Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (IATA: CKG, ICAO: ZUCK) is the main international airport serving Chongqing city in Southwestern China. It is located in Yubei, Chongqing, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of the Chongqing urban center.
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport 重庆江北国际机场 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Chongqing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Yubei, Chongqing, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 22 January 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 416 m / 1,365 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°43′09″N 106°38′30″E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | cqa.cn | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 重庆江北国际机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 重慶江北國際機場 | ||||||
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The airport is a major aviation hub for airlines in western China, including China Express Airlines, China Southern Airlines (Chongqing Airlines), Sichuan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, XiamenAir and China West Air. Chongqing is a focus city of Air China and Hainan Airlines.
Jiangbei Airport has undergone multiple major expansions. The latest expansion involves a new terminal 3B and a fourth runway currently under construction as of 2023. The first, second, and third phases of the airport came into operation in January 1990, December 2004, and December 2010, respectively. Terminal 2 is capable of handling 15 million passengers and Terminal 3A 45 million passengers annually.
It was the second-busiest airport in Mainland China by passenger traffic in 2022. Jiangbei Airport was awarded the best airport in its size category by Airports Council International in 2017 and again in 2018.