Shanghai Hongqiao Airport served as Shanghai's main international airport before the completion of Shanghai Pudong International Airport in 1999. The airport presently has two international flights with "city-to-city" service to central Tokyo's Haneda Airport and to central Seoul's Gimpo International Airport which each started on September 29, 2007 and October 28th, 2007.
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
A taxi rank serves at the airport arrivals. A bus stop provides various services to other parts of the city and a minibus route terminates at Jing An Temple station. An extension of Shanghai Metro Line 2 to the airport is under construction.
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport has won state approval for a 15.3 billion yuan expansion that features a second runway and a new terminal. The growth plan for the smaller of the city's two airports is expected to boost Hongqiao's capacity to 40 million passengers a year by 2010. The expansion project comprises a 3,300-meter runway and a new terminal with an area of 250,000 square meters, plus new public facilities.
Shanghai Airport Transfer Service
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The proposed extension Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport of the Shanghai Maglev Train will be from Longyang Road through Shanghai South Railway Station to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. When finished, then the track will be 55km long and also have a travel time of 15 minutes between the two airports.
