Macau International Airport
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| Macau International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Macau 澳門國際機場 |
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| IATA: MFM – ICAO: VMMC | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Sociedade do Aeroporto Internacional de Macau S.A.R.L. [1] | ||
| Location | Taipa, Macau, People's Republic of China | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||
| Coordinates | 22°08′58″N 113°35′29″E / 22.14944°N 113.59139°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 16/34 | 3,360 | 11,024 | Concrete |
| Sources: airport website[1] and DAFIF[2][3] | |||
Macau International Airport (traditional Chinese: 澳門國際機場, Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Macau) (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters, is the only airport in Macau, which opened for commercial operations in November 1995. Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between mainland China and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in China and Southeast Asia. During 2006, the airport handled 5 million passengers and 220,000 tonnes of cargo.[4]
As in Hong Kong, Macau has its own immigration policies and is a separate customs territory from mainland China. Travellers between Macau and mainland China need to go through immigration and customs checks. Flights between Macau and mainland China are therefore treated as international flights.
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[edit] History
The airport was opened in November 1995, during Portuguese rule. Before then the territory only had 2 temporary airports for small aeroplanes, in addition to several permanent heliports. Cathay Pacific operated seaplane service between Hong Kong and Macau in the late 1940s. The only air services Macau had in the 1990s were helicopter services operated by East Asia Airlines to Hong Kong.
Former air facilities in Macau:
- Portuguese Naval Aviation seaplane base on Taipa Island
- Portuguese Naval Aviation seaplane base in the Outer Harbour - southeast side of the mainland
- Temporary airstrip on Coloane
- Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Macau heliport
[edit] Facilities
The airport's runway was built on a strip of reclaimed land in the sea, adjacent to Taipa Island, where the main terminal and air traffic control facilities are located. The runway is connected to the apron by two causeways. Runway 34 is ILS CAT II equipped.
The airport's designed capacity is 6,000,000 passengers per year, with processing capacity of up to 2,000 passengers per hour. The airport does not have a night curfew. There are 24 parking spaces for aircraft in the apron, with 4 jetways.
Despite its small physical size, the airport is capable of handling Boeing 747s, which forms a vital freight link between local manufacturers and overseas markets. Its catering facility can produce up to 10,000 meals per day.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
The following airlines serve Macau International Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang |
| Air Macau | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Guilin, Hangzhou, Kaoshiung, Manila, Nanjing, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Taipei-Taoyuan, Xiamen |
| Cebu Pacific | Clark, Manila |
| EVA Air | Kaoshiung, Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Jetstar Asia Airways | Singapore |
| Philippine Airlines | Manila |
| Shanghai Airlines | Shanghai Pudong |
| Spirit of Manila Airlines | Clark [begins 14 July] |
| Thai AirAsia | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
| Tiger Airways | Singapore |
| TransAsia Airways | Kaoshiung, Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Viva Macau | Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Okinawa, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita |
| Xiamen Airlines | Hangzhou, Tianjin, Xiamen |
[edit] Cargo airlines
The following cargo airlines serve Macau International Airport (as of October 2007):
- Air Macau
- EVA Air Cargo
- Shanghai Airlines Cargo
- Singapore Airlines Cargo
- MK Airlines Ltd. (T/A British Global)
[edit] Firefighting Services
- 1 Multi-Purpose Rescue and Fire Boat owned and operated by Companhia do Aeroporto de Macau.
- two airport fire and rescue stations
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Macau International Airport, official site
- ^ Airport information for VMMC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for MFM at Great Circle Mapper. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ Macau 2007 Yearbook. Government Information Bureau of the Macau SAR. 2007. ISBN 978-99937-56-09-5.
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