Macau International Airport
Macau International Airport 澳門國際機場 Aeroporto Internacional de Macau | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Macau | ||||||||||
| Operator | Sociedade do Aeroporto Internacional de Macau | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pearl River Delta | ||||||||||
| Location | Taipa, Macau | ||||||||||
| Opened | 9 November 1995 | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Air Macau | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 20 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°08′58″N 113°35′29″E / 22.14944°N 113.59139°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Sources: CAM – Macau International Airport Co. Ltd. website | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 澳門國際機場 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 澳门国际机场 | ||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Oumùhn Gwokjai Gēichèuhng | ||||||||||||||
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| Portuguese | Aeroporto Internacional de Macau | ||||||||||||||
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Macau International Airport (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) is an international airport in the special administrative region of Macau, situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters. It opened for commercial operations on 9 November 1995, during Portuguese administration of the region.
Since its opening, the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between mainland China and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in mainland China and Southeast Asia. During 2006, the airport handled 5 million passengers and 220,000 tonnes of cargo. In 2017 the number of passengers had increased to 7,165,803, which is more than the 6 million passengers per year the terminal was originally designed for.