Airport is a rapid transit station on the of Hong Kong's MTR system. It serves the Hong Kong International Airport, and is integrated with the passenger terminal. It is also the westernmost railway station in Hong Kong.
History
The station was built at the same time as the new Hong Kong International Airport, constructed on a platform of reclaimed land in order to replace Kai Tak Airport in the urban core.
In October 1993, the Airport Authority Hong Kong appointed Ove Arup and Partners to develop the concept design for the new airport's Ground Transportation Centre (GTC), which includes Airport station. Arup, Foster and Partners, and Anthony Ng Architects completed the detailed design of the GTC. Construction began in 1995. The main contractor was Nishimatsu Construction.
The station was opened on 6 July 1998 at the same time as the airport, and served as the western terminus station of the line until the opening of the AsiaWorld–Expo station on 20 December 2005.
Platform 3 was constructed opposite to platform 1 to enable access to SkyPlaza and Terminal 2. The new platform began operations on 28 February 2007, when the additional check-in facilities opened at Terminal 2. Until Terminal 2 was closed for expansion on 28 November 2019, Airport Express trains stopping at the station opened its two doors simultaneously for both platforms—doors on the left opened for Terminal 1, and doors on the right opened for Terminal 2 and SkyPlaza. This procedure resumed on 20 May 2026 with the reopening of Terminal 2, as well as the opening of a newly constructed platform 4 opposite platform 2.
Station layout
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=7|L6
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:110px;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Departure Hall
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:390px;vertical-align:top;"|HKIA Terminal 2, Skyplaza
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Customer Service, ticket machines
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Side platform, doors will open on the right</small>
|-
|Platform <span style="color:#;">↑ ↓</span>
|rowspan=1|← towards <small>(Terminus)</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Side platform, doors will open on the left</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Departure Hall
|HKIA Terminal 1
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Customer Service, ticket machines
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align: top;" |L5
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Arrival Hall
|HKIA Terminal 2
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Customer Service, ticket machines
|-
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 0px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |<small>Side platform, doors will open on the left </small>
|-
|Platform <span style="color:#;">↑ ↓</span>
| Airport Express towards <small>()</small> →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Side platform, doors will open on the right</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Arrival Hall
|HKIA Terminal 1
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Customer Service, ticket machines
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=7| L3
| style="vertical-align: top;" |Ground
|Airport Bus Terminus
|}
Facilities
Due to the integration with the airport, no exit or entry gates are installed for the convenience of the travellers. Therefore, travellers can walk straight into the terminal building through the exit for their check-in procedures (if they have not completed In-Town Check-in). Ticket baskets are provided on the departure level for the travellers to dispose of their used tickets in. A souvenir shop is also found there.
While there are no entry gates provided at Airport station, passengers must still purchase valid train tickets or Octopus Cards with sufficient value from the ticket machines located in the arrivals and meeting hall or on the platforms of Airport station before boarding the train in order to exit through the ticketing gates at , , or stations.
Entrances/exits
- Trains to AsiaWorld–Expo: Departure level of Terminal 1 (7/F), Departure level of Terminal 2 (L6)