Terminals at Shanghai’s airports
Shanghai’s two airports operate four passenger terminals in total, plus two large satellite concourses at Pudong. This page is the overview; each building has its own page with the full layout.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)
Pudong opened in 1999 and has grown into one of the world’s busiest airports, with five runways. It handles the majority of Shanghai’s international traffic and is the main hub for China Eastern Airlines.
- Terminal 1 — opened 1999, seagull-wave design, 28 gates including double-deck stands, 204 check-in counters, 13 luggage belts, 280,000 m², roughly 20 million passengers per year.
- Terminal 2 — opened March 2008, four floors, capacity for about 60 million passengers per year, gates numbered 50–98.
- Satellite Halls S1 and S2 — opened September 2019, the world’s largest single-building satellite terminal, 83 jet bridges and 90 boarding gates.
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)
Hongqiao is the older, city-side airport with two terminals roughly 2 km apart and two runways of 3,400 m and 3,300 m.
- Terminal 1 — international, Hong Kong / Macao / Taiwan and some domestic flights; renovated to completion in October 2018.
- Terminal 2 — opened March 2010, 362,600 m², four times the size of Terminal 1, handling around 80% of the airport’s domestic airlines.
Ground transfers between terminals
- Pudong T1 – T2 shuttle bus — free, about 5 minutes end to end, running roughly every 10 minutes from 06:00 to 24:00. Stops: T1 Gates 1, 8 and 11 on Level 3; T2 Gates 21, 26 and 27 on Level 3.
- Underground MRT — connects each satellite hall (S1 or S2) to its assigned main terminal.
- Hongqiao — Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 are across the airfield, about 2 km apart; a shuttle bus links them.
T1 and T2 at Pudong are not connected airside. If you are connecting between terminals, you must clear security and go through formalities again. Confirm the terminal on your ticket before you travel.