Luoyang Beijiao Airport (IATA: LYA, ICAO: ZHLY) is an airport serving the city of Luoyang in Henan Province, China.

History

On November 19, 1985, construction of Luoyang North Suburban Airport began.[1] On September 26, 1987, Luoyang BeiJiao Airport was officially opened.[2]On August 1, 1992, Luoyang BeiJiao Airport was opened to the public with the approval of the State Council of China.[3] On April 9, 2010, the new terminal of Luoyang BeiJiao Airport was opened.In 2009, The airport is located in 邙（Mang） Mountain, at the junction of Luoyang Old Town and Mengjin District, Henan Province, China, 11 km southeast of Luoyang city center. Luoyang airport was the 4th busiest airport in China in terms of traffic movement.[4]It is a 4D-class international regional airport and a China-class air port open to the outside world.[5]

According to the official website of the airport in June 2021, Luoyang North Suburban Airport Terminal covers an area of 14,800 square meters and has three boarding bridges; civil aviation station Ping has nine aircraft spaces, including eight D-class aircraft and one C-class aircraft. The runway is 2500 meters long and 45 meters wide; it can meet the annual passenger throughput of 1.53 million passengers and 5000 tons of postal throughput.[6]This is mainly because the airport houses an exercising terminal of Civil Aviation Flight University of China.[citation needed]In 2021, Luoyang BeiJiao Airport completed a total of 1,237,795 passengers, an increase of 29.0% year-on-year, ranking 87th in China.Postal throughput of 928.9 tons, up 32.2% year-on-year, ranking 124th in China; aircraft take-off and landing 226,214 aircraft, up 25.5% year-on-year, ranking 11th in China's airports.[7][8]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chifeng, Ulanhot, Weihai
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[9] Shanghai–Hongqiao
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou, Hohhot, Shenzhen
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Guiyang
GX Airlines Haikou, Nanning, Sanya
Jiangxi Air Harbin, Nanchang
Loong Air Hangzhou
Qingdao Airlines Chongqing, Shenyang
Spring Airlines Chongqing, Shenyang
Urumqi Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Fuzhou,[10] Ürümqi[11]
XiamenAir Hangzhou,[12] Xining[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Luoyang BeiJiao Airport Development History".
  2. ^ "Luoyang BeiJiao Airport Company".
  3. ^ "中国国务院关于同意开放洛阳航空口岸的批复". 2016-08-31.
  4. ^ "Luoyang BeiJiao Airport".
  5. ^ "2009 Rank of National Airport Traffic". Civil Aviation Administration of China. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Luoyang BeiJiao Airport Operation Support Capability".
  7. ^ "2021年全国民用运输机场生产统计公报". 2022-03-22.
  8. ^ "CHINA AIRPORT-LuoYang".
  9. ^ Liu, Jim. "China Eastern outlines Beijing Daxing network from late-Oct 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  10. ^ "新开8条航线！乌鲁木齐航空夏航季预告抢先看！". Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Urumqi Air NW23 Southeast Asia Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  12. ^ a b "最新！2023年夏航季西宁机场航班时刻表发布！". Retrieved 11 May 2023.