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
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Location in Sichuan
TFU is located in China
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Location in China
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.

T1 Main concourse, International Departure

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
  • Concourse of Terminal 1 (International Departure) of TFU
    Concourse of Terminal 1 (International Departure) of TFU
  • Terminal 1 (HK/MO/TW/Int'l Departure) of TFU
    Terminal 1 (HK/MO/TW/Int'l Departure) of TFU
  • GTC Area of Tianfu Int'l Airport
    GTC Area of Tianfu Int'l Airport
  • Dining Level at T1, Tianfu Int'l Airport
    Dining Level at T1, Tianfu Int'l Airport
  • Terminal 1, International Departure Concourse
    Terminal 1, International Departure Concourse
  • Security Check Area at Terminal 2
    Security Check Area at Terminal 2

Airlines and destinations

Tianfu International Airport 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 did not operate international flights until 26 March 2023, taking over most international and cargo routes from Shuangliu International Airport, with the latter specializing in domestic flights.[15] Beginning from March 28th, 2023, Air China will change the flight to Taipei Taoyuan from Chengdu Shuangliu to Chengdu Tianfu.[16]

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guangzhou
AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur–International
Air Astana Almaty
Air China Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Bazhong, Beihai, Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Colombo–Bandaranaike, Dali, Dalian, Daocheng, Dongying, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hami, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hengyang, Hong Kong, Hohhot, Huai'an, Huizhou, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta,[17] Jieyang, Jiuzhaigou, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kunming, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Lijiang, London–Heathrow, Mangshi, Manila, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Nyingchi, Panzhihua, Phuket, Qingdao, Qionghai, Quzhou, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shihezi, Shijiazhuang, Singapore, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tianjin, Ürümqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xichang, Xingyi, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yantai, Yiwu, Yuncheng, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Air Guilin Haikou
Air Macau Macau
Air Travel Altay, Baoshan, Changsha
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Bangkok Airways Koh Samui
Batik Air Malaysia Kuala Lumpur–International
Seasonal Charter: Kota Kinabalu, Langkawi
Beijing Capital Airlines Lijiang
Cambodia Airways Phnom Penh
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
Chengdu Airlines Aksu, Anqing, Baotou, Bayannur, Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Chizhou, Dazhou, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Hefei, Huangshan, Jiayuguan, Jieyang, Jinan, Jinchang, Jinggangshan, Koh Samui, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Lüliang, Nanning, Shangrao, Shaoguan, Shenyang, Weihai, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xichang, Xilinhot, Xining, Xinzhou, Xishuangbanna, Yinchuan, Yueyang, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan, Zunyi–Maotai
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Daxing, Changde, Changzhou, Dali, Diqing, Ezhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Huizhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Linyi, Liuzhou, Mangshi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Ordos, Phuket, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shiyan, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tengchong, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Xinyang, Yantai, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yushu, Zhuhai
China Express Airlines Aksu, Changzhi, Chengde, Dalian, Fuzhou, Nanyang, Shijiazhuang, Xishuangbanna
China Southern Airlines Daocheng, Guangzhou, Jieyang, Nanning, Shenzhen, Zhuhai
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Fuzhou, Sanya
Chongqing Airlines Shenzhen, Wuhan
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Taizhou, Yiwu
Donghai Airlines Nanjing, Nantong, Shenzhen
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
EVA Air Taipei–Taoyuan
GX Airlines Hohhot, Nanning
Hainan Airlines Baise, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Shanghai–Pudong, Ürümqi, Yulin (Shaanxi)
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Shijiazhuang
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong[18]
Jiangxi Air Nanchang
Juneyao Air Hefei, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Tongren, Wenzhou
Kunming Airlines Baoshan, Harbin, Yangzhou
Loong Air Changchun, Hangzhou, Harbin, Linyi, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tashkent, Tumxuk, Wenzhou, Wulong, Xiangyang, Xining, Xuzhou, Yinchuan
Lucky Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Cangyuan, Chiang Mai, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Haikou, Hefei, Hohhot, Kunming, Lancang, Lhasa, Ngari, Ningbo, Ninglang, Sanya, Tianjin, Ürumqi, Xinzhou, Xishuangbanna, Zhengzhou
Okay Airways Kalibo, Phuket
Pakistan International Airlines Islamabad
Qatar Airways Doha[19]
Qingdao Airlines Changchun, Erenhot, Ezhou, Hefei, Ningbo, Qingdao, Yinchuan, Zhanjiang
Shandong Airlines Jinan, Wulong
Shenzhen Airlines Hefei, Hong Kong, Lijiang, Nanchang, Nanning, Taiyuan, Yantai
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, Jieyang, Jinan, Jiuzhaigou, Karamay, Kathmandu, Korla, Krabi, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Linfen, Longnan, Luliang, Malé, Mangshi, Melbourne, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Ningbo, Nyingchi, Ordos, Osaka–Kansai, Phuket, Pu'er, Qingdao, Qingyang, Qionghai, Quanzhou, Rizhao, Rome–Fiumicino, Saint Petersburg,[20] Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Singapore, Sydney (begins 30 October 2023),[21] Taipei–Songshan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo–Narita, Tongren, Ürumqi, Vancouver, Wenshan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuhu, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yantai, Yichang, Yichun (Jiangxi), Yinchuan, Yining, Yulin (Guangxi), Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang
Singapore Airlines Singapore (ends 24 October 2023)[22]
Spring Airlines Aksu, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[23] Jiujiang, Lanzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Wulong, Yining
Thai Airways International Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang
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,[24] Zhengzhou[25] (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, Delhi,[26] Singapore[27]
Suparna Airlines Cargo Châlons-en-Champagne, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Prague, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen
UPS Airlines Almaty, Cologne/Bonn, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Warsaw–Chopin[28]

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.[29] 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.[30]

External transportation
Concourse of Tianfu International Airport Terminal 1&2 Station

High Way
  • Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Expressway connecting the airport to Chengdu's Third Ring Road.[31] Opened December 2020.[32]
  • Ziyang - Sanchahu Lake (Jianyang) Highway
  • Jianyang - Tianfu Airport - Renshou Highway

Metro (Subway)

Bus

High-speed Train

Taxi
  • Taxi and Car-hailing service from Tianfu Int'l Airport to city centre usually costs 150 to 250 Chinese Yuan (fees included).

Visa-exemption transit

144-hour Visa-free Transit

Holders of passports issued by 53 countries do not require a visa for a 144-hour stay if they are transiting through Chengdu Tianfu International Airport / Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport of entry, provided that they: [33][34]

  • hold passports valid for at least 3 months from the date of intended arrival and visas for the destination countries (if required); and
  • hold ticket receipts (with confirmed seats, if applicable) departing in 144 hours, which shows that their first destination (including stopovers of any kind) outside China is located in a third country. Hong Kong and Macau are considered as third territories for transit purposes.
24/144-hour Visa-exemption Int'l Transit Application Counter at Chengdu Tianfu Int'l Airport

In order to qualify for the 144-hour visa-free transit, the traveler's inbound and outbound flights must directly arrive at and depart from one of the acceptable ports of entry from or to a third country (including one of the two SARs of Hong Kong and Macau). Both flights must have no stopovers of any kind within mainland China prior to arrival or after departure at the port of entry, and the outbound flight's first stop or destination must be in a different country than the inbound flight's. Travels between U.S. territories and the contiguous U.S. are also ineligible for the 144-hour TWOV, unless one of their flights has a stopover in a third country or a SAR.

A passenger who completed the inspection process will be given a temporary entry permit, which may be in the form of a stamp or a sticker, with the approved area of stay as well as date of entry and departure. [35]

Travelers utilizing the 144-hour visa-free transit scheme at Chengdu (both Chengdu Tianfu International Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport) are authorized to travel within the region of 11 cities in Sichuan Province during the period, including Chengdu City, Leshan City, Deyang City, Suining City, Meishan City, Ya'an City, Ziyang City, Neijiang City, Zigong City, Luzhou City, and Yibin City.[36]

Eligible countries[37]
  1. for British passport holders, only British citizens are eligible.
  2. Visa exemption in general

24-hour Visa-free Transit

Under the 24-hour Visa-exemption policy, visa is not required for travelers who:

  • hold a passport valid for at least 3 months from the date of entry;
  • arrive by air, cruise ship or train (except for arriving at certain airports listed below);
  • hold confirmed air, cruise ship or train tickets to a third-country final destination outside mainland China departing in 24 hours (standby tickets are not allowed); and,
  • depart mainland China on a flight, cruise ship or train within 24 hours after arrival.

Most nationalities are eligible for the 24-hour Visa-exemption International Transit.

See also

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