Hefei Xinqiao International Airport is the main
airport
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serving
Hefei
Hefei (; ) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census and its built-up ( ...
, the capital of
Anhui
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Province, China. It is located near the town of
Gaoliu in
Shushan District
Shushan District () is one of four urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, East China
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, from the city center. Construction started in December 2008 with a total investment of 3.728 billion yuan. Opened on 30 May 2013, it replaced
Luogang Airport as Hefei's main airport.
In December 2022, Hefei gained direct flights to Europe when
Condor
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They are:
* The Andean condor (''Vult ...
started flights to
Frankfurt
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in
Germany
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.
Facilities
The first phase of construction includes one runway which is 3,400 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4E), and a 108,500 square-meter terminal building, to handle a projected annual volume of 11 million passengers and 150,000 tons of cargo by 2020. A second phase is being planned to handle 42 million passengers and 580,000 tons of cargo by 2040.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
See also
*
List of airports in China
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*
List of the busiest airports in China
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References
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Airports in Anhui
Transport in Hefei
Airports established in 2013
2013 establishments in China