Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport is the airport serving

Xuzhou Xuzhou (徐州), also known as Pengcheng (彭城) in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in the built-up area ma ...

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. As of 2016, it is the 62nd busiest civil airport in China. Located about from the downtown area in the southeast outskirts of the city, the airport has two terminal buildings. The airport is located about north of Guanyin Airport railway station.

History

Xuzhou airport was opened on November 8, 1997, consisting of a terminal building and runway. The construction cost was estimated at $105 million, with most of the cost provided by the Xuzhou municipal government.

Terminal 2

The inauguration of Terminal 2 was on June 8, 2018. With 34,000 square meters of space, the new terminal has 8

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s, 20 check-in counters, 10 automated check-in machines, 10 security checkpoints and more than 1,312 seats. With this new facility, the airport can handle another 5 million passengers and 50,000 metric tons of cargo every year. It also adds a

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energy system, used to provide refrigeration, heating, and partial power. Since the opening of Terminal 2, it has been exclusively used for domestic flights, while regional international flights use Terminal 1.

Airlines and destinations

References

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History

Terminal 2

Airlines and destinations

See also

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