www.flyfan.be - Shanghai Pudong International Airport

Shanghai Pudong International Airport ( PVG - ZSPD )

Shanghai is the second largest city in China, a true economic capital. The population density is very concentrated. In order to serve the metropolis and open up to the world, the Shanghai PVG Airport is the biggest, it is truly a gateway to the country. It is located east of the Huangpu River, on the shore of Pudong which gave it its name. The chosen terrain is, however, located 40km from the city center. The two large terminals are in the center of twice two parallel runways oriented "north-south". In the West the 17R-35L are used for arrivals while the 17L-35R are intended for takeoffs. The west side T1 is mainly destined for China Eastern, Shanghai Airlines and Skyteam Group airlines. The East T2 welcomes the rest of the traffic, and to the east of the latter are the two other runways 16R-34L for takeoffs and 16L-34R for landing. A fifth track all the way east, numbered 15-33, has been built but is not used yet. A major freight terminal is beating tons of goods arriving or departing on numerous cargo flights. Chinese airlines serve Shanghai throughout the day, both for long-haul domestic flights. Air China, Eastern, Southern, Hainan, but also the low-cost airlines including Spring Air and Juneyao Airlines make up the vast majority of flights. Other routes are operated by major airlines in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Let's enjoy a long match in Shanghai between flights to try to give yourself the joys of spotting. It must be said that our favorite sport is far from always easy ... The weather, the position of the sun, the wind direction, the procedure, the chance of the terminal on which we were supposed to arrive ... But sometimes the chance did well and during the few hours in the afternoon at Terminal 2, runways 16R and 16L were used. The sun finally broke through the usual smog layer on the region and we took the opportunity to photograph the zincs that passed in front of us, a "flightreport" well imaged to get a good idea of the traffic in Shanghai Pudong.

Click to enlarge, all pictures are from Cédric Valence

www.flyfan.be - Brussels Airport

3rd April 2018

B-1003 - A321-231 Juneyao Airlines	B-1845 - A321-231 China Southern	9M-MTL - A330-323 Malaysia Airlines	VN-A608 - A321-231 Vietnam Airlines



JA828A - B787-8 ANA	B-2738 - B787-8 Suparna Airlines	B-5703 - B737-89P Shanghai Airlines	JA708J - B777-246ER JAL One World



JA708J - B777-246ER JAL One World	ET-AUA - A350-941 Ethiopian Airlines	C-GHPY - B787-8 Air Canada	N814AA - B787-8 American Airlines



B-6948 - A320-214 Juneyao Airlines	9V-SKJ - A380-841 Singapore Airlines	B-5346 - B737-8BK Hainan Airlines	B-2078 - B777-2FZ China Eastern Cargo



B-6919 - A321-231 Air China	B-2695 - B737-81B China Southern	A6-EES - A380-841 Emirates	B-6840 - A320-214 Spring Airlines



JA16KZ - B747-8KZF NCA Cargo	B-6533 - A330-243 Air China	B-6552 - A321-231 China Southern	C-FRAM - B777-333ER Air Canada



D-AIHA - A340-642 Lufthansa	A7-BAQ - B777-3DZ Qatar Airways	B-6820 - A320-214 Spring Airlines	B-6703 - A320-214 China Southern



HL8059 - A321-231 Asiana Airlines	B-8163 - A321-211 China Eastern	B-8849 - A321-211 China Southern	B-9920 - A320-214 Spring Airlines



B-HLM - A330-343 Cathay Pacific	B-5141 - B737-84P China Xinhua Airlinese	B-5942 - A330-243 China Eastern	B-5942 - A330-243 China Eastern



B-5942 - A330-243 China Eastern	B-8317 - A321-211 Juneyao Airlines	B-LBE - A330-343 Cathay Dragon	B-8111 - A320-232 China Eastern



B-8537 - A321-231 Juneyao Airlines	B-7837 - B787-9 Hainan Airlines	B-6587 - A320-232 China Eastern	B-6655 - A320-232 China Southern



B-LNT - A330-343 Hong Kong Airlines	B-8677 - A321-211 China Southern	B-8862 - A330-343 China Eastern	B-HYI - A330-343 Dragonair



VN-A893 - A350-941 Vietnam Airlines	ZK-NZC - B787-9 Air New Zealand	HL7736 - A330-323 Asiana Airlines	N821AN - B787-9 American Airlines



RP-C8760 - A330-343 Philippines Airlines	N966AM - B787-8 AeroMexico	OY-KBI - A340-313 SAS	B-LBE - A330-343 Cathay Dragon



B-MCE - A321-231 Air Macau	B-6998 - B787-9 Hainan Airlines	B-3152 - Embraer190 TianjinAirlines

Back to Europe's map

Back to Index