Yan'an Nanniwan Airport is a dual-use military and public airport serving the city of

Yan'an Yan'an; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi Province of China, province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several c ...

in northern

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Province. It is located in Liulin Town (),

Baota District Baota District ( zh, s=宝塔区, t=寶塔區, p=Bǎotǎ Qū) is a district in Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. The district has an area of , and a permanent population of 497,085 as of 2019. Baota District serves as Yan'an's administrative center, hosting ...

, southwest of the city center. Yan'an was formerly served by

Yan'an Ershilipu Airport Yan'an Ershilipu Airport was a dual-use military and public airport serving the city of Yan'an in Shaanxi Province, China. It was opened in 1980, replacing the former Yan'an Dongguan Airport which was built in January 1936. It was closed on 8 N ...

. In 2002, the Yan'an city government proposed the construction of a new airport to replace Ershilipu and it was approved by the Chinese national government in 2009. Nanniwan Airport was opened on 8 November 2018 with an inaugural

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flight from

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport is an international airport serving Hangzhou, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the capital of East China’s Zhejiang province.

, and all civil flights were transferred to Nanniwan from Ershilipu Airport.

Facilities

Nanniwan Airport has a runway that is long and wide (class 4C), a terminal building, and seven aircraft parking aprons. It is projected to serve 1 million passengers and 800 tons of cargo annually by 2020.

Airlines and destinations

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Airlines and destinations

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