section_path: Transport/Air
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  Chengdu is the third Chinese city with two international airports (Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport) after Beijing and Shanghai. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (IATA: CTU, ICAO: ZUUU) is located in Shuangliu District 16 km (9.9 mi) southwest of downtown. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is the busiest airport in Central and Western China and the nation's fourth-busiest airport in 2018, with a total passenger traffic of 53 million in 2018.
  
  Chengdu airports (including Shuangliu International Airport and Tianfu International Airport) is also a 240-hour visa-free transit port for foreigners from 53 countries Besides, Chengdu airports also offer 24-hour visa-free transit for most nationals when having a stopover in Chengdu.
  
  Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport has two runways and is capable of operating the Airbus A380, currently the largest passenger aircraft in operation. Chengdu is the fourth city in China with two commercial-use runways, after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. On 26 May 2009, Air China, Chengdu City Government and Sichuan Airport Group signed an agreement to improve the infrastructure of the airport and increase the number of direct international flights to and from Chengdu. The objective is to increase passenger traffic to more than 40 million by 2015, making Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport the fourth-largest international hub in China, after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, top 30 largest airports in the world. Chengdu Shuangliu Airport ranked the No.1 and No.2 busiest airport in China in 2020 and 2021, respectively. The airport is current operating only domestically.
  
  A second international airport, the Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (IATA: TFU, ICAO: ZUTF) currently with two main terminals and three runways, opened in June 2021. The new airport is 51 kilometers (32 mi) southeast of the city and will have a capacity to handle between 80 and 90 million passengers per year.
  
  Since 2023, all the international flights are transferred to Tianfu International Airport.