Wuhan Tianhe International Airport
Wuhan Tianhe International Airport 武汉天河国际机场 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Wuhan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Huangpi, Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 15 April 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 34.5 m / 113 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°47′06″N 114°12′24″E / 30.78500°N 114.20667°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 武汉天河国际机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 武漢天河國際機場 | ||||||
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Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (IATA: WUH, ICAO: ZHHH) is an international airport serving Wuhan, the capital of South Central China's Hubei province. It was opened on 15 April 1995, replacing the old Wuhan Wangjiadun Airport and Nanhu Airport as the major airport of Wuhan. The airport is located in Wuhan's suburban Huangpi District, around 26 km (16 mi) to the north of Wuhan city center.
It is the busiest airport in central China as it is geographically located in the centre of China's airline route network. The airport served 31,339,277 passengers in 2025, making it the 14th busiest airport by passenger traffic in China. The airport is a hub for China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines while serving as a focus city for Air China. The name Tianhe (天河) can be literally translated as "Sky River"; Tianhe is also one of the names for the Milky Way in ancient Chinese.
Since 2019, passengers from 53 countries such as the EU countries, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia, and the U.S., when transiting to a third country, can enter China from this airport without a Chinese visa for up to 144 hours.