768,573
76,153,455	2.9%	581,848	3,624,230
30,476,531	59.9%	325,678	3,686,627
32,206,814	5.6%	349,524	3,982,616
14,178,385	56.0%	204,378	3,117,215.6
54,496,397	285.2%	433,867	3,440,084.3
76,787,039	41.0%	528,074	3,778,331.0

Ground transportation

Rail transit

Shanghai Suburban Railway Airport Link Line

The Airport Link Line of Shanghai Suburban Railway commenced operation on 27 December 2024.

High-speed rail

The airport will be directly linked to Shanghai East railway station in 2027.

|File:A maglev train coming out, Pudong International Airport, Shanghai.jpg|A maglev train departing Pudong airport |File:201908 Switchback Track at Metro PVG Station.jpg|Shanghai Metro Line 2 links city center and Pudong airport|File:The Airport Link Line Platform of Pudong Airport Terminal 1&2 Station in Shanghai 2024.jpg|Airport Link Line Platform of Pudong Airport Terminal 1 & 2 Station|File:Shanghai Rail Transit Network en.png|Shanghai rail transit map, Shanghai}}

Accidents and incidents

On 28 November 2009, an Avient Aviation McDonnell Douglas MD-11F cargo plane registered to Zimbabwe (registration: Z-BAV) departing for Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan crashed into a warehouse near the runway of the airport due to a tailstrike that caught fire during takeoff and broke into several pieces with seven people on board. Three people died and four were injured.
On 22 July 2020, an Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Boeing 777 freighter aircraft as Flight 3739 caught fire while parked at Pudong International Airport as it prepared for a trip to São Paulo, Brazil and to Santiago, Chile via Addis Ababa, shortly after landing from Brussels, Belgium. No injuries were reported.

References

Wikipedia Source

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