Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is the major international airport serving Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan Province. Shuangliu Airport is one of the two core hubs for Air China, together with Beijing, as well as the main hub and headquarters for Sichuan Airlines and Chengdu Airlines.
Shuangliu Airport handled 37.5 million passengers in 2014. It is the 5th busiest in mainland China.
The airport, formerly named Shuangguisi Airport, opened as an auxiliary military airfield in 1938.
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