Luzhou Yunlong Airport is a dual-use military and civilian airport in the city of

Luzhou Luzhou (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Nu2zou1; Luzhou dialect: ), formerly transliterated as Lu-chou or Luchow, is a prefecture-level city located in the southeast of Sichuan Province, China. The city, named Jiangyang until the Southern and Northern Dyna ...

in China's

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. Preparatory work for the airport began in October 2013 with a total investment of 2.77 billion yuan, while construction officially started on 5 November 2016. The airport was opened on 10 September 2018 with the inaugural

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flight from

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, and all flights were transferred from the old Luzhou Lantian Airport. The airport is located north of the city centre of Luzhou, at the boundary of the towns of Yunlong in

Lu County Lu County or Luxian () is a county in the southeast of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Chongqing Municipality to the northeast. It is the northernmost county-level division of Luzhou city. History Lu County has a history over 2100 years. The c ...

, and Shidong and Shuangjia in

Longmatan District Longmatan District () is a district of the city of Luzhou, Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" b ...

Facilities

Luzhou Yunlong is a class 4D airport, with the ability to handle

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and

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aircraft. It has a terminal building, and ten aircraft parking spots. It is projected to handle 2 million passengers annually by 2020.

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