Shanghai Pudong International Airport

Shanghai Pudong
International Airport

上海浦东国际机场
Aerial view of the two terminals and satellite concourse with the 4-runway system (2024)
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorShanghai Airport Authority
ServesShanghai
LocationPudong, Shanghai, China
Opened1 October 1999 (1999-10-01)
Hub for
Focus city forHainan Airlines
Operating base forSpring Airlines
Elevation AMSL4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates31°08′36″N 121°48′19″E / 31.14333°N 121.80528°E / 31.14333; 121.80528
Websitewww.shairport.com/enpd
Map
PVG/ZSPD
Location in Shanghai
PVG/ZSPD
Location in 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 (2024)
Passengers76,787,039
Aircraft movements528,074
Freight (in tons)3,778,331
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Simplified Chinese上海浦东国际机场
Traditional Chinese上海浦東國際機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShànghǎi Pǔdōng Guójì Jīchǎng
Bopomofoㄕㄤˋ   ㄏㄞˇ   ㄆㄨˇ   ㄉㄨㄥ   ㄍㄨㄛˊ   ㄐㄧˋ   ㄐㄧ   ㄔㄤˇ
Wade–GilesShang4-hai3 Pʻu3-tung1 Kuo2-chi4 Chi1-chʻang3
Tongyong PinyinShànghǎi Pǔ-dong Guó-jì Ji-chǎng
IPA[ʂâŋ.xàɪ pʰù.tʊ́ŋ kwǒ.tɕî tɕí.ʈʂʰàŋ]

Shanghai Pudong International Airport (IATA: PVG, ICAO: ZSPD) is one of the two international airports serving Shanghai, China.

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 and DHL. The DHL hub, opened in July 2012, is reportedly the largest express hub in Asia.

Pudong Airport had two main passenger terminals, flanked on both sides by four operational parallel runways. A third passenger terminal was started 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.

Pudong Airport is a fast-growing hub for both passenger and cargo traffic. With 3,778,331 metric tons handled in 2024, the airport is the world's second-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.

Shanghai Pudong is the busiest international hub in China, and about half of its total passenger traffic is international. Pudong Airport is connected to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport by Shanghai Metro Line 2 and the Shanghai Maglev Train via Pudong Airport Terminal 1&2 station. There are also airport buses connecting it with the rest of the city.