Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport
nativename-a = 深圳宝安国际机场
nativename-r = Shēnzhèn Bǎo'ān Guójì Jīchǎng


IATA = SZX
ICAO = ZGSZ
type = Public
owner =
operator = Shenzhen Airport Company Ltd.
city-served = Shenzhen
location =
elevation-f = 13
elevation-m = 4
coordinates = coord|22|38|22|N|113|48|39|E|type:airport
website = [http://www.szairport.com/ http://www.szairport.com/]
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 15/33
r1-length-f = 11,155
r1-length-m = 3,400
r1-surface = Concrete
footnotes =

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (zh-stp|s=深圳宝安国际机场|t=深圳寶安國際機場|p=Shēnzhèn Bǎo'ān Guójì Jīchǎng; formerly named Shenzhen Huangtian Airport) Airport codes|SZX|ZGSZ is located near Huangtian and Fuyong villages in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, the People's Republic of China. It is 32 km from the city centre (CBD) at Luohu District.

The airport was opened on 12 October, 1991. It occupies an area of 10.8 km². Its runway is 3400 m long and 45 m wide, and has 53 parking spaces on its apron.

As of 2003, there are 148 domestic destinations and 11 international destinations. It handled 10,842,800 passengers, and 406,600 tonnes of cargo. It also has ferry routes to Hong Kong International Airport, where passengers can transit without going through immigration and custom checks, like transit between two flights.

According to Airliner World August 2007, it handled 18,215,779 passengers, ranking 69th in the world. It also handled 559,293 tonnes of cargo, which places it 34th place of all airports in the world.

Shenzhen airport handled 20,619,154 passengers in 2007, according to Civil Aviation Administration of China, making itself the fifth busiest in China. The airport was also the 4th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic, registering 616,172 tonnes of freight. In terms of traffic movements, Shenzhen airport was the 6th busiest airport in China, 2007.

Airlines and destinations

Terminal A

Domestic

*China Southern Airlines (Beijing, Changsha, Changchun, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Dandong, Dayong, Fuzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Kunming, Lijiang, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nanyang, Ningbo, Qingdao, Quanzhou-Jinjiang, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Ürümqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xingyi, Yiwu, Zhengzhou)
*East Star Air (Wuhan)
*Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Haikou, Hohhot, Jinan, Lanzhou, Ningbo, Sanya, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Xi'an, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou)
*Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong)
*Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu, Chongqing)
*Xiamen Airlines (Fuzhou, Nanning, Quanzhou-Jinjiang, Xiamen)
*United Eagle Airlines (Chengdu, Liuzhou)

Terminal B

Domestic

*Air China (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Shanghai-Pudong, Tianjin)
*China Eastern Airlines (Changsha, Hangzhou, Hefei, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Wuhan, Xi'an)
*Shandong Airlines (Hangzhou, Jinan, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Yantai)
*Shenzhen Airlines (Beihai, Beijing, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Huangshan, Huangyan, Jinan, Jingdezhen, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Qingdao, Quzhou, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Ürümqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xiangfan, Xining, Xishuangbanna/Jinghong, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yuncheng, Zhangjiang, Zhengzhou)

International

*AirAsia (Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur)
**Thai AirAsia (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
*Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
*Bangkok Airways (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
*Heil Express (Macau)
*Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
*Shenzhen Airlines (Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon)
*SilkAir (Singapore)
*Tiger Airways (Singapore)

Cargo

*FedEx
*Jade Cargo International (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brescia, Houston-Intercontinental, Leipzig/Halle, Luxembourg, Manchester, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon, Stockholm-Arlanda, Venice, Tallinn)
*Transmile Air Services (Kuala Lumpur)
*Yangtze River Express (Dhaka, Hangzhou, Manila-Clark, Shanghai-Pudong)

ervice withdrawn

*Air Philippines
*Singapore Airlines (Service transferred to SilkAir)

Ground transport

Regular bus and minibus services links the Airport with the rest of the city. Intercity bus services to some other nearby cities such as Hong Kong and Dongguan are also available.

Local taxis, and often some taxis from Dongguan, can pick up passengers there.

TurboJET also operates fast ferries to Kowloon (Hong Kong), Macau and the Hong Kong International Airport at the nearby Fuyong Pier. Free shuttle buses connect the Pier and the Airport.

There is a new convenient bus connection from Kowloon in Hong Kong to Shenzhen Airport. In the recently completed Elements shopping centre above the Kowloon MTR station on the Tung Chung and the Airport Express line, there is a shop front waiting room where one can check-in and receive ones boarding pass, and then board a bus direct to Shenzhen airport. This in-town check-in in completely separate from the in-town check-in provided for Hong Kong International Airport. Ride the escalators up from the AE/MTR station to 1/F of the Elements Mall, turn right, and then look for Starbucks. It is opposite Starbucks. The bus uses the new western passage immigration facilities where both Hong Kong SAR and Chinese immigration formalities are completed under one roof. The cost of the service is $100HK and the bus is advertised to take 75 minutes (more like 90 minutes in reality). Buses currently run every half an hour from 7:30am to 5pm at Hong Kong side, and from 10am to 9pm at Shenzhen side.

For more information regarding transport to and from Hong Kong, [http://annatam.com/transport-from-shenzhen-airport-to-hong-kong/ click here]

ee also

*List of airports in the People's Republic of China

External links

* [http://www.szairport.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.shenzhen.gov.cn/ Shenzhen city government website] (in Simplified Chinese)
* [http://english.sz.gov.cn/ Shenzhen city government website] (in English)
* [http://gohongkong.about.com/od/traveltochina/a/Shenzhenaichea.htm Is Shenzhen Airport Cheaper than Hong Kong Airport]
* [http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/aboutus/a5forum.html PRD A5 Forum]
* [http://gohongkong.about.com/od/traveltochina/a/TransportShenAi.htm Transport to Shenzhen Airport]
* [http://www.hotlong.com/headline/index.cfm/2001-10-17/2/127138.html Name change of the airport] (in Simplified Chinese)
*WAD|ZGSZ