Wuhan Tianhe International Airport
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Wuhan Tianhe International Airport serves Wuhan
, the capital of the Hubei
Province, China
. It was opened on April 15, 1995. The airport is located in Wuhan's suburban Huangpi District
, around 26 kilometres to the north of Wuhan city center. It is the busiest airport of central China as it is geographically located in the centre of China's airline route network.
The airport served 11,646,789 passengers in 2010, making it the 14th busiest airport by passenger traffic in China.
The name Tianhe (天河) can be translated as "Sky River"; it is also one of the old names for the Milky Way
.
Wuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers...
, the capital of the Hubei
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
Province, China
China
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. It was opened on April 15, 1995. The airport is located in Wuhan's suburban Huangpi District
Huangpi District
Huangpi District is a district of Hubei, China. It is under the administration of Wuhan city....
, around 26 kilometres to the north of Wuhan city center. It is the busiest airport of central China as it is geographically located in the centre of China's airline route network.
The airport served 11,646,789 passengers in 2010, making it the 14th busiest airport by passenger traffic in China.
Terminal 2
Recent developments included the construction of a second terminal, a planned second runway in order to better serve the increasing passengers as well as to accommodate the Airbus 380 jumbo jet. The second terminal, which has a floor area of 121,200 square meters and a designed capacity to handle 13 million passengers and 320,000 tons of cargo a year. The expansion project is expected to be complete by July 2008, with a total cost of 3.37 billion yuan (421.5 million US dollars). By 2010, Wuhan is expected to serve at least five international and 100 domestic routes. Some 12.2 million passengers are expected to pass through Wuhan each year, and the city's cargo-handling capacity is to reach 144,000 tons. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/21/content_5515034.htmThe name Tianhe (天河) can be translated as "Sky River"; it is also one of the old names for the Milky Way
Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Solar System. This name derives from its appearance as a dim un-resolved "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky...
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