Hefei Xinqiao International Airport (IATA:HFE,ICAO:ZSOF) is aninternational airport servingHefei, the capital ofEast China’sAnhui province. It is located inShushan District, 31.8 km (19.8 mi) from the city center. Construction started in December 2008 with a total investment of 3.728 billion yuan. Opened on 30 May 2013, it replacedHefei Luogang Airport as Hefei's main airport.[2][3]
In December 2022, Hefei gained direct flights to Europe whenCondor started flights toFrankfurt inGermany, but this route has been discontinued after just a few weeks.
The first phase of construction includes one runway which is 3,400 meters (11,200 ft) long and 45 meters (148 ft) wide (class 4E), and a 108,500-meter (356,000 ft) terminal building, to handle a projected annual volume of 11 million passengers and 150,000 tons of cargo by 2020. A second phase is being planned to handle 42 million passengers and 580,000 tons of cargo by 2040.[2]