Airport Profile
Terminal 2
Haikou Meilan International Airport (hereinafter referred to as "Meilan Airport"), one of the prominent trunk airports in China, commenced its official operation on May 25, 1999, and was subsequently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on November 18, 2002 (HK. 00357). Meilan Airport Phase II was put into operation on December 2, 2021. Since then, the Airport has embarked on a new trajectory characterized by "double terminals and double runways," dedicating its efforts to building a regional aviation hub oriented towards the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Production and Operation Situation Has Gradually Improved
In 2024, the Airport secured the 19th position in China in terms of throughput, registering a passenger throughput of 26,890,200 person trips, 185,200 aircraft transportation take-offs and landings, and a cargo and mail and luggage throughput totaling 373,400 tons.
In the first quarter of 2025, the Airport secured the 12th position in China in terms of throughput, registering a passenger throughput of 8,198,400 person trips, 55,373 aircraft transportation take-offs and landings, and a cargo and mail and luggage throughput totaling 57,921 tons.
In the first quarter of 2025, the Airport operated a total of 227 routes, including 194 domestic routes, 31 international and regional passenger routes, and 2 international and regional cargo routes. The airport served a total of 138 cities, including 113 domestic cities, 22 international and regional passenger route cities, and 3 international and regional cargo route cities. In the first quarter of 2025, Meilan Airport opened one fifth-freedom cargo route, Tbilisi-Haikou-Milan, and one fifth-freedom passenger route, Phnom Penh-Haikou-Nha Trang. (Note: The above data excludes temporary and alternate routes and waypoints; calculations for international passenger routes are based on the number of airlines operating international routes.)
In addition, the Airport has secured comprehensive channels for cross-border e-commerce import and export operations, enabling the execution of diverse business, such as cross-border e-commerce trade (customs code "9610"), B2B direct export in cross-border e-commerce (customs code "9710"), cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse (customs code "9810") and international express import. This introduces new supply models and avenues for international cargo routes.
Star-Rated Service Quality Is Internationally Recognized
Safe Operation.So far, Meilan Airport has been operating safely for 26 years. Since its safety management system was established in 2006, it has gone through three stages: exploration and construction, running-in operation, and optimization and improvement. Currently, it has entered the fourth stage, namely the "continuous refinement stage," distilling and forming the "12345" safety management thinking framework and the "ten practical experiences of the safety management system," promoting the further integration of the system with production operations. In 2016, Meilan Airport successfully passed the review of the Airport Excellence in Safety (APEX) certification by the Airports Council International. In 2018, it became the first domestic airport to obtain the "APEX Airport Security Excellence" certification. In addition, Meilan Airport was awarded the honorary title of "Advanced Unit during the Safety Production Month" by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in 2019 and 2023. In the annual assessment of "Safe Civil Aviation" by CAAC in 2021 and 2022, Meilan Airport ranked first for two consecutive years among the nine Class-I airports in the Central-South region with a passenger throughput of over 10 million. In 2024, the case of "Application and Practice of SMS in Airport Core Risk Control" of Meilan Airport won the Excellence Award of the Annual Safety Management Outstanding Case of the China Civil Airports Association. In 2024, the airport obtained certifications for the ISO9001 Quality Management System, ISO14001 Environmental Management System, ISO45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System, ISO50001 Energy Management System, and ISO 20000 Information Technology Service Management System, demonstrating that its system construction complies with international standards.
Service Brand.In April 2017, Meilan Airport won the world’s eighth and China’s first (except Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) "SKYTRAX Five-Star Airport" and in March 2022, T2 of Meilan Airport obtained "SKYTRAX Five-Star Airport" certification. Meilan Airport has continued to be awarded the "Five-Star Airport" title for eight consecutive years. Meilan Airport also won SKYTRAX's "Best Regional Airport in China" and "Best Airport Staff in China" several times, and the "Best Clean Airport in China" in 2023. In March 2024, the Consumer Affairs Center of CAAC released the 2023 Civil Aviation Passenger Satisfaction Index, and Meilan Airport was rated as an "Excellent Airport for Comprehensive Services" in the category of airports with a passenger throughput of over 20 million. In April 2025, Meilan Airport was named an "Excellent Airport for Service Quality" in the category of airports with a passenger throughput of over 10 million in the 2024 Service Quality Evaluation of Chinese Civil Airports. Besides, Meilan Airport has also been awarded multiple times by the Airports Council International (ACI) as the "Best Annual Airport in the Asia-Pacific Region (15-25 million passenger category)" and received the "Top Ten Excellent Airport Award" in the Service Quality Evaluation of Chinese Civil Airports.
Additionally, Meilan Airport has won multiple domestic and foreign service awards such as the ACI "Best Hygiene Measure Airport Award," "China Service" Brand Competitiveness Top 500 Enterprises, and CAPSE "Air Service Award.".
Supporting Commercial Services Accompany Passengers
The overall commercial area in the terminals is about 37,000 square meters, providing passengers with one-stop "food, drink, entertainment and shopping" commercial services. Meilan Airport became the first set up with an offshore island duty-free shop in China on December 21, 2011. The general duty-free business area mainly approved for international first-line and second-line brands and the 45 categories of commodities under the offshore duty-free policy, covering more than 600 international well-known brands of cosmetics, watches, bags, perfume, accessories, sunglasses, wine, mobile phones and so on. Meilan Airport hotel has 996 guest rooms it provides personalized rooms, which is the largest single airport hotel in China.
On October 19, 2024, Meilan Airport officially signed a joint operation contract for non-aviation business with Changi Airports International (CAI). On November 8, with the approval of the Haikou Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, Sino-Singapore (Hainan) Airport Commercial Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Sino-Singapore Airport) was officially established. As a franchise operator, it will introduce diversified business formats and brands to Meilan Airport, and carry out specific non-aviation businesses including taxable and duty-free commerce, catering, leisure, advertising, and VIP services, aiming to transform Meilan Airport into a one-stop commercial consumption center. On November 26, the first shareholders' meeting and the first meeting of the first-session board of directors of Sino-Singapore Airport were successfully held in Haikou, marking the official entry of Sino-Singapore Airport into a stable development stage. On January 1, 2025, Sino-Singapore Airport was officially inaugurated and put into operation, marking the start of a new chapter in the non-aviation business cooperation between the two parties. This will effectively promote the optimization and upgrading of Meilan Airport's services, and accelerate the construction of an aviation regional gateway hub facing the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
In the future, Meilan Airport will be dedicated to establishing itself as a regional aviation hub oriented towards the Pacific and Indian Oceans and building a convenient air transport channel for Hainan Free Trade Port. Meilan Airport will continue to expand and optimize its route network, accelerate the expansion of the international aviation market, fully leveraging the benefits of open-air traffic rights to improve the structure of the international route network, and concurrently continue to develop through routes and improve the level of transit convenience. Additionally, Meilan Airport will focus on optimizing customs clearance efficiency, enhancing the convenience of customs clearance services, and fully unlocking the potential of international cargo ports. The Airport will also strive to improve the construction of integrated transport supporting facilities, explore the commercial potential of the Airport, and expedite the development of a regional international airport hub.
Phase 2 project of Meilan International Airport, as a major landmark project for the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, aims at building an airport with characteristics of “safety, environmental protection, intelligence and culture”. The airspace, with the design class of 4F, is of the highest grade in China civil aviation at present, which could meet the take-off and landing requirements of A380, the largest civil airliner in the world. The building of Terminal T2 adopts a compact and concise structure, with an area about twice that of the building of Terminal T1, which can provide more convenient and efficient services for passengers.
“Larger”-- The area of Terminal 2 is about twice that of Terminal 1.
Terminal 2 covers an area of about 300,000 square meters, which is about twice that of Terminal 1. It is 550 m away from Terminal 1 in a straight line, and is mainly composed of the central main building and four fingerpiers. Terminal 2 is arranged with 5 check-in islands, 110 check-in counters, 41 self-service check-in, 5 sets of self-service baggage check-in equipment and 46 security check channels.
T2 Terminal has a commercial area of 23,000 square meters, which is divided into dutiable zone and duty-free zone, in order to enrich passengers’ life in waiting time. Among them, tax-free zone is the first airport-based offshore duty-free shop in China, in which more than 500 international brands have been introduced. It adopts “pick-up-after-buy” mode, so that consumers may take their goods with them on plane after purchasing.
“Faster” -- It takes only 5.5 minutes to walk from the security checkpoint to the most distal boarding gate.
The building of Terminal 2 of Meilan International Airport adopts a compact and concise structure, so that from the perspective of passengers, the check-in hall and the fingerpiers are closely and efficiently combined with each other. It needs only 5.5 minutes for passengers to walk from the nearest security checkpoint to the most distal boarding gate.
Terminal 2 is arranged with 5 check-in islands, 41 self-service check-in points and 5 sets of self-service baggage check-in equipment. Each self-service check-in area is equipped with a temporary ID handling terminal, and the handling procedure of temporary check-in certificate can be completed in 2 minutes.
The Phase 2 project of Meilan International Airport also adopts the advanced DCV high-speed pallet baggage sorting system, with the intelligent system of which not only can the baggage be distributed correspondingly to the flights accurately, but also the optimal transmission route can be selected according to the current baggage traffic condition and flight urgency. It only takes 5 minutes to deliver the baggage to the baggage transportation area after completion of baggage check-in procedure.
In the intelligent passenger check channel, millimeter-wave security scanner can effectively detect metal and nonmetal suspicious objects within 5-10 seconds. Additionally, the Phase 2 project of Meilan is also equipped with an intelligent security check basket returning system, which can automatically send the empty baskets used by passengers from the back end to the front end, reducing the waiting time of passengers for luggage baskets and reducing the work intensity of security inspectors.
“More Considered” – Facilities such as five-hole socket and USB interface-available seat all show considerations in service.
The Terminal 2 of Meilan Phase 2 project is built with a landscaping area of 21,000 square meters, in which more than 50,000 ornamental plants are planted. It creates multiple “online celebrity punch-in spots”, such as the Meilan flower-blooming dome, the roof of the garden courtyard and the overhang business district, by integrating various Hainan cultural elements, including “overhang building, Li-nationality weaving cloth and boat house”. Passengers here are all welcomed by the natural beauty and humanistic beauty of Hainan.
In response to the demand of passengers to keep sufficient power supply for their mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices, the Terminal 2 of Meilan International Airport provides 4,900 seats with USB interfaces and five-hole sockets in the waiting area.
In addition, the Phase 2 project of Meilan International Airport also arranges two visual video inquiry terminals respectively in Gate 3 of departure hall and at the entrance from high-speed railway station to Terminal 2, in order to realize the functions such as real-time consultation and self-service inquiry of flights, thus to greatly improve the efficiency of passenger inquiry service. In the special passenger service area, the airport makes the travel easier for the special passengers such as the elderly, those in wheelchair and unaccompanied minor; through handling the application for special assistance and providing boarding pass printing and full-process baggage check-in services.
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