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Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong, People's Republic of China · #31 world#6 of 264 in country

HKGIATA code
VHHHICAO code
53.1Mpassengers in 2024
3,800 mlongest of 3 runways
9 melevation · 30 ft
1998opened
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
Photo: LN9267 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Hong Kong International Airport (HKG/VHHH) is an airport in the People's Republic of China serving Hong Kong.

It handled 53,055,000 passengers in 2024, making it number 31 in our world ranking and number 6 of 264 ranked airports in the People's Republic of China.

It has 3 runways, the longest 3,800 m, at an elevation of 9 m.

5 airlines use it as a hub, including Metrojet Ltd., Hong Kong Airlines and Air Hong Kong.

Passengers per year

2011–2024
53.9M56.5M59.9M63.3M68.5M70.5M72.9M74.7M71.5M8.8M1.4M5.7M39.5M53.1M
2011’112012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’24
Identification
IATA
HKG
ICAO
VHHH
Wikidata
Q17704
Location
City served
Hong Kong
Located in
Islands District
Coordinates
22.3089, 113.9144
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Organisation
Type
international airport, artificial island airport
Opened
1998-07-06
Operator
Airport Authority Hong Kong
Named after
Hong Kong
Runways
07L/25R
3,800 m · 12,467 ftbitumen
07R/25L
3,800 m · 12,467 ftbitumen
07C/25C
3,800 m · 12,467 ftbitumen

Hub for 5 airlines

MTJMetrojet Ltd.HXHong Kong AirlinesLDAir Hong KongUOHK ExpressCXCathay Pacific