Chongqing Xiannüshan Airport
or Chongqing Xiannyushan Airport
() is an airport that serves
Wulong District,
Chongqing municipality, China. The airport is located in the town of Xiannüshan (仙女山), also spelled as Xiannyushan
or Xiannvshan, north of the urban center of
Wulong District, it is expected to mainly serve tourists visiting the
Wulong Karst landscape, a
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. Construction began in 2014 and lasted five years, with an estimated total cost of 1.333 billion
yuan (about
$145 million).
The airport opened on December 18, 2020.
Facilities
Chongqing Xiannüshan Airport has a 2,800-
meter
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-long
runway
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(class 4C), occupying an area of 3,476 ''
mu''.
Airlines and destinations