Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Shanghai (Pudong) · China · Asia/Shanghai
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Airport HistoryEst. 1999
Built on reclaimed and rural land east of the Huangpu River, Pudong International Airport opened its first terminal and runway on 1 October 1999 after roughly two years of construction, giving Shanghai a dedicated international gateway to complement the older, mostly domestic Hongqiao Airport. It grew rapidly through the 2000s and 2010s with a second terminal, additional runways, and in 2019 the world's largest standalone satellite terminal, becoming one of the busiest airports in the world by both passenger and cargo traffic. The airport is closely associated with the high-speed Shanghai Maglev Train, the first commercial magnetic levitation line in the world, which links it to the city. Today Pudong serves as the primary hub for China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines and ranks among the world's top cargo airports.
Construction of the new airport at Pudong began in October 1997, at a cost of roughly RMB 12 billion, to relieve pressure on the older Hongqiao Airport.
Pudong International Airport officially opened on 1 October 1999 with its Terminal 1, a 4,000-metre runway, and a dedicated cargo hub.
The Shanghai Maglev Train, the world's first commercially operated high-speed magnetic levitation line, began operating between the airport and the city, capable of reaching over 400 km/h.
A second terminal opened on 26 March 2008, roughly doubling the airport's passenger handling capacity to about 60 million per year.
DHL inaugurated its largest express logistics hub in Asia at Pudong in July 2012, reinforcing the airport's role as a major cargo gateway alongside FedEx and UPS operations.
A new satellite terminal, at roughly 622,000 square metres the largest standalone satellite terminal building in the world at the time, opened in September 2019.
Construction started on a new Terminal 3, designed to add capacity for around 50 million additional annual passengers; the project remains a multi-year undertaking.
Editorial content based on public records (Wikipedia, DHL press materials); Terminal 3 construction, which began in 2021, is an ongoing project and its completion status should be verified for any date beyond 2026-08-29.