To the east of Shanghai City, you can see a construction resemble a huge sea-gull that is unfolding its wings to fly. This construction is Pudong International Airport's main building which lies about 30 kilometers (19miles) from the city center, and about 40kilometers (25 miles) from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.

The buildings of Pudong International Airport comprise of the main building and concourse, with 13 conveying luggage belts and 28 boarding bridges. The two buildings are both three-storey and connected by two passage ways. The main building's arched truss roof presenting a beautiful color-silver gray blends harmoniously with the light green window, plants and ponds around it.

The Pudong International Airport control tower is open to the public, and is the only airport in the world to allow visitors to access to the control tower, making it a very popular destination. From the control tower, you can witness the whole process of an airliner's arrival or departure.

Since its opening in 1999, the amount of air traffic accommodated is increasing rapidly, and now accounts for some 60℅of all Shanghai's airport's traffic.

Tips: If you would like to know more about Shanghai's airport and other transportation, you can click Shanghai Transportation. If you want to visit the control tower, you will need to make an appointment in advance and bring your ID card and it is not permitted to bring bags into the control tower.