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Libo Airport
Libo Airport () is an airport serving Libo County, Guizhou Province, China. It is also called Qiannan Airport () because of its location in the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Construction for the airport started in July 2003 and was completed in September 2007 at a total cost of 390 million yuan. However, since its opening the airport has been plagued by the lack of flights and passengers, handling only 151 passengers in all of 2009. Airlines and destinations See also *List of airports in China *List of the busiest airports in China China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the officia ... References {{authority control Airports in Guizhou Airports established in 2007 2007 establishments in China Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libo County
Libo County () is a county of southern Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Geography The county is located in the remote southeastern corner of the prefecture, on the border with Guangxi. Two local sites, Xiaoqikong () and Dongduo (), notable for their spectacular karst formations, form part of the multi-site South China Karst UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2007, which is an area about 550,000 km2 in extent. Transportation The Libo Airport, opened in late 2007, has capacity to receive planes of the Boeing 737 class, and to handle up to 220,000 passengers annually. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sichuan Airlines
Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a Chinese airline based in Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and is the largest airline in western China, operating mainly scheduled domestic and international flights out of Chengdu Shuangliu Airport, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and Kunming Changshui International Airport. History The airline was established on 19 September 1986 as Sichuan Airlines Company, its first flight was on 14 July 1988 between Chengdu and Wanzhou. The airline was later restructured as Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. on 29 August 2002, in which the Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. Group became the major shareholder (40%). The other shareholders are China Southern Airlines (39%), China Eastern Airlines (10%), Air China Group (10%) and Chengdu Gingko Restaurant Co. (1%). Corporate affairs Operations Sichuan Airlines' corporate headquarters is located in its hub Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Shuangliu District, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports Established In 2007
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off and to land or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals, to maintain and monitor aircraft. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, airports also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation. Operating airports is extremely complicated, with a complex system of aircraft support services, passenger services, and aircraft control services contained within the operation. Thus airports can be major employers, as well as important hubs for tourism and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Guizhou
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off and to land or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals, to maintain and monitor aircraft. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, airports also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation. Operating airports is extremely complicated, with a complex system of aircraft support services, passenger services, and aircraft control services contained within the operation. Thus airports can be major employers, as well as important hubs for tourism and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Busiest Airports In China
China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the official register yearly since 2000. The data here presented are provided by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and these statistics do not include the results for the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, or the disputed region of Taiwan. Both Hong Kong and Macau have their own civil aviation regulators (the Civil Aviation Department and the Civil Aviation Authority respectively); Taiwan also has its own civil aviation regulator (the Aviation Safety Council). The lists are presented in chronological order starting from the latest year. The number of total passengers is measured in persons and includes any passenger that arrives or departs from, or transits through, every airport in the country. The number of total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airports In China
This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by provincial level division and sorted by main city served. It includes airports that are being built or scheduled for construction, but excludes defunct airports and military air bases. There were 229 civil airports at the end of 2017, with a few dozen more under construction. This figure includes airports governed by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and it does not include the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau (or the area administered by Taiwan). Both Hong Kong and Macau have their own civil aviation regulators (the Civil Aviation Department and the Civil Aviation Authority respectively). Airports See also * List of the busiest airports in China * List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases * List of busiest airports by passenger traffic * List of airports by ICAO code: Z Notes References * * * - includes IATA codes Great Circle Mapper: A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunming Changshui International Airport
Kunming Changshui International Airport is the primary airport serving Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, China. The airport is located northeast of the city center in a graded mountainous area about above sea level. The airport opened at 08:00 (UTC+8) on 28 June 2012, replacing the old Kunming Wujiaba International Airport, which was later demolished. As a gateway to Southeast and South Asia, Changshui Airport is a hub for China Eastern Airlines, Kunming Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan Airlines and Ruili Airlines. The new airport has two runways (versus the single runway at Wujiaba), and handled 48,075,978 passengers in 2019, making it one of the 50 busiest airports in the world by passenger traffic, the first time it earned this distinction. In 2020, it is expected to handle 50 million passengers. The main terminal was designed by architectural firm SOM with engineering firm Arup. History Construction began in 2009. At the time, the facility was reported to be named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport
Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport is an airport serving the cities of Jieyang, Shantou, Chaozhou and nearby areas in eastern Guangdong Province, China. It is located in the towns of Paotai and Denggang in Jiedong District, Jieyang, Guangdong. It was part of a relocation plan from the original Shantou Waisha Airport, and the site was chosen to be near the geographic center of Jieyang, Shantou, and Chaozhou. The airport was put into service on 15 December 2011, with the simultaneous shut-down of Shantou Waisha Airport as a commercial airport. History The city of Shantou was formerly served by Shantou Waisha Airport, a dual-use military and civil airport. Construction of Jieyang Chaoshan Airport began on 16 June 2009 with a total investment of 3.8 billion yuan. In November 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection halted the construction of the airport due to unauthorized deviations from the approved environmental impact report. The airport authorities submitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zunyi Xinzhou Airport
Zunyi Xinzhou Airport is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Zunyi in China's southwestern Guizhou Province. It is located in the town of Xinzhou in Xinpu New Area. The military air base was built in 1966 and completed in 1970. In September 2009 construction was started to convert the air base to a dual-use airport, with an estimated total investment of 408 million yuan. The airport opened on 28 August 2012, with inaugural flights to Beijing and Guangzhou. Facilities The airport has a 2,800-meter runway (class 4C) and an 11,000 square meter terminal building that is designed to resemble the site of Zunyi Conference. It is projected to handle 300,000 passengers annually by 2020, although during its first year in operation the airport has already handled 309,531. Airlines and destinations [Baidu] |
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the south, Yunnan to the west, Sichuan to the northwest, the municipality of Chongqing to the north, and Hunan to the east. The population of Guizhou stands at 38.5 million, ranking 18th among the provinces in China. The Dian Kingdom, which inhabited the present-day area of Guizhou, was annexed by the Han dynasty in 106 BC. Guizhou was formally made a province in 1413 during the Ming dynasty. After the overthrow of the Qing in 1911 and following the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Communist Party took refuge in Guizhou during the Long March between 1934 and 1935. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong promoted the relocation of heavy industry into inland provinces such as Guizhou, to better protect them fr ... [...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] |
China Express Airlines
China Express Airlines () is a regional airline with its corporate headquarters on the grounds of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Chongqing, China. History China Express Airlines, also known as Huaxia Airlines, is China's first private regional airline. The airline was established in May 2006 and is owned by Cathay Fortune (40%), High Zero (25%), Tampines International (24%) and others (11%). On August 28, 2010, a China Express Airlines Bombardier Bombardier CRJ200 regional jet scraped the ground on landing at Guiyang Airport in southwest China. No one was injured during the incident. On 1 September 2010, China's Civil Aviation Administration ordered the airline to suspend operations after a landing incident at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in which an aircraft's right wing made contact with the runway during landing. The airline was ordered to review its safety regulations and perform an investigation into the incident. On 6 September, Chinese authorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
