Macau International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Macau 澳門國際機場
IATA: MFM – ICAO: VMMC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Sociedade do Aeroporto Internacional de Macau S.A.R.L. [1]
Serves		Macau
Location		Taipa
Hub for		Air Macau
Elevation AMSL		20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates		22°08′58″N 113°35′29″E / 22.14944°N 113.59139°E / 22.14944; 113.59139
Website		www.macau-airport.gov.mo
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
16/34	3,360	11,024	Concrete
Sources: airport website and DAFIF

Macau International Airport
Traditional Chinese	澳門國際機場
Simplified Chinese	澳门国际机场
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Àomén Guójì Jīchǎng Cantonese - Jyutping oumun gwokzai geicoeng

Macau International Airport (traditional Chinese: 澳門國際機場; Jyutping: oumun gwokzai geicoeng; Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Macau) (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters, is the only airport in Macau, which opened for commercial operations in November 1995. Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between mainland China 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.

As in Hong Kong, Macau has its own immigration policies and is a separate customs territory from mainland China. All travellers, including those to mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan need to go through the immigration and customs inspections of international flights.

History

Airport terminal

Departure lounge

The airport was opened in November 1995, during Portuguese rule. Before then the territory only had 2 temporary airports for small aeroplanes, in addition to several permanent heliports. Cathay Pacific operated seaplane service between Hong Kong and Macau in the late 1940s. The only air services Macau had in the 1990s were helicopter services operated by East Asia Airlines to Hong Kong.

Former air facilities in Macau:

• Portuguese Naval Aviation seaplane base on Taipa Island
• Portuguese Naval Aviation seaplane base in the Outer Harbour - southeast side of the mainland
• Temporary airstrip on Coloane
• Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Macau heliport

Facilities

The airport's runway was built on a strip of reclaimed land in the sea, adjacent to Taipa Island, where the main terminal and air traffic control facilities are located. The runway is connected to the apron by two causeways. Runway 34 is ILS CAT II equipped.

The airport's designed capacity is 6,000,000 passengers per year, with processing capacity of up to 2,000 passengers per hour. The airport does not have a night curfew. There are 24 parking spaces for aircraft in the apron, with 4 jetways.

Despite its small physical size, the airport is capable of handling Boeing 747s, which forms a vital freight link between local manufacturers and overseas markets. Its catering facility can produce up to 10,000 meals per day.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines serve Macau International Airport:

Cities with direct air links with Macau International Airport.

Cargo airlines

The following cargo airlines serve Macau International Airport (as of October 2007):

• Air Macau
• EVA Air Cargo
• Shanghai Airlines Cargo
• Singapore Airlines Cargo

Firefighting Services

• 1 Multi-Purpose Rescue and Fire Boat owned and operated by Companhia do Aeroporto de Macau.
• two airport fire and rescue stations

Ground Transportation

Bus

Towards Macau Peninsula, Taipa, Cotai and Coloane

• Transmac: Route 26, 36, AP1, MT2 and N2
• T.C.M.: Route 21, 36, AP1, MT1 and N2

Cross-Boarder Coach

Cross-Boarder Coach from Macau International Airport to Huadao, Guangzhou, Panyu, Dongguan, Gongbei Border Gate and Hengqin Border.

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