Chengdu Tianfu International Airport

Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (IATA: TFU, ICAO: ZUTF) is a major air hub of Western China and one of the two international airports serving Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, the other one being Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU).

See also: Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport

成都天府国际机场
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorSichuan Provincial Airport Group
ServesChengdu, Sichuan, China
LocationJianyang, Chengdu
Opened27 June 2021 (2021-06-27)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL440 m / 1,444 ft
Coordinates30.319°N 104.445°E / 30.319; 104.445
Map
TFU is located in Sichuan
TFU
TFU
TFU is located in China
TFU
TFU
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 4,000[1] 13,123 Concrete
02/20 3,200[2] 10,499 Concrete
11/29 3,800 12,467 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers4,354,758
Aircraft movements37,103
Cargo (in tons)19,853.7
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
Simplified Chinese成都天府国际机场
Traditional Chinese成都天府國際機場

The airport is located at Lujia Town, Jianyang, Chengdu, 51 kilometers (32 mi) southeast of Downtown Chengdu. It is named after the Tianfu New Area, a development zone for Chengdu in which the airport is. Construction began in May 2016 and the airport opened on 27 June 2021.

History

Plans for a new airport for Chengdu had been in place since 2007.[3] In May 2011, officials confirmed the planning process for selecting a location had started.[4] In June 2013, the Civil Aviation Administration of China officially confirmed and approved Jianyang's Lujia Town as the location for the new airport.[5]

In January 2015, the State Council and Central Military Commission approved the new airport project,[6] and the official name Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (Chinese: 成都天府国际机场) was finalized by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in September 2015.[7][8]

In January 2021, flight testing was done[9][10] and on 27 June 2021, the first commercial flight departed from the airport.[11]

Design

The airport is intended to become the third-largest airport hub in China, after Beijing and Shanghai. The airport opened with three runways (two north-south and one east-west) with two terminals with a capacity of 60 million passengers per year by 2025 and a cargo capacity of 24.45 thousand tonnes.[12]

The full plan includes six runways and four terminals with the capacity to handle 90 million passengers per year.[13] On June 1, 2015, the Sichuan Provincial Airport Group announced a general design scheme for the airport. The winning design was by China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute, China Airport Construction Group Corporation, and French architectural firm ADP Ingenierie.

The airport features two terminal buildings in the shape of the mythical Sunbird, used as a logo for the city of Chengdu. From a central hollow circular core, 6 arms radiate outwards with both terminals mirroring the other.[14]

  • Departure concourse of Terminal 2
    Departure concourse of Terminal 2
  • Security area of Terminal 2
    Security area of Terminal 2
  • Airside of Terminal 2
    Airside of Terminal 2
  • Arrival area of Terminal 2
    Arrival area of Terminal 2
  • Border Control Area at Terminal 1 of TFU
    Border Control Area at Terminal 1 of TFU
  • Terminal 1 of Tianfu International Airport
    Terminal 1 of Tianfu International Airport

Airlines and destinations
Concourse of Terminal 1 (International Departure) of TFU
Terminal 1 (International Departure) of TFU

Tianfu is a major base for Air China. The flag carrier operates maintenance facilities, a 1,500-bed staff hostel, and a 2,950 m2 (31,800 sq ft) lounge at the airport.[12] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the airport currently does not operate international flights.[15] However, operation of international flights will begin in March 2023 and it is planned for Tianfu to take over most international and cargo routes from Shuangliu, with the latter specializing in domestic flights.[16] Beginning from March 28th, 2023, Air China will change the flight to Taipei Taoyuan from Chengdu Shuangliu to Chengdu Tianfu.[17]

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guangzhou
AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur–International (begins 1 July 2023)[18]
Air Astana Almaty[19]
Air China Bangkok–Don Mueang (begins 22 May 2023),[20] Bazhong, Beihai, Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Colombo–Bandaranaike (begins 3 July 2023),[21] Dali, Dalian, Daocheng, Dongying, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hami, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hengyang, Hong Kong, Hohhot, Huizhou, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta,[22] Jieyang, Jiuzhaigou, Kathmandu,[23] Kunming, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Lijiang, London–Heathrow,[24] Mangshi, Nanchang, Nyingchi, Panzhihua, Phuket,[23] Qingdao, Qionghai, Quzhou, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon,[23] Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shihezi, Shijiazhuang, Singapore,[23] Taipei–Taoyuan,[25] Taiyuan,[26] Taizhou,[27] Tianjin, Ürümqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xichang, Xingyi, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yantai, Yiwu, Yuncheng, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Air Guilin Haikou[28]
Air Macau Macau[23]
Air Travel Altay,[29] Baoshan, Changsha
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon[30]
Bangkok Airways Koh Samui[23]
Batik Air Malaysia Kuala Lumpur–International (begins 7 July 2023)[31]
Beijing Capital Airlines Lijiang
Cambodia Airways Phnom Penh[23]
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong[23]
Chengdu Airlines Aksu, Anqing,[32] Baotou, Bayannur, Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Chizhou,[33] Dazhou, Dunhuang, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Huangshan, Jiayuguan, Jieyang, Jinan, Jinchang, Jinggangshan, Koh Samui,[34] Lanzhou,[35] Lijiang, Lüliang, Nanning, Shangrao, Shaoguan, Shenyang, Weihai, Wenzhou,[32] Xiamen, Xichang, Xilinhot,[36] Xining,[37] Xinzhou, Xishuangbanna,[38] Yinchuan, Yueyang,[32] Zhangjiajie,[32] Zhengzhou,[32] Zhoushan, Zunyi–Maotai[39]
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan[40]
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Changde, Changzhou, Dali,[41] Diqing, Ezhou,[42] Hangzhou, Hefei, Jieyang,[39] Kunming, Lanzhou,[43] Linyi, Liuzhou,[39] Mangshi, Nanjing, Ningbo, Ordos,[42] Phuket,[23] Qingdao, Quanzhou,[44] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shiyan,[44] Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tengchong, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen,[44] Xi'an, Xining, Xinyang, Yantai,[45] Yichang, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yushu, Zhuhai[46]
China Express Airlines Aksu,[38] Changzhi,[47] Chengde,[48] Dalian,[47] Fuzhou,[49] Nanyang,[49] Shijiazhuang,[48] Xishuangbanna[38]
China Southern Airlines Jieyang,[50] Shenzhen,[51] Zhuhai[46]
Chongqing Airlines Shenzhen,[52] Wuhan[52]
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Sanya[53]
Donghai Airlines Nanjing,[54] Nantong,[55] Shenzhen[55]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa[23]
EVA Air Taipei–Taoyuan
GX Airlines Nanning
Hainan Airlines Baise, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Shanghai–Pudong, Ürümqi
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Shijiazhuang
Juneyao Air Hefei,[56] Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Tongren, Wenzhou[57]
Kunming Airlines Baoshan, Harbin
Loong Air Changchun, Hangzhou, Harbin, Linyi, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tashkent, Tumxuk, Wenzhou, Wulong, Xiangyang, Xining, Xuzhou, Yinchuan
Lucky Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[58] Cangyuan, Chiang Mai, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Haikou, Hefei, Hohhot, Kangding, Kunming, Lancang, Lhasa, Ngari, Ningbo, Ninglang, Sanya, Tianjin, Ürumqi, Xinzhou, Xishuangbanna, Zhangjiakou, Zhengzhou
Qingdao Airlines Changchun, Erenhot, Ezhou, Hefei, Ningbo, Qingdao, Yinchuan, Zhanjiang
Shandong Airlines Jinan, Wulong
Shenzhen Airlines Hefei, Lijiang, Nanning, Taiyuan
Sichuan Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beihai, Beijing–Capital, Cairo, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chiang Mai, Dali, Dalian, Dandong, Daocheng, Dazhou, Dubai–International, Dunhuang, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Garze, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hailar, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Ho Chi Minh City, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Huizhou, Istanbul (begins 21 June 2023),[59][23] Jieyang, Jinan, Jiuzhaigou, Karamay, Kathmandu, Korla, Kunming, Krabi, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Linfen, Longnan, Los Angeles (begins 1 June 2023),[60] Luliang, Mangshi, Melbourne, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Ningbo, Nyingchi, Ordos, Osaka–Kansai, Phuket, Pu'er, Qingdao, Qingyang, Qionghai, Quanzhou, Rizhao, Rome–Fiumicino,[61] Saint Petersburg, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Singapore, Taipei–Songshan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo–Narita, Tongren, Ürumqi, Vancouver, Wenshan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuhu, Xiamen, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yantai, Yichang, Yichun (Jiangxi), Yinchuan, Yining, Yulin (Guangxi), Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang
Singapore Airlines Singapore[62]
Spring Airlines Aksu, Bangkok–Don Mueang,[23] Jiujiang, Lanzhou, Ningbo, Phuket (begins 21 June 2023),[60] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Wulong, Yining
Thai Airways International Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[63]
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang[23]
Urumqi Airlines Hotan, Kashgar
Vietnam Airlines Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
West Air Hefei, Jinan, Quanzhou
XiamenAir Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Air China Cargo Chicago–O'Hare, Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong
AirBridgeCargo Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Novosibirsk,[64] Zhengzhou[65] (suspended)
Cathay Pacific Cargo Hong Kong, Shanghai–Pudong
China Cargo Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
China Postal Airlines Nanjing
DHL Aviation Shanghai–Pudong
FedEx Express Anchorage, Delhi, Guangzhou
Lufthansa Cargo Bengaluru, Frankfurt, Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air Cargo Hanoi, Seoul–Incheon
SF Airlines Kathmandu, Lhasa, Shenzhen
Shenzhen Donghai Airlines Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Sichuan Airlines Cargo Bengaluru, Brussels, Chennai, Singapore[66]
Suparna Airlines Cargo Châlons-en-Champagne, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Prague, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen
UPS Airlines Almaty, Cologne/Bonn, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Warsaw–Chopin[67]

Ground transportation

Internal transportation

The two airport terminals will be connected by an Innovia automated people mover (APM) supplied by joint venture firm Puzhen Bombardier Transportation Systems Limited, which has also won the operations and maintenance contract.[68] To connect airport parking to the two terminal buildings there will be a personal rapid transit system, consisting of 6 miles (9.7 km) of guideway, 4 stations and 22 pods.[69]

Short term
Concourse of Tianfu International Airport Terminal 1&2 Station

Connections open:

Construction planned to be completed in time for the opening of the new terminal (status uncertain):

Medium term

See also

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