Shanghai Pudong International Airport (上海浦東國際機(jī)場)

The airport connects the city with 62 Chinese cities and over 90 foreign cities through cooperation with 48 domestic and foreign airlines. From 2009 to 2010, passenger traffic increased 27.1 percent from 31.92 million to 40.58 million passengers, slightly less than that of Guangzhou Baiyun Aiport.Shanghai Pudong International Airport is located at the coastal plain of the Pudong New Area, about 30 kilometers away from Shanghai city center, covering an area of 40,000 hectares. The first phase of the airport construction project was completed in September 1999, and the airport was further expanded in 2008 prior to the Beijing Olympic Games. Shanghai became the first city on the Chinese mainland to have five runways for civilian aircraft (Shanghai Pudong airport and Shanghai-Hongqiao airport both included).