Hongyuan Airport () is an airport serving
Hongyuan County
Gakog (Hongyuan) County ( or ; ) is a county in the north of Sichuan, Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. There is a river called ''Ka Chu/Gaqu'' () in the area and ''kog' ...
in
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (; Qiang: ; ), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and northeast and Qinghai to the northwest. Its seat is in Barkam, and it has an ar ...
of
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
province, China. It is located southwest of the county seat, and from
Barkam
Barkam or Markang or Muerkvua is a county-level city in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in the northwest of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. The city seat is the town of Barkam.
Administrative divisions
Barkam has fo ...
, the prefecture capital. Construction started in July 2012, and the airport was opened on 28 August 2014. Hongyuan is a high-altitude airport, situated above sea level.
Facilities
The airport has a 3,600-meter runway (class 4C) and a 3,600 square-meter terminal building. It is projected to handle 350,000 passengers annually by 2020.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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List of airports in China
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List of the busiest airports in China
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List of highest airports
This is a list of the world's highest civilian airports, situated at a minimum elevation of above mean sea level.
See also
* List of lowest airports
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References
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Airports in Sichuan
Airports established in 2014
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
2014 establishments in China