Zunyi Xinzhou Airport (IATA: ZYI, ICAO: ZUZY) is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Zunyi in China's southwestern Guizhou Province. It is located in the town of Xinzhou in Xinpu New Area. The military air base was built in 1966 and completed in 1970.[3]

In September 2009 construction was started to convert the air base to a dual-use airport, with an estimated total investment of 408 million yuan.[3] The airport opened on 28 August 2012, with inaugural flights to Beijing and Guangzhou.[2]

Facilities

The airport has a 2,800-meter (9,200 ft) runway (class 4C)[2] and an 11,000-square-meter (120,000 sq ft) terminal building that is designed to resemble the site of Zunyi Conference.[4] It was projected to handle 300,000 passengers annually by 2020,[3] although during its first year in operation the airport already handled 309,531.[5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[6] Zhuhai
China Eastern Airlines Hefei, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuhan
China Express Airlines Guiyang,[7] Tianjin,[8] Xingyi,[7] Yan'an
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[9] Guangzhou
China United Airlines Wenzhou[8]
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing
Loong Air Hangzhou,[10] Lijiang,[10] Wenzhou,[8] Xishuangbanna[8]
Spring Airlines Lanzhou, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen
Tianjin Airlines Haikou,[11] Xiamen, Xi'an, Zhengzhou

See also

References