Hong Kong International Airport
main airport in Hong Kong
Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) is an international airport located on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. It is sometimes referred to Chek Lap Kok airport to distinguish it from its predecessor, Kai Tak Airport.
Opened in 1998, Hong Kong International Airport is the world's busiest cargo gateway and one of the world's busiest passenger airports. It is also home to one of the world's largest passenger terminal buildings, which was the largest when the airport opened.
The airport is operated by Airport Authority Hong Kong, and has three operational runways, each measuring 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) in length. It runs 24 hours a day and is the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, Greater Bay Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, HK Express, and Air Hong Kong. The airport is one of the hubs of Oneworld, and also one of the Asia-Pacific cargo hubs for UPS Airlines. It is a focus city for Air China and China Eastern Airlines. Ethiopian Airlines, United Airlines and Emirates utilises Hong Kong as a stopover point for their flights.
As of March 2026, Hong Kong International Airport have connections with 80 destinations in 42 countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative and direct connections to 220 destinations worldwide.
The public source identifies “Hong Kong International Airport” as main airport in Hong Kong. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hong, Kong and International.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17704. VIAF identifies the subject as 131536593. The Library of Congress control number is n2001002129. Authority coordinates are 22.309, 113.914. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998 and 2026.
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This entry incorporates text from “Hong Kong International Airport” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.