
Airports and airlines in Hong Kong
The only airport with scheduled flight traffic in Hong Kong is Hong Kong International Airport. The biggest airline here is 83 which offers flights to 133 destinations.Out of the four airlines of the country we have listed biggest 4. Cathay Pacific is leading here with a total of 88 flight destinations.› The largest airports worldwide
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Hong Kong International Airport
IATA: | HKG |
ICAO: | VHHH |
Runways: | 2 |
Longest runway: | 12,467 ft (3,800 m) |
Airlines: | 83 |
Destinations: | 133 |
Position | |
City: | Hong Kong |
Longitude: | 22° 18' 32"N |
Latitude: | 113° 54' 54"E |
Height: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Traffic volume (2021) | |
Passengers: | 71,541,000 |
Cargo: | 5,025,495 Tonnen |
Movements: | 416,900 |

Freight volume
In 2020, a total of 8.08 billion ton-kilometers (= total mass transported in tons multiplied by kilometers traveled) of cargo was moved by air in Hong Kong. Hong Kong International Airport alone accounted for around 5.03 million metric tons.The biggest airlines based in Hong Kong
The largest airline in the country with scheduled passenger traffic and in terms of fleet size is Cathay Pacific. In 2021, it carried 4.30 million passengers. It currently has a fleet of 171 aircrafts. The main airlines for civil passenger traffic in Hong Kong are:IATA | Name | Callsign | Fleet size | Destinations |
---|---|---|---|---|
CX | Cathay Pacific | Cathay | 171 | 88 |
HX | Hong Kong Airlines | Bauhinia | 34 | 48 |
UO | Hong Kong Express Airways | Hongkong Shuttle | 26 | 27 |
HB | Greater Bay Airlines | Greater Bay | 3 | 2 |