Wuhu Xuanzhou Airport is an airport built to replace the
commercial airline service of the old
Wuhu Wanli Airport, and serves the cities of
Wuhu
Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei city to the northwest, Ma'ansh ...
and
Xuancheng
Xuancheng () is a city in the southeast of Anhui province. Archeological digs suggest that the city has been settled for over 4,000 years, and has been under formal administration since the Qin dynasty. Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage ...
in
Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
Province, China. The airport is located in Wanzhi Town,
Wanzhi District
Wanzhi District () is a district in Wuhu City, in the southeast of Anhui Province, China.
Wanzhi District is established from being revoked of Wuhu County in 2020.
Administrative divisions
Wanzhi District is divided to 5 towns and 1 other.
;5 To ...
, about from downtown Wuhu City and from downtown Xuancheng. It began in June 2012, and it took four years to select the airport site from the original ten candidates. It received approval from the national government in 2016.
The airport opened on 30 April 2021.
Facilities
The airport has a runway (class 4D), a terminal building, and 8 aircraft parking aprons. It is projected to serve 1.2 million passengers and 5000 tons of cargo annually by 2025.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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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 ...
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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 Anhui
Buildings and structures in Wuhu
Xuancheng
2021 establishments in China
Airports established in 2021