Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport

Wanzhou Wuqiao International Airport
万州五桥国际机场
Summary
Airport type Public
Elevation AMSL 567 m / 1,860 ft
Coordinates 30°47′52″N 108°25′53″E / 30.79778°N 108.43139°E / 30.79778; 108.43139Coordinates: 30°47′52″N 108°25′53″E / 30.79778°N 108.43139°E / 30.79778; 108.43139
Map
WXN
Location in Chongqing Municipality
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,400 7,874 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 553,381
Aircraft movements 8,368
Cargo (metric tons) 2,475.4
Source: CAAC[1] [2][3]
Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport
Traditional Chinese 萬州五橋機場
Simplified Chinese 万州五桥机场

Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport (IATA: WXN, ICAO: ZUWX) is an airport serving Wanzhou District of Chongqing, China. It is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the centre of Wanzhou. The airport was opened on 29 May 2003.[2]

History

Wanzhou was formerly served by the military Liangping Airport. Its runway was too short for civil use, but the plan to extend it was abandoned. Instead, the new Wuqiao Airport was built by cutting into mountains and filling bottomlands. It has a runway that is 2400 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4C), capable of operating Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 airplanes.[2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Guangzhou, Ningbo
China Eastern Airlines
operated by Shanghai Airlines 		Shanghai–Pudong
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Guiyang, Nanjing, Tianjin
Donghai Airlines Zhuhai
Donghai Airlines Pattaya–U-Tapao[4]
GX Airlines Haikou
Shenzhen Airlines Nanning, Shenzhen, Taiyuan
Sichuan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Kunming
Tibet Airlines Qingdao
West Air Chongqing
XiamenAir Xi'an, Xiamen

References

  1. ↑ http://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/201603/P020160331391016414029.xls
  2. 1 2 3 万州机场简介 [About Wanzhou Airport] (in Chinese). Wanzhou Airport. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Airport information for WXN at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ↑ "Donghai Airlines adds Wanzhou – Utapao from late-May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

See also

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