Yuncheng Yanhu International Airport (IATA: YCU, ICAO: ZBYC) is an airport serving the city of Yuncheng in North China’s Shanxi province. It is located in Zhangxiao Village, Taocun Town, 11 km (6.8 mi) northeast of the city center, and was formerly known as Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport. In 2010 Yuncheng Airport served more than 600,000 passengers, ranking 62nd among all airports in China.

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.[2] On 9 May 2012, a new 25,000 square-meter terminal building was opened, ten times the size of the original building.[3]

Facilities

Yuncheng Airport has a runway that is 3000 meters long and 60 meters wide (class 4D), and seven aircraft parking aprons.[2] 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.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Yuncheng Yanhu Airport is served by the following airlines:

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Ürümqi
Beijing Airlines Beijing–Daxing[4]
China Eastern Airlines Beihai,[5] Shanghai–Pudong, Wuhan[6]
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou
Kunming Airlines Changsha
Shanghai Airlines Changchun, Kuala Lumpur–International[7]
Shenzhen Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[8] Haikou,[9] Hangzhou, Harbin, Kunming,[6] Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo,[10] Quanzhou, Sanya, Shenzhen, Wenzhou,[11] Wuhan, Wuxi, Zhuhai
Tibet Airlines Hong Kong,[12] Kunming,[13] Lijiang[13]
XiamenAir Changchun,[6] Changsha,[6] Chongqing,[9] Dalian,[9] Fuzhou, Hefei, Hohhot,[14] Nanjing, Quanzhou,[15] Tianjin, Xiamen, Yinchuan[16]

See also

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