Kunming Changshui International Airport is the primary airport serving

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, the capital of

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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

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, which was later demolished. As a gateway to Southeast and South Asia, Changshui Airport is a hub for

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and

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. 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 the Zheng He International Airport, named after

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, a Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat. The very short construction time was marred by two separate incidents. The first occurred on January 3, 2010, when seven construction workers died as an incomplete overpass collapsed. On June 28, 2011, 11 workers were injured when a tunnel that was under construction collapsed. Construction of the airport's main terminal was completed by July 2011.

Facilities

Terminal

The main terminal of Changshui International Airport is the second largest terminal building in China. The terminal has 66 gates with

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facilities

Runways

Kunming Changshui International Airport now has two runways. East runway is long while west runway is long.

A-CDM

In July 2014, Kunming airport signed an agreement with the aviation data service company VariFlight regarding the

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system (A-CDM) installation in order to improve the efficiency of its operations, reduce fuel consumption and other expenses. Kunming airport became the first aviation hub in China to implement such an information system. In 2017, the airport's on-time performance reached 85.3%.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Ground transportation

Road

The airport is also connected to Kunming by a 13 km toll highway, as well as Provincial Road S101.

Metro

The airport is the terminus of Line 6 of the

Kunming Metro Kunming Metro, or Kunming Rail Transit, is a rapid transit system in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. With a population of just over 3 million people, Kunming was one of the largest cities in China without a metro system before its constr ...

, which opened on the same day as the airport.

Bus

There are also several shuttle bus services available from the city centre.

Statistics

References

External links

Official website
(Chinese)
The Fourth Air Hub in China—Kunming International New Airport
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