Today, Tianhe Airport Third Running Road opened

Wuhan Evening June 26th News On the morning of June 26, the Tianhe Airport Third Runway Project project with a total investment of 2.75 billion yuan was officially started with a construction period of two years. After the project is completed, Wuhan Tianhe Airport will achieve the annual passenger throughput of 63 million passengers and 800,000 tons of cargo and postal throughput, and the passenger throughput has increased by 80%.

Wuhan Tianhe Airport was completed in April 1995 and was a 4F -level international airport (the highest of the airport level). In 2019, the airport passenger throughput was 27.15 million, an increase of 10.8%over 2018, ranking first in the country's large airport.

The plane took off from the first runway. Reporter Xu Dan Photo

Over the years, Tianhe Airport has followed the development of local development and the expectations of citizens. On August 18, 2016, the second runway with a length of 3600 meters and a width of 60 meters was put into use; on August 31, 2017, T3 Terminal was officially opened; On October 18, 2021, the renovation project of terminal T2 started.

In 2021, Wuhan was approved by a pilot city for a strong transportation country, and became the only cities approved by the country. In the new development pattern, transportation is the basis for creating important nodes and strategic links. Focusing on the goal of creating a "demonstration city of transportation power", Wuhan actively constructs a comprehensive transportation network with 1 hour commuting of Wuhan City Circle, a 2 -hour access to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and 3 hours covered by major cities in the country to accelerate the construction of aviation passenger and cargo dual hubs and railways. Comprehensive node hub, port national logistics hub. Among them, as one of the goals, the construction of aviation passenger and cargo dual hub passed the landing of projects such as Ezhou Huahu Airport and Wuhan Tianhe Airport Third Runway.

The plane gloved on the runway. Reporter Xu Dan Photo

"The construction of the third runway and supporting machinery project of Tianhe Airport is a major strategic decision -making made by the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. Important measures for resources. "The relevant person in charge of Hubei Airport Group introduced that in recent years, aviation passenger transportation has continued to be sluggish worldwide. The demand for the continuous growth of civil aviation is still there, which also puts forward higher requirements for Tianhe Airport's hardware facilities and security capabilities. Especially this year, under the low operation of Wuhan Tianhe Airport, the volume of cargo and postal throughput increased against the trend. As of May 15, the cargo and postal throughput of Tianhe Airport exceeded 110,000 tons. Among them, the total transportation volume of the whole cargo aircraft was nearly 75,000 tons, a year -on -year increase of 17%; the freight volume of international and regional regional was nearly 60,000 tons, an increase of 24%year -on -year.

In contrast to the report of the Twelfth Party Congress of Hubei Province, "Actively expand effective demand, accelerate the construction of a comprehensive transportation system and important logistics hubs in the country, and create important nodes for domestic large cycles and important hubs of domestic and international dual cycles." The Provincial Development and Reform Commission The relevant person in charge said that the implementation of the third runway project of Wuhan Tianhe Airport to meet the rapid growth of aviation business, seize the central government's policy opportunities, and accelerate the need to build the central regional international portal hub airport. The needs of the economic and social integration of the city tourism and Wuhan city circle. The implementation of the project will help give full play to the important functions and unique advantages of air transportation in Wuhan Tianhe Airport, effectively enhance the status of Wuhan National Central City, and promote the high -quality development of economic and society.

It is understood that the main construction content of the third runway of this construction includes: a new 4E -level runway with a 3200 -meter -long, 45 -meter wide, a parallel slide of 3200 meters long, 23 meters wide; Near systems, supporting construction of navigation lighting, power supply, water supply and drainage, fire protection and other facilities.

In the future, Ezhou Huahu Airport is mainly freight and passenger transportation, and it will build a freight hub; Wuhan Tianhe Airport is mainly passenger and freight, supplemented by freight, and builds a passenger transportation hub. The two major hubs can be connected through railway and high -speed transportation methods, which can realize the "dual hub of passenger and freight, dance new fulcrum".

(Reporter Xu Dan Correspondent Kwai Yongling Zhang Meng)

[Edit: Yu Lina]

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