Chengdu Tianfu International Airport

Chengdu Tianfu International Airport

成都天府国际机场
Aerial view of the airport in 2021
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorSichuan Provincial Airport Group
ServesChengdu
LocationLujia, Jianyang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Opened27 June 2021 (2021-06-27)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL440 m / 1,444 ft
Coordinates30°19′08″N 104°26′42″E / 30.319°N 104.445°E / 30.319; 104.445
Websitesctfia.com
Map
TFU is located in Sichuan
TFU
TFU
Location in Sichuan
TFU is located in China
TFU
TFU
Location in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 4,000[1] 13,123 Concrete
02/20 3,200[2] 10,499 Concrete
11/29 3,800 12,467 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers44,786,101
Aircraft movements329,559
Cargo (in tons)245,896.7
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
Simplified Chinese成都天府国际机场
Traditional Chinese成都天府國際機場

Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (IATA: TFU, ICAO: ZUTF; abbreviated as Tianfu Airport) is one of two international airports serving Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Southwestern China.

The airport is located at Lujia Town, Jianyang, Chengdu, 51 kilometers (32 mi) southeast of Downtown Chengdu. It is named after the Tianfu New Area, a development zone for Chengdu in which the airport is.[3] Construction began in May 2016 and the airport opened on 27 June 2021.

In 2023, both Chengdu Tianfu International Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport handled a total of 538,000 flight takeoffs and landings, with a passenger volume of 74.924 million. The annual passenger volume makes Chengdu 3rd among the cities with airport systems in China.[4] Chengdu Tianfu International Airport alone ranks 39th between the busiest airports in the world, the fifth-busiest in China when ranked by passenger traffic (44,786,101 passengers in 2023 alone).

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  4. ^ "成都航空枢纽2023年旅客吞吐量近7500万人次". www.sc.chinanews.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

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