Wuhan Airport
| Wuhan Tianhe International Airport 武汉 天河 国际 机场 |
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | ZHHH | ||
| IATA code | WUH | ||
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| Height above MSL | 34 m (112 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 26 km north of Wuhan | ||
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| opening | 1995 | ||
| operator | Hubei Airports Group Company | ||
| Terminals | 2 | ||
| Passengers | 20.7 million (2016) | ||
| Air freight | 248,067 (2012) | ||
| Flight movements |
128,440 | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 04/22 | 3400 m × 45 m concrete | ||
The Wuhan-Tianhe International Airport ( Chinese 武汉 天河 国际 机场 , Pinyin Wǔhàn Tiānhé Guójì Jīchǎng , English Wuhan Tianhe International Airport ) is the airport of the city of Wuhan in central China . It was opened in 1995 and, with 20.7 million passengers annually (2016), is one of the largest airports in China, making it the largest airport in central China. The reason is the central geographical location of Wuhan and Tianhe Airport in the network of Chinese airlines. The airport is u. a. a hub for Air China , China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines . In addition to many national connections, the airport also has many international connections. B. to Bangkok, Moscow, Osaka, Paris, Seoul and Singapore. In 2008 the airport was extensively expanded and received a second terminal building. Despite the expansion, the airport soon reached its capacity limits (14 million passengers in 2012 and 20.7 million in 2016). A second runway was opened in 2016. The new Terminal 3 has been in operation since mid-2017, which is larger than the two old Terminals 1 and 2 combined. The old Terminal 1 is currently (as of February 2018) being dismantled. The old Terminal 2 has been closed since Terminal 3 opened and is being converted into an Executive VIP Terminal.
Incidents
On 22 June 2000 a crashed Xian Y-7-100C of Wuhan Airlines ( Air vehicle registration number B-3479) as a result of wind shear , about 25 km from from Wuhan airport, where all 42 people on board and another 7 came on the ground died.
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Wuhan Airport Official Website (Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Airports in Hubei ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. CCTS China Travel, accessed April 25, 2013
- ↑ Statistics of the Chinese Aviation Authority (chin.) ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 121 kB)
- ↑ Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 ), accessed on April 25, 2013
- ^ Accident report B-3479 , Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 15, 2016.
