Key facts
- The new airport will form a 'two-city, three-airport' cluster with Shanghai Pudong and Hongqiao.
- The cluster is engineered to handle 200 million passengers and 5.4 million metric tons of cargo annually.
- This initiative represents China's first cross-provincial governance of a major airport network.
A planned airport in neighboring Nantong, designed to serve as Shanghai’s third civil aviation hub, is scheduled for completion in 2035. The commercial powerhouse is undertaking this initiative to ease airspace bottlenecks and expand regional capacity. Together with Shanghai Pudong and Hongqiao international airports, the new facility will anchor a 'two-city, three-airport' cluster engineered to handle 200 million passengers and 5.4 million metric tons of cargo annually. The initiative marks China’s first attempt at cross-provincial governance of a major airport network.