Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport

Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport
石家庄正定国际机场
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Hebei Airport Management Group
Serves Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Location Xinchengpu Town, Zhengding County, Hebei
Hub for Hebei Airlines
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 71 m / 233 ft
Coordinates 38°16′51″N 114°41′48″E / 38.28083°N 114.69667°E / 38.28083; 114.69667Coordinates: 38°16′51″N 114°41′48″E / 38.28083°N 114.69667°E / 38.28083; 114.69667
Website www.hebeiairport.cn/
Maps

CAAC airport chart
SJW
Location within Hebei
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 7,214,590
Source:[1]
Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport
Simplified Chinese 石家庄正定国际机场
Traditional Chinese 石家莊正定國際機場

Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (IATA: SJW, ICAO: ZBSJ) is the primary airport serving Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province, China. The airport is the hub for Hebei Airlines and a focus city for both China United Airlines and Spring Airlines. It is also the sole airport in China that Antonov An-225 can operate.[2]

History

Shijiazhuang Zhengding Airport was opened in 1995. It was renamed to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport in July 2008.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air Chang'an Shenyang, Xi'an
Air China
operated by Dalian Airlines
Dalian, Yinchuan
Air Guilin Guilin
Beijing Capital Airlines Changchun, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Lijiang, Nanjing, Sanya, Shenyang, Urumqi, Xi'an, Zhangjiakou
Chengdu Airlines Changchun, Chengdu
China Eastern Airlines Dalian,[3] Hohhot, Nanjing, Yinchuan[3]
China Southern Airlines Dalian, Guangzhou, Haikou, Harbin, Nanchang, Urumqi, Zhangjiajie
China United Airlines Chengdu, Dalian, Kunming, Ordos, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Zhuhai
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Guiyang
GX Airlines Luzhou, Nanning, Shiyan
Hainan Airlines Baotou, Changchun, Chengde, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Lanzhou, Quanzhou, Sanya, Tongren, Yichang, Yingkou, Zhangjiakou
Hebei Airlines Beihai, Changsha, Chengde, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Jieyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Mianyang, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Xiamen, Zhanjiang, Zhangjiakou, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Xinzhou
Hebei Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Phuket,[4] Singapore, Taipei–Taoyuan
Jeju Air Charter: Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines Changchun, Kunming
Lanmei Airlines Siem Reap[5]
Lucky Air Harbin, Kunming
Shandong Airlines Hailar, Urumqi, Yantai
Shenzhen Airlines Shenzhen
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu, Kunming, Shenyang
Spring Airlines Beihai, Changchun, Chengde, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Huai'an, Kunming, Lanzhou, Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanning, Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhuhai
Spring Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Hong Kong, Phuket, Seoul–Incheon, Taipei–Taoyuan
Tianjin Airlines Seasonal charter: Sihanoukville[6]
Tibet Airlines Lanzhou, Lhasa
Vietnam Airlines Charter: Da Nang
West Air Chongqing, Hefei

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
China Postal Airlines Nanjing, Seoul–Incheon, Zhengzhou
Hong Kong Airlines Cargo Hong Kong
SF Airlines Changsha, Hangzhou, Ningbo

Ground transportation

The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway passes within about 3 km south of the airport's terminal. A few trains a day stop at Zhengding Airport Railway Station, providing convenient service to Shijiazhuang Railway Station and a few other key stations in the Beijing/Hebei/Henan/Shanxi region.[7]

It takes under 15 minutes for a D- or G-series train to travel from Zhengding Airport Station to Shijiazhuang Railway Station.[7]

Shijiazhuang Airport Authority views the railway as an important tool to attract passengers to the airport not just from Shijiazhuang, but from the wider region as well. They have announced a program providing air passengers flying to Shijiazhuang with free train tickets to station such as Beijing West and Zhenghzou; passengers arriving to the airport by train and leaving by plane can have the cost of their train tickets reimbursed as well.[2][8]

See also

References

  1. Airport information for Shijiazhuang Zhengding Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. 1 2 3 坐飛機報銷火車票 航空業死磕高鐵 Archived 2012-12-31 at the Wayback Machine. (Air passengers can have their train tickets reimbursed: Air transportation industry's fight for survival), 2012-12-28
  3. 1 2 东方航空夏秋换季时 更多航线伴您行
  4. "Hebei Airlines plans Phuket launch in late-March 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/277655/lanmei-airlines-plans-shijiazhuang-service-from-late-march-2018/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Tianjin Airlines adds Sihanoukville charters Sep/Oct 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 Zhengding Airport Station schedule. (in Chinese)
  8. 石家莊機場新候機樓明年下半年投用 乘機免費乘高鐵, 2012-12-30
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