Zunyi Xinzhou Airport

For the airport serving Xinzhou, Shanxi, see Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport.
Zunyi Xinzhou Airport
IATA: ZYI – ICAO: ZUZY
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Serves Zunyi, Guizhou, China
Location Xinzhou, Xinpu New Area
Opened 28 August 2012
Coordinates 27°48′8.39″N 107°14′55.92″E / 27.8023306°N 107.2488667°E / 27.8023306; 107.2488667Coordinates: 27°48′8.39″N 107°14′55.92″E / 27.8023306°N 107.2488667°E / 27.8023306; 107.2488667
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ZYI

Location of airport in China

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
2,800 9,186 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 836,614
Aircraft movements 8,969
Cargo (metric tons) 175.9
Source: CAAC[1][2][3]
Zunyi Xinzhou Airport
Simplified Chinese 遵义新舟机场

Zunyi Xinzhou Airport (IATA: ZYI, ICAO: ZUZY) is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Zunyi in China's southwestern Guizhou Province. It is located in the town of Xinzhou in Xinpu New Area. The military air base was built in 1966 and completed in 1970.[4]

In September 2009 construction was started to convert the air base to a dual-use airport, with an estimated total investment of 408 million yuan.[4] The airport opened on 28 August 2012, with inaugural flights to Beijing and Guangzhou.[3]

Facilities

The airport has a 2,800-meter runway (class 4C)[3] and an 11,000 square meter terminal building that is designed to resemble the site of Zunyi Conference.[5] It is projected to handle 300,000 passengers annually by 2020,[4] although during its first year in operation the airport has already handled 309,531.[6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing-Capital
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu, Wenzhou, Zhuhai
China Eastern Airlines Hangzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Shanghai-Pudong, Wuhan
China Southern Airlines Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou, Shenzhen
Spring Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi (begins 2 December 2016),[7] Kunming, Shanghai-Hongqiao
Tianjin Airlines Changsha, Dalian, Haikou, Nanning, Sanya, Tianjin, Xi'an, Xiamen, Zhengzhou

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/201603/P020160331391016414029.xls
  2. ↑ Airport information for Zunyi Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. 1 2 3 "北京遵义首航 南航贵州支线机场航线增至3条". Carnoc. 2012-08-31.
  4. 1 2 3 "遵义机场改扩建完成投资1.38亿". airnews.cn. 2010-12-17.
  5. ↑ "遵义机场选定"会址"造型航站楼或年内启用". Carnoc. 2011-07-11.
  6. ↑ "民航机场业务量（排序）". CAAC. 2014-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Spring Airlines adds new SE Asia routes in W16". routesonline. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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