Macau International Airport
Airport in Taipa, Macau / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Macau International Airport (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) (Chinese: 澳門國際機場; Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Macau) is an international airport in the special administrative region of Macau, situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters which opened for commercial operations on 9 November 1995, during Portuguese administration of the region.
Macau International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Macau 澳門國際機場 Oumùhn Gwokjai Gēichèuhng | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Macau | ||||||||||
Operator | Sociedade do Aeroporto Internacional de Macau S.A.R.L. | ||||||||||
Serves | Pearl River Delta | ||||||||||
Location | Taipa, Macau | ||||||||||
Opened | 9 November 1995; 28 years ago (1995-11-09) | ||||||||||
Hub for | Air Macau | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 20 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°08′58″N 113°35′29″E | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Macau International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 澳門國際機場 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门国际机场 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Oumùhn Gwokjai Gēichèuhng | ||||||||||||||
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Portuguese | Aeroporto Internacional de Macau | ||||||||||||||
Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between the Mainland and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in mainland China and Southeast Asia. During 2006, the airport handled 5 million passengers and 220,000 tonnes of cargo.[3] In 2017 the number of passengers had increased to 7,165,803,[4] which is more than the 6 million passengers per year the terminal was originally designed for.[5]