Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport guide

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport lies in the Changning and Minhang districts, about 13 kilometres west of central Shanghai. It first opened for mixed civilian use in 1923 and reopened as a civilian airport in 1964. Pudong Airport has since taken most intercontinental traffic, and Hongqiao now handles mainly domestic routes plus short regional international flights.

Two parallel runways, 3,400 and 3,300 metres long, serve about 50.2 million passengers and 282,700 aircraft movements a year. China Eastern Airlines has its headquarters in Shanghai and runs a large domestic network from Terminal 2. Spring Airlines, Hebei Airlines and XiamenAir fly from Terminal 1.

The airport sits beside Hongqiao Railway Station, so passengers can change between flights and high-speed trains under one roof. Metro Line 10 serves both terminals, while Line 2 and the Airport Link also call at Terminal 2. Lines 2, 10 and 17 call at the railway station.