Wenzhou Longwan International Airport

Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (IATA: WNZ, ICAO: ZSWZ) is the airport serving the city of Wenzhou in southern Zhejiang Province, China. Formerly called Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport, it adopted the current name on 25 April 2013.[1]

Wenzhou Longwan International Airport

温州龙湾国际机场
Wenzhou Airport interior
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorWenzhou Airport Group Co. Ltd.
ServesWenzhou, Zhejiang
LocationLongwan District, Wenzhou
Coordinates27°54′43″N 120°51′07″E
Websitewww.wzair.cn
Map
WNZ
Location of airport in Zhejiang
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers11,218,701
Cargo80,189.5
Aircraft movements86,362
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Wenzhou Longwan International Airport
Simplified Chinese温州龙湾国际机场
Traditional Chinese溫州龍灣國際機場
Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport
Simplified Chinese温州永强机场
Traditional Chinese溫州永強機場

The airport is located 24 km (15 mi) southeast of the city. In 2010, Wenzhou airport was the 28th busiest airport in mainland China with 5,326,802 passengers.

History

The airport was opened for civil service on July 12, 1990. The construction cost was RMB 132.5 million dollars and was funded by Wenzhou's municipal government.

Facilities

The airport can handle aircraft as large as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330. The departure lounge occupies 12,000 m2 (130,000 sq ft) in area. The apron occupies an area of 73,000 m2 (790,000 sq ft).

New terminal

Construction of the new Terminal 2 officially began on 11 November 2011. It will have an area of 100,000 square meters, four times as big as the existing Terminal 1, and will be able to handle 13 million passengers per year. When completed it will be used exclusively for domestic flights, while Terminal 1 will be converted to a dedicated international terminal. Terminal 2 is the centerpiece of the new Wenzhou Comprehensive Transportation Hub development which also includes a long-distance bus terminal, subway station, as well as commercial real estate.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin
Air Chang'an Xining, Yichang
Air China Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[3] Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Linfen, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Xi'an
Air Macau Macau
Air Travel Nanning, Shenyang
Beijing Capital Airlines Haikou, Lijiang, Xi'an
Cambodia Airways Phnom Penh[4]
Cambodia Angkor Air Sihanoukville[5]
Cathay Dragon Hong Kong
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu, Guiyang, Haikou, Jinan, Zunyi–Xinzhou
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Liuzhou, Luzhou, Nanning, Qingdao, Rome–Fiumicino, Shanghai–Pudong, Shiyan, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xinyang,[6] Zhengzhou
China Express Airlines Chongqing, Guilin
China Southern Airlines Changsha, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Nanning, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
China Southern Airlines
operated by Chongqing Airlines 		Chongqing, Harbin
Citilink Charter: Denpasar/Bali
Donghai Airlines Harbin, Shenzhen
GX Airlines Nanning
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines Mianyang, Nanning, Nantong, Shijiazhuang
Juneyao Airlines Changsha, Guiyang, Osaka–Kansai,[7] Zhangjiajie, Zunyi–Maotai
Lao Airlines Vientiane
Lion Air Charter: Denpasar/Bali
Loong Air Beijing–Capital, Guiyang, Handan, Hefei, Jeju,[8] Kunming,[9] Zhuhai
Lucky Air Kunming, Yancheng, Zhengzhou
Mandarin Airlines Taipei–Songshan
Qingdao Airlines Guilin, Guiyang, Yantai
Ruili Airlines Lanzhou, Nanning, Shenyang
Shandong Airlines Chongqing, Guilin, Guiyang, Jinan, Qingdao, Shenyang, Yantai, Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chongqing, Dalian, Haikou, Handan, Harbin, Huangshan, Jinan,[10] Jining, Kunming, Nagoya–Centrair,[11] Ordos, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shizuoka,[11] Yantai, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Shenzhen Airlines Guangzhou, Harbin, Huizhou, Kunming, Linyi, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Yuncheng, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang, Harbin, Kunming, Nanning, Sanya, Xichang, Zhangjiajie
Spring Airlines Huai'an, Jeju, Jieyang, Shijiazhuang
Tianjin Airlines Chongqing, Fuyang, Hohhot, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xi'an
Tibet Airlines Chengdu, Lanzhou, Tongren
T'way Air Seoul–Incheon
Urumqi Air Hefei, Nanchong, Urumqi
West Air Chongqing, Zhengzhou

Accidents and incidents
  • On 20 March 2011 China Eastern Airlines flight MU5577 from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport clipped trees on approach at Longwan Airport.[12]

See also

References
  1. 温州永强机场正式更名为温州龙湾国际机场. Carnoc (in Chinese). 2013-05-09.
  2. 温州机场T2航站楼今日开工　面积10万平方米_民航新闻_民航资源网. news.carnoc.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. "Air China adds Wenzhou – Bangkok service from Nov 2019". routesonline. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. "Cambodia Airways to link Phnom Penh-Wenzhou in Nov-2019". Cambodia-Airways. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. Liu, Jim. "Cambodia Angkor Air schedules new routes to China in 4Q19". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  6. "夏秋航季 信阳明港机场新增5条航线". news.carnoc.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  7. "Juneyao Airlines adds new routes to Japan in W19". routesonline. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  8. "Loong Air adds Wenzhou – Jeju service from Aug 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  9. "Loong Air adds new international routes in Dec 2018".
  10. "冬春航季到来 东航山东新增四条航线_民航新闻_民航资源网". news.carnoc.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  11. Liu, Jim. "Shanghai Airlines adds Wenzhou – Japan service in W19". Routesonline. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  12. "Incident: China Eastern A320 at Wenzhou on Mar 20th 2011, clipped trees on approach". avherald.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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