Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport is an airport serving the cities of
Jieyang
Jieyang () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong Province (Yuedong), People's Republic of China, part of the Chaoshan region whose people speak Chaoshan Min distinct from neighbouring Yue speakers. It is historically important as th ...
,
Shantou,
Chaozhou and nearby areas in eastern
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
Province, China. It is located in the towns of Paotai and Denggang in
Jiedong District
Jiedong District (), formerly Jiedong County, is a district of eastern Guangdong province, China. It is under the administration of Jieyang City.
County-level divisions of Guangdong
Jieyang
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, 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 submitted a revised environmental impact report, which gained approval from the ministry. Jieyang Chaoshan Airport was opened on 15 December 2011, when all civil flights were transferred from the old Waisha Airport, which remains in use as a military air base. On 10 July 2014, the Chinese government officially gave the airport international status, after having operated international flights for a number of years already. This allowed the airport to officially begin regular international flights in addition to those already operating.
Terminals
The airport covers an area of and 12
jetways
A jet bridge (also termed jetway, jetwalk, airgate, gangway, aerobridge/airbridge, skybridge, finger, airtube, expedited suspended passenger entry system (E-SPES), or its official industry name passenger boarding bridge (PBB)) is an enclosed, ...
with the passenger terminal divided into two, with the domestic terminal on one side and the international on the other. The whole terminal has an annual traffic capacity of 4.5 million passengers. A second check-in terminal has also been created outside
Shantou Railway Station, with bus connections to the airport. In 2017, the airport was scheduled to undergo an expansion to extend the length of the runway from in order to upgrade it to a code 4E runway which completed August 2019 along with construction of a transfer centre for the
Chaoshan Railway Station
Chaoshan railway station () is a railway station located in Shaxi Town () in the Chao'an District of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, China, on the Xiashen Railway operated by the Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp., China Railway Corporation. ...
.
The railway station serves two rail lines: the
Xiashen line and the
Meishan (Meizhou-Chaoshan) line, which
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Ground transportation
The airport is served by the adjacent
Jieyang Airport railway station.
Statistics
Jieyang Chaoshan Airport is among the
50 busiest passenger airports in China.
See also
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Shantou Waisha Airport
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List of airports in China
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References
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Airports in Guangdong
Jieyang
Transport in Shantou
Chaozhou
Airports established in 2011
2011 establishments in China