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Chengdu Tianfu Airport
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport is one of two airports serving Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, the other one being Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), and a major air hub. The site of the airport was chosen at Lujia Town, Jianyang, Chengdu, 51 kilometers (32 mi) southeast of the center of Chengdu. It is named after the Tianfu New Area, a development zone for Chengdu in which the airport is located. Construction began in May 2016 and the airport opened on 27 June 2021. History Plans for a new airport for Chengdu were in place since 2007. In May 2011, officials confirmed the planning process for selecting a location had started. In June 2013, the Civil Aviation Administration of China officially confirmed and approved Jianyang's Lujia Town as the location for the new airport. In January 2015, the State Council and Central Military Commission approved the new airport project, and the official name Chengdu Tianfu International Airport ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air China
Air China Limited () is the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China and one of the "Big Three" mainland Chinese airlines (alongside China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines). Air China's headquarters are in Shunyi District, Beijing. Air China's flight operations are based primarily at Beijing Capital International Airport. In 2017, the airline carried 102 million domestic and international passengers with an average load factor of 81%. The airline joined Star Alliance in 2007. History Early years Air China was established and commenced operations on 1 July 1988 as a result of the Chinese government's decision in late 1987 to split the operating divisions of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC Airlines) into six separate airlines: Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, China Northern, China Southwest, and China Northwest. Air China was given chief responsibility for intercontinental flights and took over the CAAC's long haul aircraft ( Boeing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is the major airport of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in Southern China. Both airport codes were inherited from the former Baiyun Airport, and the IATA code is derived from Guangzhou's historical romanization ''Canton''. Baiyun Airport serves as a hub for China Southern Airlines, FedEx Express, 9 Air, Hainan Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines. In 2020, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation, it was the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, handling 43.8 million passengers. In 2021, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was the world's eighth- busiest airport by passenger traffic, with 40.2 million passengers handled, making it also the busiest airport outside the United States, and the busiest in China. As for cargo traffic, the airport was China's second-busiest, as well as the second-busiest airport worldwide in terms of aircraft movements. Overview 1932–2004 The old Baiyun Airport opened in 1932. Due to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haikou Meilan International Airport
Haikou Meilan International Airport is the airport serving Haikou, the capital of Hainan Province, China. It is located southeast of the city center and was opened in 1999, replacing the old Dayingshan Airport located along what is now the city's Guoxing Avenue. The airport is operated by Hainan Meilan International Airport Company Limited. Haikou Meilan International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Hainan, the second busiest being Sanya Phoenix International Airport. In 2019, the passenger throughput was 24.216 million, ranking 17th among China's civil airports; the cargo throughput reached about 175,600 tons, ranking 19th; the aircraft movement was about 164,800, ranking 22nd. Construction Process Initial Construction Hainan Province was established in 1988. As Haikou City is the provincial capital, its development plan is put on the agenda. At that time, Haikou Dayingshan Airport could not be expanded because it was located in the city center and could not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport
Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport is an airport serving Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province. Guiyang Longdongbao Airport was opened on 28 May 1997 and adopted its current name on 19 January 2006. It is located southeast from Guiyang's city center. It is about and has a long, wide runway, which can accommodate Boeing 747, Airbus A330 widebodied aircraft. The terminal is about , available for over 2000 passengers departing and arriving per hour. In 2017, Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport was the 22nd busiest airport in mainland China, with 18,109,610 passengers. Expansion In 2010 Guiyang Airport exceeded its design capacity of 5 million passengers per year. An airport expansion project, with a total investment of about 3.4 billion yuan, was authorized and started in September 2010. The aim was to take the total annual passenger capacity to 15.5 million and the cargo traffic to 220 thousand tons per year. Hainan Airlines began a weekly flight to Paris, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is the airport serving the city of Guilin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is located in Liangjiang, about southwest of the city center. In 2014, Guilin Liangjiang International Airport was the 33rd busiest airport in China with 5,875,327 passengers. Around 4 million passengers transit through Liangjiang Airport annually, traveling to one of the 48 domestic and international destinations served nonstop from Guilin. History In September 1991, the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission approved a 1.85 billion yuan project to build a new airport to replace Guilin Qifengling Airport Guilin Qifengling Airport is a military airport in Guilin, Guangxi, China. Built in 1958, the airport originally served all commercial traffic to Guilin. It was poorly equipped to handle the rapid increase in tourism to the city during the 1990 ... as Guilin's civil airport. Construction began in July 1993, and Liangjiang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongying Shengli Airport
Dongying Shengli Airport is an airport serving the city of Dongying in Shandong Province, China. It is located in the town of Yong'an, and was formerly called Dongying Yong'an Airport (). Construction of the airport was started in May 1984 and completed in October 1985. It was expanded in 2001 and again in 2010. Flights resumed on 28 February 2011 after the latest expansion was completed, and the airport adopted the new name Dongying Shengli Airport, after the Shengli Oil Field in Dongying.山东东营机场扩建提升 Facilities After the 2010 expansion the airport has been upgraded from class 4C to 4D, with a 2,800 meter runway, and a 25,380 square-meter terminal building. It is projected to handle one million passengers annually by 2020. Airlines and de ...
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Daocheng Yading Airport
Daocheng Yading Airport ( zh, 稻城亚丁机场, bo, འདབ་པའི་ཉི་བརྟེན་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་, ) is an airport serving Daocheng County in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan province, China. It is located in Sangdui Township, north of the county seat and from the Yading Nature Reserve. At above sea level, Daocheng Yading is the highest civilian airport in the world. Construction started after the airport was approved in April 2011, with a total investment of 1.58 billion yuan (US$255 million). The airport was opened on 16 September 2013. The inaugural flight was Air China Flight 4215 on an Airbus A319 from the provincial capital Chengdu, carrying 118 passengers. The opening of the airport cut the journey time between Daocheng and Chengdu to one hour, which previously required a two-day bus trip. Facilities Daocheng Yading Airport has a single runway that is long and wide (class 4C). It has a terminal building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport is the airport serving the city of Dalian in Liaoning Province, China. It is located in Ganjingzi District, about northwest of the city center. In 2018 the airport handled 18,758,171 passengers, making it the busiest airport in Northeast China and the 24th busiest nationwide. The airport is the hub for Dalian Airlines and a focus city for China Southern Airlines and Hainan Airlines. As Zhoushuizi Airport has reached its designed capacity, the new Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport is being built on reclaimed land to replace it. History Zhoushuizi was originally an insect-infested marsh, called "Choushuizi" () or "smelly waters" by nearby residents. During the late Qing dynasty, it became a racecourse for horse racing. After the marsh was drained, it was renamed Zhoushuizi (Zhou's waters) after a nearby village called Zhoujiatun ("Zhou family village"). After Japan won the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, the Liaodong Peninsula, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dali Fengyi Airport
Dali Fengyi Airport () is an airport in Dali City, Yunnan, China, just outside Xiaguan Town. Airlines and destinations [Baidu] |
Changsha Huanghua International Airport
Changsha Huanghua International Airport is the airport serving Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, China, and the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region comprising the nearby cities of Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. As of 2021, it was one of the 50 busiest airports in the world, the 12th busiest civil airport in China, the second busiest in South Central China after Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and the busiest in Central China. Located about from downtown Changsha in the town of Huanghua in Changsha County, the airport has two terminal buildings. The airport is managed by the Hunan Airport Authority, a publicly owned corporation managing all five airports in Hunan Province. Huanghua airport was opened in August 1989, replacing Changsha Datuopu Airport, which is now a military air base. Terminals Terminal 1 Terminal 1, with of space, has three concourses (T1-A, T1-B and T1-c). It was opened in 2000, and the proposed capacity was 4.6 million passengers annually. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changchun Longjia International Airport
Changchun Longjia International Airport is an international airport in Jilin Province, China, for which it is an aviation hub in China's Civil Airport System. The airport is north-east of provincial capital Changchun and north-west of Jilin City: responsibility for the operation of the airport is shared by both cities. Changchun Airport is a regional hub for . History Longjia International Airport was approved for construction in 1998. Construction started on 29 May 2003, and the airport began its operations on 27 August 2005. It is named after Longjia (), the town whe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Beijing Daxing International Airport , is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK). It is located on the border of Beijing and Langfang, Hebei Province. It has been nicknamed "the starfish." It was completed on June 30, 2019, and began operations on September 26, 2019. The airport is south of Tiananmen Square, west of downtown Langfang, northeast of Xiong'an, Xiong'an New Area, and south of Beijing Capital International Airport, and serves Jing-Jin-Ji, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. It is a hub for SkyTeam alliance airlines and some Oneworld members, while most Star Alliance members have remained at Beijing Capital International, as has Hainan Airlines. After almost five years of construction, the Renminbi, CN¥ 80 billion (US$11.4 billion) facility features a Airport terminal, terminal, the world's largest single-building airport terminal, and sits on of land. The airport won the award of best a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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