Huai'an Lianshui International Airport is an airport serving the city of
Huai'an
Huai'an (), formerly called Huaiyin () until 2001, is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Jiangsu province in East China, Eastern China. Huai'an is situated almost directly south of Lianyungang, southeast of Suqian, northwest of Yan ...
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Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...
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China. It is located in the town of Chenshi in
Lianshui County, 22 kilometers northeast of the city center. Construction of the airport started in October 2008 with a total investment of 800 million yuan, and commercial flights began in September 2010.
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In 2011, its first full year of operation, Huai'an Airport handled 230,000 passengers to become the
99th busiest airport in China.
Facilities
The airport has one runway that is 2,800 meters long, and a 14,600 square meter terminal building. It is designed to handle 1,300,000 passengers and 13,000 tons of cargo annually.
The airport is also used as a pilot training base for
China Eastern Airlines
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (), also known as China Eastern, is an airline headquartered in the China Eastern Airlines Building, on the grounds of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Changning District, Shanghai. It i ...
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Airlines and destinations
Huai'an Lianshui International Airport is served by the following airlines:
See also
*List of airports in China
This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by provincial level division and sorted by main city served. It includes airports that are being built or scheduled for construction, but excludes defunct airports and ...
*List of the busiest airports in China
China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the officia ...
References
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Airports in Jiangsu
Airports established in 2010
2010 establishments in China
Huai'an