Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Date：2017-07-13 | Hits：571
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, IATA: CTU, ICAO: ZUUU is located at the junction of Shuangliu District and Wuhou District of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, about 16 kilometers northeast of Chengdu city center. It is a 4F-class international aviation hub, one of the eight regional hub airports in China, and an aviation hub and passenger and cargo distribution center in China's inland region.
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport was formerly known as Chengdu Shuanggui Temple Airport, which was built in 1938. On December 12, 1956, Chengdu Shuangguisi Airport was renamed Chengdu Shuangliu Airport. [7] On November 30, 1995, Chengdu Shuangliu Airport was approved to be renamed Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. On August 9, 2012, Terminal 2 of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport was officially opened.
According to the information on the official website of the airport in August 2017, the airport has two terminals with a waiting area of 500,000 square meters, which can meet the annual passenger throughput of 50 million passengers, and has three air cargo terminals. There are 2 parallel runways and 3 aircraft parking areas, with a total area of 9,412,700 square meters; A total of 228 parking stands (as of January 2020); It has opened 270 air routes to 209 cities at home and abroad.
In 2019, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport completed a total passenger throughput of 55.858,552 million passengers, an increase of 5.5% year-on-year, ranking fourth in the country; The cargo throughput was 67,1903.9 tons, an increase of 1.0%, ranking 6th in the country; Aircraft took off and landed 366,887, a year-on-year increase of 4.2%, ranking fifth in the country