Nanchang Changbei International Airport

Nanchang Changbei International Airport
南昌昌北国际机场
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Capital Airport Holding
Serves Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Location Lehua, Xinjian District, Nanchang
Opened 10 September 1999
Hub for Jiangxi Air
Elevation AMSL 44 m / 144 ft
Coordinates 28°51′54″N 115°54′00″E / 28.86500°N 115.90000°E / 28.86500; 115.90000
Maps

CAAC airport chart
KHN
Location of the airport in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 10,937,105
Aircraft movements 89,863
Cargo (metric tons) 52,262.4
Nanchang Changbei International Airport
Simplified Chinese 南昌昌北国际机场
Traditional Chinese 南昌昌北國際機場

Nanchang Changbei International Airport (IATA: KHN, ICAO: ZSCN) is an airport serving Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, China. It is located 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of Nanchang. Construction began in October 1996 and the airport went into operation on 10 September 1999, replacing Nanchang Xiangtang Airport. It was upgraded to an international airport and was greatly expanded in 2008–2011.

History

Nanchang Xiangtang Airport, a dual-use civil and military airport, served as Nanchang's main airport from 1957 to 1999. From 102 passengers in 1957, by 1996 Xiangtang served more than 800,000 passengers annually and could no longer accommodate more traffic.[1] In 1996, construction began for Changbei Airport, originally designed to handle 2 million passengers annually. On 10 September 1999, Changbei Airport was opened and all commercial flights were transferred from Xiangtang, which reverted to sole military use.[1]

In 2003, Capital Airport Holding took over the operation of Changbei Airport from the Jiangxi Provincial Government. In the same year, it handled more than 1 million annual passengers for the first time. In 2004, Changbei was upgraded to an international airport.[1] Passenger volume grew exponentially in the 2000s, and the airport underwent major expansion in 2008. At its completion in 2011, Changbei Airport became a Class 4E international airport, capable of handling 12 million passengers per year.[1]

However, the rapid expansion of China's high-speed railway network diverted much of the airport's passenger volume, and passenger growth at Changbei slowed to 6.3%, 3.4%, and 5% in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. The governments of Nanchang city and Jiangxi province began subsidizing new flights in 2017 and passenger volume grew by 39% in that year and exceeded 10 million for the first time.[1] By 2018, the airport hosts 46 airlines, which operate 127 routes connecting Nanchang with 68 cities. The third phase of expansion, which will connect the airport to Nanchang Subway and the high-speed railway network, is under construction.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The airport in April 2000, shortly after going into operation
Terminal interior
AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guiyang
Air Chang'an Xi'an, Yinchuan
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing
Air Guilin Beihai, Haikou, Xuzhou
Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing–Capital, Haikou, Qingdao, Sanya
Cambodia Angkor Air Charter: Siem Reap
Chengdu Airlines Guiyang, Jinan, Lijiang, Nanning
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changchun,[2] Chengdu, Dalian(begins 28 October 2018),[3] Guangzhou, Harbin(begins 28 October 2018),[3] Huizhou,[2] Jieyang(begins 28 October 2018),[3] Jinan,[4] Kunming, Lanzhou(begins 28 October 2018),[3] Ningbo, Qingdao,[2] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wuxi(begins 28 October 2018),[3] Xi'an, Xuzhou(begins 28 October 2018),[3] Yantai(begins 28 October 2018),[3] Yinchuan
China Eastern Airlines Kaohsiung, Taipei–Taoyuan
China Southern Airlines Changchun, Guangzhou, Haikou, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin
China Southern Airlines
operated by Chongqing Airlines 		Changchun, Chongqing, Dali
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Guiyang, Hefei
Donghai Airlines Nantong, Shenzhen
Eastar Jet Charter: Jeju
Fuzhou Airlines Fuzhou, Xi'an
GX Airlines Nanning, Ningbo
Hainan Airlines Baotou, Beijing–Capital, Haikou, Harbin, Hohhot, Jinan, Lanzhou, Sanya, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Weifang, Xi'an, Xiamen, Zhuhai
Hebei Airlines Shijiazhuang, Zhanjiang
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong[5]
Hongtu Airlines Lanzhou, Nanjing, Zhuhai
Jiangxi Air Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Ganzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hohhot, Jinan, Manzhouli, Nanning, Qingdao, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Xi'an, Xiamen, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Juneyao Airlines Kunming, Lijiang, Nanjing
Lion Air Charter: Denpasar
Lucky Air Ganzhou, Haikou
New Gen Airways Charter: Bangkok–Don Mueang
Nok Air Charter: U-Tapao–Pattaya[6]
Okay Airways Beihai, Tianjin, Xi'an, Zhuhai
Qingdao Airlines Harbin, Qingdao, Yantai, Zunyi–Xinzhou
Scoot Singapore
Shandong Airlines Jinan, Qingdao, Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines Changchun, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Harbin, Huizhou, Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Yuncheng
Shenzhen Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
Sichuan Airlines Beihai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guilin, Harbin, Jieyang, Kunming, Lijiang, Ningbo, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xichang
Spring Airlines Changchun, Jieyang, Lanzhou, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang
Spring Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[7]
Suparna Airlines Changchun, Yantai
Thai AirAsia Chiang Mai (begins 1 December 2018)[8]
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang[9]
Tianjin Airlines Xi'an, Xiamen
Tibet Airlines Lanzhou, Lijiang
West Air Chongqing

Incidents

  • Part of the airport exterior roof collapsed during strong winds on 4 March 2018.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "南昌机场借力大开放 拥抱"航空梦"". CAAC News. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  2. 1 2 3 东航江西暑期增开多条旅游航线
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 东航冬春换季新增多条航班
  4. ↑ [9月起东航将新增南昌飞大连徐州济南航线 http://news.carnoc.com/list/416/416875.html]
  5. ↑ "Hong Kong Airlines Adds Nanchang Service from late-April 2015". Airlineroute.net. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "'นกแอร์' ใช้ 'สนามบินอู่ตะเภา' เป็นฐานการบินเช่าเหมาลำ (Nok Air will operate 4 direct charter flights a week from UTP to KHN)" (in Thai). Voice TV. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Spring Airlines begin new service to Bangkok
  8. ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/280983/thai-airasia-adds-chiang-mai-nanchang-route-from-dec-2018/
  9. ↑ New Destination : Bangkok(Don Mueang) - Nanchang(KHN) : THB 2,295
  10. ↑ "Video: Part of roof collapses at China's Nanchang airport amid strong winds | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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