MSG17/Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

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Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU ^IATA) is the main airport of Chengdu, Sichuan.

Understand

Originally a US Air Force base in WWII, the airport started to be used for commercial flights in 1956. After several expansions through the decades, it became the big airport seen today.

Chengdu is poised to become the third-biggest hub in China next to Beijing-Capital and Shanghai-Pudong. This is because of the Air China and newcomer Sichuan Airlines hubs here. Recent expansions of service to more cities in Europe and new service to North America also play a role, showing the impact of newer Chinese airlines as well as foreign airlines noticing Chengdu.

Flights

Terminal 1 (All international and Sichuan Airlines domestic flights)

Terminal 2 (All other domestic flights)

Ground transportation

By rail

The Chengdu Metro  10  links both terminals via the 1 Terminal 1 metro station and 2 Terminal 2 metro station to Taipingyuan station, where you can transfer to  3   7 .

The high-speed Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan intercity railway has a stop at 3 Shuangliu Airport railway station . Tickets to Chengdu South (Chengdunan) and East (Chengdudong) railways stations are about 11 yuan.

By bus

There are 4 airport buses to various destinations in the city.

Sleep

There are two hotels on the premises:

• Chengdu Airport Hotel, No. 1, North Second Road, ☏ +86 28 8520 8888. (updated Sep 2018)
• Airport Express Hotel, ☏ +86 28 8520 8899. (updated Sep 2018)