Lüliang Dawu Airport is an airport serving the city of
Lüliang in
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
Province, China. It is located near the town of Dawu in
Fangshan County
Fangshan () is a county in the west of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Lüliang
Lüliang or Lyuliang () is a prefecture-level city in the west of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shaanxi province ...
, 20.5 kilometers from the city center. Construction of the airport began on 21 February 2009 with an investment of 764 million yuan, and was originally projected to be finished in 2011.
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The actual completion time was late 2013, and the airport was opened on 26 January 2014.
It was a notorious "ghost airport" around 2015; despite its size and cost, it handled just three to five flights per day.
By 2019, this number had grown to more than 17 flights per day.
Facilities
The airport will have one runway that is 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4C), and a 13,000 square meter terminal building. It is projected to handle 200,000 passengers and 900 tons of cargo annually by 2020.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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List of airports in China
References
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Airports in Shanxi
Airports established in 2014
2014 establishments in China