Airbus A330-300 at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport
Runways Tianhe International Airport has three runways: •
Runway West (04/22) with a length of and width of , equipped with asphalt surface. Runway 04 is able for ILS CAT II, runway 22 able for ILS CATI. •
Runway East 1 (05L/23R) with a length of and width of , equipped with concrete surface. Runway 05L is able for ILS CAT II, runway 23R able for ILS CAT I. •
Runway East 2 (05R/23L) with a length of , equipped with concrete surface.
Terminals Terminal 1 (demolished) Terminal 1 was opened in 1995 when all flight services were transferred from Nanhu Airport to Tianhe International Airport. It was located at where the west concourse of Terminal 3 stands nowadays. It had been the only terminal of the airport until Terminal 2 was completed in 2008. From 2008 onwards, all domestic flights were operated at T2 while international flights were still operated at T1. T1 was closed in 2010 after serving international flights for two years. A new international terminal was built in 2010, and has undergone subsequent expansions after seeing major increase of international travelers. The terminal was demolished during the construction of Terminal 3.
Terminal 2 Terminal 2 was the main terminal for Tianhe Airport during 2008–2017, which handled only domestic airlines. It has a floor area of 121,200 square meters and a designed capacity to handle 13 million passengers and 320,000 tons of cargo a year. The project was completed on 15 April 2008, at a total cost of 3.37 billion yuan (421.5 million US dollars). By 2010, Wuhan served at least five international and 100 domestic routes. The airport's cargo-handling capacity is to reach 144,000 tons. Terminal 2 was closed when Terminal 3 were officially opened in mid-2017 for the upgrade construction, and it reopened on 15 April 2024.
Fixed-base operator (formerly the International Terminal) The International Terminal was opened in December 2010 and all international flights and flights to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan operated at the International Terminal from 2010 to 2017. After the old Terminal 1 was closed in 2010, the International Terminal was sometimes mistakenly called "T1" by passengers. The single-floor terminal is located at the southwest of Terminal 2. It has a floor area of 5310 square meters, shared by both departure and arrival facilities. To handle wide-body jet within limited ramp, there is no air-bridge for this terminal. Due to its compact size and the growing number of international flights, there were complaints that Terminal 1 was "too crowded". In 2013, the average departure traffic was 880 per hour during the peak season, which was far greater than its designed maximum capacity of 550. The International Terminal was closed in mid-2017 and then turned to a terminal for chartered flights and VIP flights in 2019, following the conclusion of
2019 Military World Games.
Terminal 3 Since 31 August 2017, all flights from the original International Terminal and T2 have been moved to Terminal 3, which has a passenger capacity of 35 million. Following the opening of the new Terminal 3, International Terminal (IT) and Terminal 2 (T2) were closed temporarily for renovation. T2 will undergo renovation and reopen when passengers in T3 exceed the design limit. However, and has since re-opened as the expended Terminal 2 for domestic flights only. The T3 has a new departure lounge, restaurants and duty-free shops. The construction of Terminal 3 started in June 2013 and it was opened on 31 August 2017. A new runway, new control tower, and a transportation hub connecting the airport to the city with an
intercity railway and a
metro line have been built and opened along with the new terminal. ==Future development==