Chengdu Tianfu International Airport

Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (IATA: TFU, ICAO: ZUTF; abbreviated as Tianfu Airport) is one of two international airports serving Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Southwestern China.

Chengdu Tianfu International Airport

成都天府国际机场
Aerial view of the airport in 2021
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorSichuan Provincial Airport Group
ServesChengdu
LocationLujia, Jianyang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Opened27 June 2021 (2021-06-27)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL440 m / 1,444 ft
Coordinates30.319°N 104.445°E / 30.319; 104.445
Websitesctfia.com
Map
TFU
Location in Sichuan
TFU
Location in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 4,000 13,123 Concrete
02/20 3,200 10,499 Concrete
11/29 3,800 12,467 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers4,354,758
Aircraft movements37,103
Cargo (in tons)19,853.7
Source: List of the busiest airports in China
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.

In 2023, Chengdu Tianfu International Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport completed a total of 538,000 flight takeoffs and landings, with a passenger volume of 74.924 million. The annual passenger volume ranks 3rd among cities in China.

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