Luzhou Yunlong Airport

Luzhou Yunlong Airport
泸州云龙机场
Summary
Airport type Public/Military
Serves Luzhou, Sichuan, China
Location Yunlong Town, Lu County
Opened 10 September 2018
Coordinates 29°01′48″N 105°28′12″E / 29.03000°N 105.47000°E / 29.03000; 105.47000Coordinates: 29°01′48″N 105°28′12″E / 29.03000°N 105.47000°E / 29.03000; 105.47000
Map
LZO
Location of airport in Sichuan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,700 8,858
Luzhou Yunlong Airport
Simplified Chinese 泸州云龙机场

Luzhou Yunlong Airport (IATA: LZO, ICAO: ZULZ) is a dual-use military and civilian airport in the city of Luzhou in China's Sichuan province. Preparatory work for the airport began in October 2013 with a total investment of 2.77 billion yuan,[1][2] while construction officially started on 5 November 2016. The airport was opened on 10 September 2018 with the inaugural Colorful Guizhou Airlines flight from Guiyang, and all flights were transferred from the old Luzhou Lantian Airport.[3]

The airport is located 17 kilometres north of the city centre of Luzhou, at the boundary of the towns of Yunlong in Lu County, and Shidong and Shuangjia in Longmatan District.[2]

Facilities

Luzhou Yunlong is a class 4D airport, with the ability to handle Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft. It has a 10,000 square-meter terminal building, and ten aircraft parking spots.[1] It is projected to handle 2 million passengers annually by 2020.[3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Guangzhou, Yinchuan
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Capital, Dali, Hangzhou, Kunming, Ningbo, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Wenzhou
China Southern Airlines Shenzhen
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Guiyang, Shijiazhuang
GX Airlines Haikou, Lanzhou, Nanning
Lucky Air Lijiang, Nanjing, Zhengzhou
Xiamen Airlines Changsha, Quanzhou

See also

References

  1. 1 2 泸州云龙机场昨开建 2016年投用. Sichuan Daily (in Chinese). 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  2. 1 2 泸州机场迁建全面启动. Sichuan Daily (in Chinese). 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  3. 1 2 Yue, Dong (11 September 2018). "泸州云龙机场正式通航 年底将开通航线约30条". Carnoc. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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