Macau International Airport
Macau International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Macau 澳門國際機場 Oumùhn Gwokjai Gēichèuhng | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 22°08′58″N 113°35′29″E / 22.14944°N 113.59139°E | ||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 澳門國際機場 | |||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门国际机场 | |||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Oumùhn Gwokjai Gēichèuhng | |||||||||||||
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Portuguese | Aeroporto Internacional de Macau |
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Macau International Airport (
Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between the Mainland and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in mainland China and Southeast Asia. During 2006, the airport handled 5 million passengers and 220,000 tonnes of cargo.[3] In 2017 the number of passengers had increased to 7,165,803,[4] which is more than the 6 million passengers per year the terminal was originally designed for.[5]
History
The Macau airport was constructed on
In April 1996, TAP Air Portugal started service to Lisbon using Airbus A340s.[8][9] It cooperated with Sabena on the route; the flight stopped in Brussels, and TAP allocated a certain number of seats to the airline on the segment between Brussels and Macau. TAP encountered difficulties in running the flights. The crew had to spend long layovers in Macau because the service only operated twice a week. Additionally, TAP and Air Macau, in which the former held a stake, were unable to coordinate their schedules, making connections between the Lisbon flight and Air Macau's network inconvenient.[9] In April 1997, TAP moved the stopover to Bangkok in hopes of attracting more passengers.[10][11] Nevertheless, it was losing money on the route. The company's chairman stated in November 1997 that he wanted to end the link but that he faced opposition from the Portuguese government, which owned the airline.[12] TAP stopped serving Macau the following year.[13]
Facilities
Terminal
The airport's designed capacity is 6,000,000 passengers per year, with processing capacity of up to 2,000 passengers per hour. [
Runway and aprons
The airport's runway was built on a strip of reclaimed land in the sea, adjacent to
Other tenants
Other tenants of the airport are the Macau Customs Service (Independent department under Secretariat for Security of Macau), the Macau Immigration Department/Services (
Redevelopment
Since 2016, Macau's government has been developing a master plan for the airport's expansion.[14] To be done in three phases, the most visible sections of it broke ground in 2020.[15]
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Annual traffic
Year | Passengers[26][27][1] | Airfreight (kg)[28][29][2] | Aircraft operations[1] |
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2012 | 4,491,065 | 27,794,488 | 41,997 |
2013 | 5,027,059 | 26,464,881 | 48,950 |
2014 | 5,481,441 | 28,767,407 | 52,559 |
2015 | 5,831,459 | 30,058,277 | 55,720 |
2016 | 6,628,555 | 32,891,452 | 56,932 |
2017 | 7,165,803 | 37,499,000 | 58,520 |
2018 | 8,261,412 | 41,508,955 | 65,777 |
2019 | 9,611,427 | 42,219,799 | 77,581 |
2020 | 1,173,231 | 33,346,677 | 16,962 |
2021 | 1,147,015 | 48,595,307 | 15,791 |
2022 | 599,185 | 51,400,662 | 13,642 |
2023 | 5,151,080 | 63,809,785 | 42,504 |
Ground transportation
The airport is connected by public transit bus routes, light rail, taxis, private cars, and regional coach services.
Air–sea link
For passengers transferring to China or Hong Kong, a "two customs, one checkpoint" service is provided. Passengers can use a bus shuttle directly from the airport to the New Macau Ferry Terminal or the Taipa Ferry Terminal without passing Macau immigration.
Bus
Towards Macau Peninsula, Taipa, Cotai and Coloane
- Transmac routes:
- 26 – Bacia Norte do Patane ↔ Mercado Municipal de Coloane
- 51A – The Praia ↔ Av. Vale das Borboletas
- AP1 – Portas do Cerco ↺ Aeroporto de Macau
- AP1X – Praça das Portas do Cerco ↺ Aeroporto de Macau (06:00–10:00, 15:00–20:00)
- MT4 – Parque M. Dr. Sun Yat Sen ↔ Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros da Taipa
- T.C.M.routes:
- N2 – Bacia Norte do Patane ↔ Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros da Taipa (00:00–06:00)
- 36 – Rotunda Leonel Sousa ↺ Aeroporto de Macau
- MT1 – Praceta 24 de Junho ↺ Aeroporto de Macau
Cross-border coaches
Cross-border coaches connect Macau International Airport with mainland locations like
Border. The "two customs, one checkpoint" service is also available at the Hengqin Border.Light rail
The airport is served by the Airport Station of the
See also
- Civil Aviation Authority of Macau SAR
References
- ^ a b c d e "Traffic Statistics – Passengers". CAM – Macau International Airport Co. Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Traffic Statistics – Cargo". CAM – Macau International Airport Co. Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-99937-56-09-5.
- ^ "Traffic Statistics – Passengers". Macau International Airport Co. Ltd. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "MIA: Airport History". Airport Information Management Solutions Ltd. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ ProQuest 269071286.
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- ProQuest 195017579.
- ^ a b Whitaker, Richard (31 July 1996). "TAP trickles into Macau". Airline Business. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Macau's airport gamble". South China Morning Post. 19 June 1997. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Tansubhapol, Bhanravee (9 April 1997). "Aviation - Direct Flight to Portugal Makes Debut". Bangkok Post.
- ^ "Turn off the TAP". Airline Business. 30 November 1997. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Lo, Joseph (13 September 2002). "Buyer in sight for Air Macau stake". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Macau International Airport Master Plan". Civil Aviation Authority of Macao. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Macau Airport Begins Construction". International Airport Review. 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Air Macau Resumes Fukuoka Service From July 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "A new date has been set for Air Macau's first flight to Jakarta". The Macao News. 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Air Macau Resumes Kuala Lumpur Service From Jan 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "换季时间到啦!快来拿走这份超全冬航季航班计划表". Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "China Eastern Resumes Xi'An – Hong Kong / Macau Service in NW23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "China Southern Adds Beijing – Macau Service From April 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "제주항공, 11월 10일부터 인천∼마카오 매일 재운항". 연합뉴스. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Korean Air Resumes Macau Service From July 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Starlux Adds Taipei – Hakodate and Taichung – Macau in February and March 2024". KN Aviation. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Thai Lion Air Adds Macau Service From mid-Oct 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Traffic Statistics – Passengers, retrieved March 5, 2015". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "CAM :: Traffic Statistics – Passengers". www.camacau.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Traffic Statistics – Cargo, retrieved March 5, 2015". Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "CAM :: Traffic Statistics – Cargo". www.camacau.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Airport Station". Macao Light Rapid Transit Corporation, Limited. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
External links
Media related to Macau International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Macau International Airport
- "Macao AIP". Civil Aviation Authority of Macao SAR.
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