Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (IATA: SZX, ICAO: ZGSZ) serves Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is on the east bank of the Pearl River near Huangtian and Fuyong villages in Bao'an District, 32 km (20 mi) northwest of the city centre. It is a hub for Shenzhen Airlines and Shenzhen Donghai Airlines and for cargo airline SF Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Hainan Airlines. The airport also serves as an Asian-Pacific cargo hub for UPS Airlines.[1] The airport underwent major expansions in the 2010s, with a second runway opening in 2011, and a new terminal in 2013.

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport

深圳宝安国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorShenzhen Airport Company Ltd.
ServesShenzhen and southeastern Guangdong Province
Opened12 October 1991 (1991-10-12)
Hub for
Focus city forHainan Airlines
Elevation AMSL4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates22°38′22″N 113°48′39″E
Websiteeng.szairport.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
SZX is located in Guangdong
SZX
SZX
Location in Guangdong
SZX is located in China
SZX
SZX
Location in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 3,400 11,155 Concrete
16/34 3,800 12,467 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers36,358,185
Aircraft movements317,855
Tonnes of cargo1,568,274
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport
Simplified Chinese深圳宝安国际机场
Traditional Chinese深圳寶安國際機場

It is one of the three largest airports serving the Pearl River Delta, alongside Hong Kong International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The airport has direct ferry routes to Hong Kong International Airport, where passengers can transit without going through immigration and custom checks.[2]

History

The airport was opened on 12 October 1991. It occupies an area of 10.8 km2 (2,700 acres). Its first runway is 3400 m long and 45 m wide, and it has 53 parking spaces on its apron. Shenzhen airport handled 49,348,950 passengers in 2018, according to Civil Aviation Administration of China, making it the fifth busiest in mainland China. The airport was also China's fourth busiest and world's 24th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic, registering 1,218,502.2 tonnes of freight in 2018. In terms of passenger movements, Shenzhen airport was the 5th busiest airport in China in 2018. Air China launched the first intercontinental air route out of Shenzhen, to Frankfurt Airport, Germany, on 21 May 2016.[3]

Former terminals

Terminal A and B primarily served domestic flights. Terminal D, the international terminal, was opened in December 2008. It had no air gates of its own, just airside bus service to distant positions around the airport. These terminals covered an area of 152,000 square meters (1,640,000 sq ft) and consisted of 24 jetways.[4] All three former terminals were closed on 27 November 2013, with the brand new replacement Terminal 3 opening the following day.[5]

Former terminals
  • Terminal A
    Terminal A
  • Terminal A interior
    Terminal A interior
  • Terminal B
    Terminal B
  • Terminal B interior
    Terminal B interior

Current terminal

At the beginning of 2008 the 1.6 km (0.99 mi) long new terminal commenced being built as one of main works for the 2011 Summer Universiade. This new terminal building was called "Terminal 3" from the beginning of construction until its formal opening. Soon after the decision of the closure of Terminals A, B and D, "Terminal 3" was renamed as it was the only terminal building in operation. The terminal was opened on 28 November 2013 after 4 years of planning and construction.

Current terminal
  • Departure hall entrance
    Departure hall entrance
  • Departure hall
    Departure hall
  • Airside concourse
    Airside concourse
  • Domestic gates
    Domestic gates
  • Terminal interior
    Terminal interior
  • Parametric developed structure and facade
    Parametric developed structure and facade
  • Aerial view
    Aerial view
  • Departure drop-off
    Departure drop-off

Further expansions

A new satellite concourse, designed by Aedas, is under planning and construction.[6]

Passenger transport facilities

The passenger transport facilities are divided into three parts: a main terminal building and two large corridors—1,050 meters (3,440 ft) long and 650 meters (2,130 ft) wide—that form a cross shape. The current terminal is three times the size of former Terminals A and B, with 450,000 square meters (4,800,000 sq ft) of floor space, 62 boarding gates and the ability to accommodate any type of plane in the world. The main building has four floors above ground and two floors underground. A connecting Ground Transport Center adjoins the terminal to the south. The main building's third floor is the waiting area for domestic and international flights, which depart from the east wing.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International
Air China Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dazhou, Frankfurt (resumes 30 October 2023),[7] Guiyang, Hangzhou, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Los Angeles, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Wuhan
All Nippon Airways Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Cambodia Airways Phnom Penh
Cebu Pacific Manila
Chengdu Airlines Beihai, Chengdu–Shuangliu
China Airlines Kaohsiung, Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Hangzhou, Jinggangshan, Jinzhou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Yantai
China Southern Airlines Amsterdam, Ankang, Bangkok–Don Mueang, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Daxing, Bijie, Changchun, Changde, Changzhou, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Dandong, Daqing, Dubai–International, Ganzhou, Guangyuan, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Hanzhong, Harbin, Hefei, Ho Chi Minh City, Hohhot, Huangshan, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Lijiang, Luoyang, Luzhou, Meixian, Melbourne, Mianyang, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Mudanjiang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nanyang, Ningbo, Nyingchi, Ordos, Phnom Penh (resumes 2 April 2024), Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Qiqihar, Rizhao, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shiyan, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Urumqi, Wenshan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yan'an, Yancheng, Yangon, Yanji, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yulin (Guangxi), Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan, Zunyi–Xinzhou
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Wenzhou
Chongqing Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Taizhou, Wushan
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Baise
Donghai Airlines Baotou, Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changzhi, Chengdu–Tianfu, Dalian, Haikou, Handan, Harbin, Hefei, Jinan, Jingzhou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Linfen, Nanjing, Nantong, Qingdao, Qingyang, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tangshan, Wanzhou, Wuhan, Wuhu, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xiangyang, Xishuangbanna, Yichang, Yiwu, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan
Fuzhou Airlines Yichang
Hainan Airlines Auckland, Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuyang, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jiamusi, Jinan, Kashgar, Kunming, Lanzhou, Longnan, Milan–Malpensa, Nanjing, Ningbo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Qingdao, Qionghai, Rome–Fiumicino, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tangshan, Tel Aviv, Tianjin, Tongren, Urumqi, Vancouver, Weifang, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Xuzhou, Yulin (Shaanxi), Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines Shijiazhuang
Juneyao Air Lijiang, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Yichang, Yinchuan
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines Kunming, Mangshi
Lion Air Charter: Denpasar
LJ Air Harbin, Yiwu
Loong Air Changchun, Enshi, Hangzhou, Heze, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Xining
Lucky Air Kunming
Okay Airways Anqing, Changchun, Haikou, Jiujiang, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Xi'an, Yangzhou
Philippines AirAsia Cebu (resumes 29 October 2023), Manila
Scoot Singapore
Shandong Airlines Jinan, Qingdao, Shangrao, Shenyang, Weihai, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Bazhong, Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changzhou, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chizhou, Chongqing, Dalian, Datong, Diqing, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harbin, Hefei, Ho Chi Minh City, Hohhot, Jinan, Jingdezhen, Karamay, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Linyi, London–Heathrow, Manila (resumes 30 October 2023),[8] Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Osaka–Kansai, Panzhihua, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Singapore (begins 23 November 2023),[9] Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tianjin, Tokyo–Narita, Turpan, Urumqi, Wanzhou, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuhu, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xiangyang, Xining, Yangzhou, Yantai, Yibin, Yichang, Yichun (Jiangxi), Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhaotong, Zhengzhou, Zunyi–Maotai
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Nyingchi, Xi'an, Xichang
Singapore Airlines Singapore
Sky Shuttle Macau–Terminal Marítimo
Spring Airlines Changchun, Chongqing, Dalian, Dongying, Harbin, Huai'an, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Nanyang, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shaoyang, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Tongliao, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yancheng, Zhangjiakou, Zunyi–Xinzhou
Suparna Airlines Chifeng, Hailar, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Jinan, Lanzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai–Pudong, Urumqi, Zhengzhou
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang
Tianjin Airlines Chongqing, Tianjin
Tibet Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Lhasa, Luzhou, Mianyang
Uni Air Taipei–Taoyuan
West Air Aksu, Chongqing, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Nanjing, Zhengzhou
XiamenAir Beijing–Daxing, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Liuzhou, Quzhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Tianjin, Xiamen

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
AeroLogic Leipzig/Halle[10]
ASL Airlines Belgium Liège
Cardig Air Hanoi[11]
Cargolux Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[12] Budapest,[13] Luxembourg[12]
Central Airlines Clark,[14] Davao,[14] Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta,[14] Paris, Riyadh
China Airlines Cargo Taipei–Taoyuan[15]
China Cargo Airlines Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Shanghai–Pudong
China Southern Cargo Beijing–Capital
Donghai Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Hong Kong, Manila, Shanghai–Pudong
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Addis Ababa, Liège[16]
EVA Air Cargo Taipei–Taoyuan
FedEx Express Anchorage, Manila
Jingdong Airlines Beijing–Daxing[17]
My Indo Airlines Balikpapan, Singapore
SF Airlines Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chennai, Ezhou,[18] Hong Kong,[19] Delhi,[20] Hangzhou, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Los Angeles,[21] Manila,[22] Nantong, Phnom Penh, Shanghai–Pudong, Singapore,[23] Wenzhou, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat[24]
UPS Airlines Anchorage, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[25] Clark, Cologne/Bonn, Dubai–International, Ho Chi Minh City,[26] Kuala Lumpur–International, Mumbai, Osaka–Kansai, Seoul–Incheon, Singapore
Suparna Airlines Cargo Dhaka, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai–Pudong

Ground transportation
Ground Transportation Center entrance

Ground Transportation Center

The baggage areas are a short walks away from the Ground Transportation Center (GTC), where passengers can take buses, taxis and Shenzhen Metro trains. The transportation center offers local and long-distance bus services on the first floor, with taxi and Airport Express Shuttle 330 bus services on the second floor. The underground floor connects with Airport Station on Metro Line 11. Bus M416 also provides a shuttle service to Hourui Station on Line 1. In the future, it will also connect to the Guangzhou-Dongguan-Shenzhen Intercity Railway, which is under construction. 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 from three designated waiting areas. These areas have the capacity to handle 21 taxi cabs picking up passengers simultaneously.[27]

Metro / Rail
Airport station

Airport station on Line 11 has direct link to the Ground Transport Center of the current Terminal, with eastbound service from the airport via Bao'an and Nanshan to Futian station, connecting with Futian railway station High Speed Rail services, and westbound service via Fuyong, Shajing and Songgang to Bitou.

There are also shuttle services connecting with Line 1 of the Shenzhen Metro. Non-stopping service M416 runs between Hourui Station and the new terminal.

Airport North Station on Line 11 is also built, under the site of future new Terminal project - "Terminal 4". However, Airport North Station is inaccessible to or from any of the airport facilities. Line 20 (Shenzhen International Exhibition Center Conveyance Project) links Airport North Station on Line 11 with services to Chongqing Road, International Exhibition Center South, International Exhibition Center North and International Conference Center stations. Line 20 opened in December 2021.

Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway is currently under construction, and planning to provide services from Shenzhen Airport Station and Shenzhen Airport North Station. In the future, Shenzhen–Maoming High-Speed Railway and Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Express Railway are planned to stop here.

Ferry

Fast ferries are available to Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and Taipa Ferry Terminal in Macau plus to the Skypier Ferry Terminal at Hong Kong International Airport via the nearby Fuyong Pier. Free shuttle buses connect the Pier and the Airport.

Direct services to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were suspended because the Terminals A & B's long distance from the ferry terminal made it unpopular for commuters. However, with the opening of Terminal C, direct services may be resumed because it is much closer.

Airport express shuttle bus
Airport express shuttle bus station

There are many bus routes between the airport and the urban area, most of them via expressways and only cost ¥10 yuan. A future service connecting the airport with Shenzhen North station is expected to start when the new Terminal 3 opens as part of 5 new major airport express shuttle buses.[27]

Cross-border buses

Buses currently run mostly via Shenzhen Bay Control Point to many destinations across Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories. Coach service is provided by Trans Island Limousine Service Ltd serving SZIA and Hong Kong, including Sheung Wan, Causeway Bay, Mong Kok (Prince Edward), Tsim Sha Tsui and Hong Kong International Airport.

A direct coach service, operated by Chinalink Bus Company, is available at Elements Mall in Hong Kong. Passengers may check-in for their flights at the bus terminal but luggage must still be carried to the airport by the passengers. The service operates from Kowloon station on the Airport Express (MTR) line direct to the Shenzhen International airport.[28]

Shenzhen–Zhongshan Bridge

The planned Shenzhen–Zhongshan Bridge will directly connect Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta with the city of Zhongshan on the western side. It will consist of a series of bridges and tunnels and will cut travel time from Shenzhen to Zhongshan to less than 30 minutes. Construction of the proposed 51 km (32 mi) eight-lane link started in 2017, with completion scheduled for 2024.[29][30]

Other facilities
Donghai Airlines headquarters

Shenzhen Airlines is headquartered on the grounds of the airport.[31] Jade Cargo International was headquartered on the sixth floor of the Shenzhen Airlines Flight Operations Building on grounds of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.[32] Shenzhen Donghai Airlines has its head office in the Shenzhen Airlines facility on the airport property.[33]

SF Airlines has its headquarters in the No.1 Freight Depot of the International Shipping Center.[34]

Accidents and incidents

See also

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