AviatDataChengdu Tianfu International Airport TFU / ZUTF
Chengdu, Sichuan · China · Sichuan Airport Group Co., Ltd. — Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Branch (state-owned, Sichuan Provincial Government)
56.7Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAZUTF / TFU
OperatorSichuan Airport Group Co., Ltd. — Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Branch (state-owned, Sichuan Provincial Government)
Coordinates30.3125°N, 104.4413°E
Elevation1,440 ft · 439 m
Time zoneChina Standard Time (CST, UTC+8, no DST)
Passengers / yr56,686,738 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceZUTF — AIP China / CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China)
Airport mapT1 international and T2 domestic · reference only
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Operating hoursH24, no curfew
TerminalsTwo terminals — T1 (mostly international) and T2 (domestic) — totalling roughly 710,000 sqm (T1 ~390,000 sqm, T2 ~320,000 sqm), linked by an automated people mover on the B2 level; 'Sunbird'-themed architecture; first-phase design capacity 60M passengers/yr, expandable toward 90M/yr under the full 6-runway, 4-terminal masterplan
Runways (3)
- 01/19 · 4,000 m / 13,123 ft · 60 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS CAT III (RWY 01) / CAT I (RWY 19) — Code 4F runway ("West-1"), primary landing direction rated CAT III precision approach
- 02/20 · 3,200 m / 10,499 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS CAT III (RWY 02) / CAT I (RWY 20) — Code 4E runway ("East-1"), primary landing direction rated CAT III precision approach
- 11/29 · 3,800 m / 12,467 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete · ILS No ILS — Code 4E runway ("North-1"), takeoff-only, used solely for west-to-east departures
Airport contact
Chengdu's newer of two international airports (opened 27 June 2021), built to eventually supersede crosstown Shuangliu (CTU) as Sichuan's primary international gateway; hub for Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and Chengdu Airlines, with China Southern and Lucky Air as focus-city carriers. Its two parallel north-south runways (01/19 and 02/20) both carry CAT III ILS on their primary landing direction (01 and 02 respectively), with CAT I on the reciprocal ends; the third runway (11/29) is departure-only, used solely for west-to-east takeoffs. Reached 56.7M passengers in 2025 (5th-busiest in mainland China), just over four years after opening.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Sichuan Airport Group Ground Service Co., Ltd. (四川省机场集团航空地面服务有限公司)
Wholly-owned Sichuan Airport Group subsidiary; registered business scope explicitly covers civil-aviation ground-transport agency services, confirmed as the main ground-services operator for both Chengdu airports. TFU branch established 2021-03-11, representing 37 international/regional and 28 domestic carriers there.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
China Aviation Oil, Tianfu Airport Branch (中国航空油料有限责任公司天府机场分公司)
China Aviation Oil (parent: China Aviation Oil Group / CNAF) fuelled TFU's first test flight in January 2021, confirmed via the parent company's own corporate history; CNAF is the standard into-plane fuel supplier at essentially all major Chinese airports. Local branch office reported at Yunchuan Street, TFU; a rail-fed depot on-site is reported but its precise size/date were not.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available · 2 providers
Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. (四川航空股份有限公司)
In-house, Sichuan Airlines — TFU is confirmed as one of Sichuan Airlines' main operating bases (business scope includes civil-aircraft maintenance), implying in-house transit/daily-check capability for its own aircraft, but no dedicated TFU line-maintenance hangar or unit was independently confirmed (the airline's confirmed heavy-maintenance hangar is at Shuangliu, not Tianfu).
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Air China Tianfu Base (中国国际航空股份有限公司天府基地)
In-house, Air China — the confirmed Tianfu base maintenance function covers Air China's own daily/transit checks and defect rectification for aircraft based at TFU, in addition to the hangar heavy-check capability; base also includes a 1,500-bed staff hostel per English Wikipedia.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Available
Air China Tianfu Base (中国国际航空股份有限公司天府基地)
Confirmed via both English and Chinese Wikipedia entries for TFU: Air China operates maintenance facilities at the airport capable of major overhaul, passenger-to-freighter conversion, and aircraft modification. A 14,290 sqm hangar (2x A330 + 1x A320, or 2x A350 simultaneously) within a ~581,500 sqm base footprint is reported but not.
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Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Air China Southwest Aviation Catering / "Southwest Airlines Food" (中国国际航空股份有限公司西南航空食品分公司)
Flight-kitchen subsidiary of the Air China group operating in Chengdu; a dedicated automated catering facility at TFU (reported as 47,654 sqm with 3D warehousing/tower storage, operational since the airport's June 27, 2021 opening) is consistent with standard practice of building new flight-kitchen capacity for each major Chinese airport opening, though the specific facility figures were not.
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Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
Sichuan Airport Group Ground Service Co., Ltd. (四川省机场集团航空地面服务有限公司)
Aircraft cabin/interior cleaning and lavatory/water servicing is typically bundled into this company's ground-handling scope at Chinese hub airports, but no TFU-specific cleaning contract or dedicated unit was independently documented.
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Ground support equipment
Available
Sichuan Airport Group Ground Service Co., Ltd. (四川省机场集团航空地面服务有限公司)
Registered business scope explicitly includes installation, repair and sale of airport ground equipment and facilities; unconfirmed whether third-party GSE rental is offered beyond the group's own fleet.
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Cargo handling
Available · 3 providers
Sichuan Airport Group Ground Service Co., Ltd. (四川省机场集团航空地面服务有限公司)
Registered business scope explicitly includes '航空货站运营' (aviation cargo-terminal operation); operates and manages the airport's own cargo station at TFU (one of three cargo stations in the TFU cargo zone alongside Air China and Sichuan Airlines), covering warehousing, loading/unloading, customs clearance and bonded-warehouse handling.
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Air China Cargo Co., Ltd. (中国国际货运航空股份有限公司)
Self-handled, Air China Cargo; TFU's own Chinese-language airport reference confirms a 69,300 sqm Air China cargo station (244,500 t/yr capacity: 150,000 t domestic, 94,500 t international) at TFU specifically, distinct from the airport's and Sichuan Airlines' stations.
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Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. (四川航空股份有限公司)
Self-handled, Sichuan Airlines; TFU is confirmed as one of Sichuan Airlines' two main operating bases (alongside Chengdu Shuangliu). Reported to operate its own cargo station in the TFU cargo zone alongside the airport's and Air China's stations; the specific third-station claim was not.
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Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Sichuan Airport Group, Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Branch (四川省机场集团有限公司成都天府国际机场分公司)
Confirmed as a genuine registered entity (established 2020-12-15) whose licensed scope covers civil-airport operation, lodging, food service, and retail. Airport operator is understood to run the terminal's smart security lines (facial recognition, paperless pre-check-through-boarding) in conjunction with the aviation public security bureau, but no security-specific business-scope line item or separately incorporated third-party screening contractor was independently identified.
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Passenger & crew transport
On request
Sichuan Airport Group Ground Service Co., Ltd. (四川省机场集团航空地面服务有限公司)
Company's registered civil-aviation ground-transport-agency scope covers apron/ramp passenger transport between stands and terminal; a crew-specific shuttle contract was not separately confirmed.
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Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Available
Tianfu Airport Cloud-Enjoy & Pleasure-Enjoy Hotel (天府空港云享·悦享酒店)
Confirmed via TFU's Chinese-language airport reference: a hotel complex (云享/Cloud-Enjoy, 5-star, and 悦享/Pleasure-Enjoy, 3-star) physically integrated between the T1/T2 terminal buildings and GTC transit hub with direct check-in/baggage-drop access, used for crew and transit-passenger layovers.
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