Chengdu Air Transport

Chengdu is served by the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport located in Shuangliu County, 16 km (9.9 mi) southwest of downtown. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is the busiest airport in Central and Western China and the nation's 5th-busiest airport, with total passenger traffic of 42.2 million in 2015.

The airport has two runways and is capable of landing the Airbus A-380, currently the largest passenger aircraft. Chengdu is the fourth city in China with two commercial-use runways, after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. On May 26, 2009, Air China, the Chengdu City Government and Sichuan Airport Group signed an agreement to improve the infrastructure of the airport and increase the number of direct international flights to and from Chengdu. The objective is to increase passenger traffic to more than 40 million by 2015, making Chengdu Airport the fourth-largest international hub in China, after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, top 30 largest airports in the world. Chengdu has already begun building the second International Airport——Chengdu Jianyang International Airport which will have three runways and five runways maybe in a long term.

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

Address: Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (16 miles from downtown)

Website: http://www.cdairport.com

Contact: 0086-028-85205555/ 85206150 (VIP)/ 85206200 (Lost and Found)

Hot to get there: Bus 804 and 838, Airport Shuttle Bus 1-5

Airport Transportation:

1. Airport Shuttle Bus: 10 RMB per person according to the schedule on website

2. Taxi: T1 Gate 2. T2 Gates 4 and 5. Reservation Line: 0086-028-962999

3. Long-Distance Bus: bound for Dayi, Dujiangyan, Leshan, Luzhou, Xicang and Yibin with reservation 5 days in advance. Service line: 0086-028-85205360