Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (IATA: SHA, ICAO: ZSSS) (Simplified Chinese: 上海虹桥国际机场, Traditional Chinese: 上海虹橋國際機場, Pinyin: Shànghǎi Hóngqiáo Guójì Jīcháng, Translation: Rainbow Bridge International Airport) is one of the two airports in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The airport is in the western part of a still relatively urban area of Shanghai. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ...

History

Before the construction of Shanghai Pudong International Airport in 1999, Hongqiao Airport served as Shanghai's main international airport. The airport presently has only one international flight with "city-to-city" service to central Tokyo's Haneda Airport which started on September 29th 2007. ^[1] Later, services will start to central Seoul's Gimpo International Airport. Shanghai Pudong International Airport (IATA: PVG, ICAO: ZSPD) (SSE: 600009) (Simplified Chinese上海浦东国际机场, Traditional Chinese 上海浦東國際機場, pinyin ShànghÇŽi PÇ”dōng Guójì JÄ«cháng) is an airport located in the eastern part of Pudong district of Shanghai, China. ... This article is about the year. ... Tokyo International Airport ) (IATA: HND, ICAO: RJTT), located in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the two primary airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. ... Gimpo International Airport (Hangul: 김포국제공항; Hanja:金浦國際空港; Revised Romanization of Korean: Gimpo Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Kimpo Kukche Konghang), commonly known as Gimpo Airport (IATA: GMP, ICAO: RKSS) (formerly Kimpo International Airport), is located in the far western end of Seoul and was the main international airport for Seoul and South...

One taxi rank serves the airport from the arrivals level. A bus stop provides various services to other parts of the city. As of October 2003, one minibus route terminates at Jing An Temple station, and costs CNY 4.50. An extension of Shanghai Metro Line 2 to the airport is under construction. A taxi stand (also called taxi rank, cab stand, or hack stand) is a queue area on a street or on private property where taxicabs line up to wait for passengers. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jingan Temple (靜安寺, lit. ... Shanghai Metro, Line 2 While Line 1 form the north-south axis of the network, this Line 2 form the west-east axis of the network since 1999. ...

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport has won state approval for a 15.3 billion yuan expansion that features a second runway and a new terminal. The growth plan for the smaller of the city's two airports is expected to boost Hongqiao's capacity to 40 million passengers a year by 2015, according to the statement. The expansion project comprises a 3,300-meter runway and a new terminal with an area of 250,000 square meters, plus new public facilities.

Currently under construction, the proposed extension Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport of the Shanghai Maglev Train will be from Longyang Road through Shanghai South Railway Station to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. When finished, then the track will be 55km and also have a travel time of 15 minutes between the two airports. So far, the Hangzhou extension has been postponed. Shanghai Maglev Train Maglev train stopping at terminus Longyang Road station Inside the Shanghai Transrapid maglev Inside the Shanghai Transrapid maglev VIP section Shanghai Maglev Train (Shanghai Transrapid) (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Shanghai Magnetic Levitation Demonstration Operation Line) is the first commercial high-speed maglev line in the world. ... Shanghai South Railway Station (上海南站) is a railway and metro station in the city of Shanghai. ...

Airlines and destinations

Domestic passenger flights

• Air China (Beijing, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hohhot, Kunming, Qingdao, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yantai)
• China Eastern Airlines (Beijing, Changsha, Datong, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hefei, Hohhot, Huangyan, Jinan, Jinjiang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Linyi, Liuzhou, Luoyang, Nanchang, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shantou, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tunxi, Urumqi, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xuzhou, Yantai, Yibin, Yichang, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan)
• China Southern Airlines (Beijing, Changsha, Dayong, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Kunming, Nanning, Nanyang, Sanya, Shantou, Urumqi, Wuhan, Yantai, Zhengzhou)
• Deer Air (Lijiang City, Sanya)
• Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Changzhi, Dongying, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Weifang)
• Juneyao Airlines (Guilin, Sanya)
• Shandong Airlines (Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai)
• Shanghai Airlines (Baotou, Beijing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Jiujiang, Kunming, Linyi, Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanning, Qingdao, Shantou, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wanxian, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xiangfan, Xuzhou, Yantai, Yichang, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou)
• Shenzhen Airlines (Jingdezhen, Shenzhen)
• Spring Airlines (Changde, Guilin, Haikou, Mianyang, Nanchang, Qingdao, Sanya, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Zhuhai)
• Xiamen Airlines (Fuzhou, Jinjiang, Nanchang, Xiamen)

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International "city-to-city" services flights

• All Nippon Airways (Tokyo-Haneda)
• China Eastern Airlines (Tokyo-Haneda)
• Japan Airlines (Tokyo-Haneda)
• Shanghai Airlines (Tokyo-Haneda)

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References

1. ^ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-09/01/content_6073285.htm

External links

• Shanghai Airport website
• World Aero Data airport information for ZSSS