Shanghai Pudong International Airport

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Shanghai Pudong International Airport 上海浦东国际机场
Aerial view of Terminal 1 and 2
IATA: PVG ICAO: ZSPD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Shanghai Airport Authority
Serves	Shanghai
Location	Pudong, Shanghai, China
Opened	1 October 1999; 25 years ago (1999-10-01)
Hub for	Air China China Cargo Airlines China Eastern Airlines China Southern Airlines DHL Aviation FedEx Express Juneyao Air Shanghai Airlines Suparna Airlines UPS Airlines
Focus city for	Hainan Airlines
Operating base for	Spring Airlines
Elevation AMSL	4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates	31°08′36″N 121°48′19″E / 31.14333°N 121.80528°E / 31.14333; 121.80528
Website	www.shairport.com/enpd
Map
PVG/ZSPD Location in Shanghai Show map of Shanghai PVG/ZSPD Location in China Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17L/35R 4,000 13,123 Concrete 16R/34L 3,800 12,467 Concrete 17R/35L 3,400 11,155 Concrete 16L/34R 3,800 12,467 Concrete 15/33 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 54,476,397 Aircraft movements 433,867 Freight (in tons) 3,440,084
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Shanghai Pudong International Airport (IATA: PVG, ICAO: ZSPD) is the main international airport serving Shanghai, the largest city by population in China, and a major aviation hub of East Asia, and a major world airport.

Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic flights, while the city's other major airport, Shanghai–Hongqiao, mainly serves domestic and regional flights in East Asia. Located about 30 km (19 mi) east of the city center, Pudong Airport occupies a 40-square-kilometre (10,000-acre) site adjacent to the coastline in eastern Pudong. The airport is operated by Shanghai Airport Authority.

The airport is the main hub for China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines, and a major international hub for Air China, as well as a secondary hub for China Southern Airlines. It is also the hub for privately owned Juneyao Air and Spring Airlines, and an Asia-Pacific cargo hub for FedEx, UPS^[1] and DHL. The DHL hub, opened in July 2012, is reportedly the largest express hub in Asia.^[2]

Pudong Airport had two main passenger terminals, flanked on both sides by four operational parallel runways.^[3] A third passenger terminal was opened in 2021, in addition to a satellite terminal and two additional runways, which will raise its annual capacity from 60 million passengers to 80 million, along with the ability to handle six million tons of freight.^[4]

Pudong Airport is a fast-growing hub for both passenger and cargo traffic. With 3,440,084 metric tons handled in 2024, the airport is the world's third-busiest airport by cargo traffic. Pudong Airport also served a total of 54,476,397 passengers in 2023, making it the second-busiest airport in China after Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, sixth-busiest in Asia, and the twenty-first-busiest in the world. It is also the busiest international gateway of mainland China, with 35.25 million international passengers.^[5]

Shanghai Pudong is the busiest international hub in China, and about half of its total passenger traffic is international.^[6] Pudong Airport is connected to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport by Shanghai Metro Line 2 and the Shanghai Maglev Train via Pudong International Airport Station. There are also airport buses connecting it with the rest of the city.