Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport () is an airport serving

Zhangjiajie Zhangjiajie (), also known in Tujia language as ''Zhangx jif avlar'' /dzaŋ˩ ji˥ a˩.la˥/, is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China. It comprises the district of Yongding, Wulingyuan and counties of Cili a ...

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. The airport is located in Huhua village in

Yongding District Yongding () may refer to: *Yongding River, in Beijing * Yongding District, Longyan, a district in Longyan, Fujian *Yongding District, Zhangjiajie, a district in Zhangjiajie, Hunan *Yongding Subdistrict, a subdistrict in Yongding District, Zhangjiaj ...

of Zhangjiajie. It is the second largest airport in Hunan, after

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, and the only international airport in the

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region. As of 2019 it has a capacity of 5 million passengers, 19,000 tons of cargo and 45,000 aircraft movements.

History

In 1991 construction started on Dayong Airport, which had its first test flight in December 1993 (Dayong is the former name of Zhangjiajie City). The airport eventually opened for commercial flights under the name Dayong Zhangjiajie Airport on 18 August 1994. In 1995 it was renamed Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport. In 1999 it served 500,000 passengers annually. In 2011 the first international flight (excluding Macao and Hong Kong) arrived from Seoul's

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. In 2015 the second terminal opened after an 18 months construction period.

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Airports in Hunan Zhangjiajie {{Hunan-geo-stub

History

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