Yuncheng Guangong Airport

Yuncheng Guangong Airport
运城关公机场
Yùnchéng Guāngōng Jīchǎng
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Yuncheng, Shanxi, China
Location Zhangxiao Village
Coordinates 35°07′00″N 111°02′23″E / 35.11667°N 111.03972°E / 35.11667; 111.03972Coordinates: 35°07′00″N 111°02′23″E / 35.11667°N 111.03972°E / 35.11667; 111.03972
Website www.ycport.com
Map
YCU
Location of airport in Shanxi
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,000 9,843
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 1,444,590
Aircraft movements 32,265
Cargo (metric tons) 3,173.0

Yuncheng Guangong Airport (Chinese: 运城关公机场) (IATA: YCU, ICAO: ZBYC) is an airport serving the city of Yuncheng in Shanxi Province, China. It is located in Zhangxiao Village, Taocun Town, 11 kilometers northeast of the city center, and is commonly called Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport (Chinese: 运城张孝机场).[1] The official name refers to Guan Gong, a revered hero of ancient China who was from the Yuncheng area. In 2010 Yuncheng Airport served more than 600,000 passengers, ranking 62nd among all airports in China.[1]

History

The airport was opened in February 2005, and expansion was started in May 2007 and completed in August 2008, with a total investment of 350 million yuan.[1] On 9 May 2012, a new 25,000 square-meter terminal building was opened, ten times the size of the original building.[2]

Facilities

Yuncheng Airport has a runway that is 3000 meters long and 60 meters wide (class 4D), and seven aircraft parking aprons.[1] It has a 25,000 square-meter terminal building that was opened in May 2012. It is designed to serve 1.2 million passengers and 8000 tons of cargo per year, with a peak capacity of 875 passengers per hour.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Yuncheng Guangong Airport is served by the following airlines:[3]

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Tianjin, Urumqi
Air China Seasonal: Hong Kong[4]
Air China
operated by Dalian Airlines 		Dalian, Guiyang
China Eastern Airlines Ningbo(begins 28 October 2018),[5] Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou[6]
China Southern Airlines Changsha, Haikou, Harbin, Sanya
Joy Air Zhengzhou
Kunming Airlines Kunming
Shandong Airlines Qingdao
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines Hangzhou, Harbin, Nanchang, Nanning, Sanya, Shenzhen, Wuxi
Shenzhen Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[7]
XiamenAir Nanjing, Xiamen

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About Yuncheng Airport". Yuncheng Airport. 2011-11-17.
  2. 1 2 "运城关公机场新航站楼5月9日正式投入试运行". Carnoc. 2012-05-10.
  3. ↑ (in Chinese) Yuncheng airport website. Flight schedule
  4. ↑ "Air China adds Yuncheng - Hong Kong seasonal service from July 2017". routesonline. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. ↑ 东航新开宁波至洛阳、呼和浩特、大连等航线
  6. ↑ 有人@你 东航新增航班又来了，让你一次嗨翻天！！！ ]
  7. ↑ "Shenzhen Airlines adds Yuncheng – Bangkok route from Aug 2017". routesonline. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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