Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

成都双流国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorSichuan Provincial Airport Group
ServesChengdu
LocationShuangliu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Opened1938 (1938)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL495 m / 1,624 ft
Coordinates30°34′42″N 103°56′49″E / 30.57833°N 103.94694°E / 30.57833; 103.94694
Websitecdairport.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
CTU is located in Sichuan
CTU
CTU
Location in Sichuan
CTU is located in China
CTU
CTU
Location in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02R/20L 3,600 11,811 Concrete
02L/20R 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers40,117,496
Aircraft movements300,862
Freight (in tons)629,422
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Simplified Chinese成都双流国际机场
Traditional Chinese成都雙流國際機場

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (IATA: CTU, ICAO: ZUUU; traditionally as Chengdu Airport) is one of two international airports serving Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Southwestern China. It mainly serves domestic flights around China.

Located about 16 kilometers (10 mi) southwest of downtown Chengdu to the north of Shuangliu district, Shuangliu Airport is an important aviation hub for Western China. Shuangliu Airport is one of the two core hubs for Air China, the other being Beijing Capital International Airport. The airport is also the principal hub and headquarters for Sichuan Airlines and Chengdu Airlines. China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Lucky Air, and Tibet Airlines also have bases at Shuangliu Airport.

Shuangliu Airport was the third-busiest airport in the world and the second-busiest airport in China in 2020.[1]

  1. ^ "These Are the 10 Busiest Airports in the World". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

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