Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
西安咸阳国际机场
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator XXIA
Serves Xi'an
Location Weicheng District, Xianyang, Shaanxi
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 479 m / 1,572 ft
Coordinates 34°26′16.1″N 108°45′23.6″E / 34.437806°N 108.756556°E / 34.437806; 108.756556Coordinates: 34°26′16.1″N 108°45′23.6″E / 34.437806°N 108.756556°E / 34.437806; 108.756556
Maps

CAAC airport chart
XIY
Location of airport in China
XIY
XIY (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05L/23R 3,000 9,843 Concrete
05R/23L 3,800 12,467 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 36,994,506
Cargo 233,779.0 Ton
Aircraft movements 291,027
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
Simplified Chinese 西安咸阳国际机场
Traditional Chinese 西安咸陽國際機場

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY) is the main airport serving Xi'an, the capital of China's Shaanxi Province, as well as the whole Guanzhong area. Covering an area of 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi), it is the largest airport in Northwest China, and the second largest airport in Northern China. The airport was the hub for China Northwest Airlines until the company was merged into China Eastern Airlines in 2002. Xi'an Airport is also the hub for Joy Air and a focus city for Hainan Airlines.

In 2015, the airport handled 32,970,215 passengers, making it the busiest airport in northwest China and the 8th busiest nationwide. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport was also the nation's 14th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 7th busiest airport by traffic movements.

Location

The airport is located within the administrative area of Xianyang city, which gives the airport its name. It is 41 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Xi'an city centre, and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of the centre of Xianyang.[1]

History

Before Xianyang Airport was built, Xi'an was served by Xi'an Xiguan Airport. In 1984, the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission proposed to build a large civil airport on the site of Xianyang's airfield. Phase 1 of the airport commenced construction on August 1987, and was finished and opened on 1 September 1991. Xi'an Xiguan Airport was closed at the same time.[1] Phase 2 started in August 2000, and was finished on 16 September 2003. Another 7.592-billion-yuan project is scheduled to be completed by 2020.

Terminal 3 and second runway

Terminal 3 and the second runway were opened on 3 May 2012,[2] increasing the airport's capacity to more than 33 million passengers a year. The new terminal alone can handle 22 million passengers a year, twice as many as the other two terminals combined. Airlines that moved into the new terminal are China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and Shanghai Airlines. The second runway is 3,800 meters long and is large enough to handle the Airbus A380.

Airlines and destinations

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Terminal 2
Interior view of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Terminal 2
Terminal 3 drop-off zone
Terminal 3 Airport departure hall
A China Eastern Airlines Airbus A319 boarding
AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guangzhou, Haikou
AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur–International
Air Busan Charter: Busan
Air Chang'an Changchun, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Huai'an, Huaihua, Jingdezhen, Lianyungang, Nanchang, Ningbo, Sanya, Shenyang, Tongliao, Tongren, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xining, Yantai, Yichang, Yinchuan, Zhuhai
Air China Beijing–Capital, Guilin, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Yinchuan
Air China
operated by Dalian Airlines 		Dalian
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines Changchun, Chongqing, Dalian, Enshi, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Huangshan, Jinan, Lijiang, Nanning, Qianjiang, Sanya, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Tianjin, Xiamen, Zhangjiajie
Cathay Dragon Hong Kong
Chengdu Airlines Changsha, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines Altay,[3] Baoshan, Baotou, Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chongqing, Dali,[4] Dalian, Dunhuang, Fuzhou, Golmud, Golog, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanzhong, Harbin, Hefei, Hengyang, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Huatugou, Jiayuguan, Jieyang, Jinan, Jinchang,[5] Jinggangshan, Karamay, Krabi, Korla, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Luliang, Mangshi, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Naha, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning,[6] Ningbo, Ngari, Ordos, Prague, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shigatse,[7] Saint Petersburg,[8] Taipei–Taoyuan, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xichang, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yan'an, Yancheng, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yulin, Yushu, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhangye,[9] Zhongwei,[10] Zhuhai[11]
China Express Airlines Alxa Left Banner, Chengde, Chongqing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Tianshui, Tongliao
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian, Daqing, Datong, Dunhuang, Guangzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jieyang, Jinan, Kashgar, Korla, Kunming, Meixian, Nanning, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xining, Yinchuan, Yining, Yulin, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Guiyang
Donghai Airlines Shenzhen, Xingyi
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Fuzhou Airlines Chizhou, Fuzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Nanchang, Ningbo, Yichang
Garuda Indonesia Denpasar/Bali[12]
GX Airlines Bijie, Nanning
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Melbourne, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Qingdao, Rome–Fiumicino, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Xiamen, Xining, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhuhai
Hebei Airlines Beihai, Shijiazhuang
JC International Airlines Siem Reap
Jiangxi Air Nanchang, Ürümqi
Jin Air Charter: Jeju
Joy Air Alxa Left Banner, Ejin Banner, Hefei, Xiangyang, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Juneyao Airlines Guyuan, Haikou, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Xining, Yinchuan, Zhongwei
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines Kunming, Mangshi
Lanmei Airlines Siem Reap
Lion Air Charter: Denpasar, Kota Kinabalu[13]
Loong Air Beijing–Capital, Bijie, Chifeng, Enshi, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Jeju,[14] Lijiang, Nha Trang[15]
Lucky Air Baoshan, Kunming, Lijiang, Mangshi, Mianyang
Maldivian Charter: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Malé
Okay Airways Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Cebu,[16] Changsha, Guilin, Kalibo, Nanchang, Nanning, Phuket,[17] Tianjin, Urumqi, Zhuhai
NokScoot Bangkok–Don Mueang[18]
Royal Brunei Airlines Charter: Bandar Seri Begawan[19]
Ruili Airlines Dalian, Jinan, Kunming
SCAT Airlines Almaty[20]
Scoot Singapore
Shandong Airlines Guiyang, Hefei, Jinan, Longnan, Qingdao, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xining, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines Ordos, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines Guangzhou, Huizhou, Jinan, Linyi, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xining, Yangzhou, Yinchuan
Sichuan Airlines Altay, Beihai, Changchun, Chengdu, Chiang Mai, Chongqing, Daocheng, Dongying, Guilin, Haikou, Harbin, Jinan, Kunming, Lhasa, Lijiang, Nanning, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Xiahe, Xiamen, Xining, Yibin, Yining, Yulin, Zhangjiajie, Zhongwei
Spring Airlines Osaka–Kansai, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai Lion Air Phuket[21]
Charter: Bangkok–Don Mueang[22]
Tianjin Airlines Anshun, Chongqing, Chifeng, Dalian, Dongying, Dunhuang, Fuyang, Ganzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hami, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Huaihua, Jieyang, Jinan, Kunming, Lijiang, London Heathrow,[23] Luzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Ordos, Osaka–Kansai, Qingyang, Qinhuangdao, Rizhao, Sanya, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Xilinhot, Yulin, Zhuhai
Tibet Airlines Kathmandu,[24] Lhasa
Uni Air Taipei–Taoyuan
Urumqi Air Urumqi
Vietnam Airlines Seasonal charter: Da Nang
West Air Chongqing
XiamenAir Changsha, Fuzhou, Guyuan, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Quanzhou, Singapore, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wanzhou, Xiamen, Xining, Yinchuan

Ground transportation

Eight airport bus routes connect the airport well with the Xi'an and Xianyang city.

There are also long-distance buses which connect the airport with Baoji, Yangling, Lintong, Hancheng, Hanzhong, Weinan, Tongchuan, Yan'an, Qingyang, and Pingliang.

A rail link between Xi'an North Railway Station and the airport is under construction and is expected to open in 2018.

Accidents and incidents

Figures along the Airport Express highway leading to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
  • On 6 June 1994, China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 broke up in mid-air and crashed near Xi'an, en route to Guangzhou from Xi'an. A maintenance error was responsible. All 160 people on board died.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "陕西年鉴1992" [Shaanxi Yearbook 1992]. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Xian Airport opens new terminal building with strong focus on retail growth". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "阿勒泰机场将开通首条疆外直飞航线_民航新闻_民航资源网". news.carnoc.com.
  4. ↑ 网易. "出行又添新选择 东航云南3月底将新开11条航线". news.163.com.
  5. ↑ "寒冬美食在金昌，12月19日东航开通西安金昌航线，特价200元起".
  6. ↑ "东航将新开西安—南宁—海口航线 - 东航新闻 - 中国东方航空公司". www.ceair.com.
  7. ↑ "图片 东航开通上海日喀则航线　助力西藏联通世界_民航新闻_民航资源网". news.carnoc.com.
  8. ↑ Liu, Jim (13 April 2018). "China Eastern adds Xi'An – St. Petersburg from May 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "东航西安17/18冬春航班换季啦！看看都有啥变化".
  10. ↑ "8月22日起，东航开通西安—中卫、库尔勒、克拉玛依航线（内有开航福利哦".
  11. ↑ "珠海机场月底进入冬春航季 新增6个航点_民航新闻_民航资源网". news.carnoc.com.
  12. ↑ "Indonesia's state-run airlines to open more direct flights to China's cities from Bali - Xinhua - English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com.
  13. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Lion Air adds Xi'An scheduled charters from Aug 2016".
  14. ↑ "Loong Airlines adds Xi'An – Jeju from Sep 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Loong Airlines adds Xi'An – Cam Ranh route from Nov 2017". routesonline. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Mactan airport opens door to new international flights". Retrieved 19 Oct 2017.
  17. ↑ "Okay Airways expands Phuket service in March 2017". routesonline. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  18. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "NokScoot adds Xi'An service from Nov 2017".
  19. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  20. ↑ "SCAT запускает рейс в китайский Сиань". Tengrinews. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  21. ↑ NEW ROUTE! to China : Fly directly from Phuket to Xi'an
  22. ↑ "Thai Lion Air adds new scheduled charter service to China from late-Sep 2017". routesonline. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  23. ↑ "Tianjin Airlines to launch Xi'An – London Heathrow service from May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  24. ↑ "Tibet Airlines adds international routes from Xi'An from late-Aug 2017". routesonline. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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