Journal of Civil Aviation University of China ›› 2025, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 46-53.

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Research on the development strategy of Shanghai′s third airport under the
"one-city-three-airport" model

  

  1. 1. College of Transportation Science and Engineering, CAUC, Tianjin 300300, China; 2. Jilin Provincial Civil
    Aviation Airport Group Co., Ltd., Changchun 130124, China
  • Received:2024-07-18 Revised:2024-11-11 Online:2025-12-20 Published:2026-01-10

Abstract:

To explore the development direction of a one-city-three-airport system in China and promote the coordinated
development of Shanghai as an aviation hub, this paper constructs an evaluation index system for multi-airport
development models in the context of one-city-three-airport systems, comprising five first-level indicators
and eleven second-level indicators. Subjective and objective weights are derived using the G1 method and the
entropy method, respectively, and are combined via a range-maximization combination-weighting procedure; the
various one-city-multi-airport development models are then evaluated using the technique for order preference
by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). Results indicate that Shanghai′s current one-city-two-airport system
exhibits significant advantages in cargo and mail throughput and performs well in inter-airport ground-accessibility and noise-impact metrics, but lags in route-network connectivity. Drawing on lessons from international
one-city-three-airport systems, the study proposes three strategic options for a third Shanghai airport: a domestic
trunk passenger hub airport to divert selected flights from the existing airports; a low-cost carrier (LCC)-oriented
airport to attract price-sensitive travelers; and an auxiliary LCC facility to accommodate overflow passenger and
cargo demand from the current airports.

Key words:

technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS)

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