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Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (Simplified Chinese: 重庆江北国际机场, Traditional Chinese: 重慶江北國際機場, Pinyin: Chóngqìng Jiāngběi Guójì Jīchǎng) is an airport located in Yubei District of Chongqing, People's Republic of China. It is located 21km away from the city centre of Chongqing and serves as an important hub for south western China. In 2005, Jiangbei airport handled 6,631,240 passengers, ranking number 10 of all airports in China. It is a hub for Air China, Chongqing Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and later China West Air when it begins operations and Shenzhen Airlines when it opens a hub at the airport.
The first and second phase of the airport came into operation in January 1990 and December 2004 respectively. Currently Jiangbei airport has two terminals with one serving domestic flights and the other mainly international flights. Its domestic terminal is capable of handling 7 million passengers while its international terminal is able to handle more than 1 million passengers annually. A third terminal is currently in the planning stage with a second and third runways construction due to commenced shortly.
