Nanchang Changbei International Airport

Nanchang Changbei International Airport (IATA: KHN, ICAO: ZSCN) is an airport serving Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, China. It is located 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of Nanchang. Construction began in October 1996 and the airport went into operation on 10 September 1999, replacing Nanchang Xiangtang Airport. It was upgraded to an international airport and was greatly expanded in 2008–2011.

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Nanchang Changbei International Airport 南昌昌北国际机场
IATA: KHN ICAO: ZSCN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Capital Airport Holding
Serves	Nanchang, Jiangxi
Location	Lehua, Xinjian District, Nanchang
Opened	September 10, 1999 (1999-09-10)
Hub for	Jiangxi Air
Elevation AMSL	44 m / 144 ft
Coordinates	28°51′54″N 115°54′00″E
Maps
CAAC airport chart
KHN Location of the airport in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 13,524,159 Aircraft movements 108,614 Cargo (metric tons) 82,604.4
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Nanchang Changbei International Airport
Simplified Chinese	南昌昌北国际机场
Traditional Chinese	南昌昌北國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánchāng Chāngběi Guójì Jīchǎng

History

Nanchang Xiangtang Airport, a dual-use civil and military airport, served as Nanchang's main airport from 1957 to 1999. From 102 passengers in 1957, by 1996 Xiangtang served more than 800,000 passengers annually and could no longer accommodate more traffic.[1] In 1996, construction began for Changbei Airport, originally designed to handle 2 million passengers annually. On 10 September 1999, Changbei Airport was opened and all commercial flights were transferred from Xiangtang, which reverted to sole military use.[1]

In 2003, Capital Airport Holding took over the operation of Changbei Airport from the Jiangxi Provincial Government. In the same year, it handled more than 1 million annual passengers for the first time. In 2004, Changbei was upgraded to an international airport.[1] Passenger volume grew exponentially in the 2000s, and the airport underwent major expansion in 2008. At its completion in 2011, Changbei Airport became a Class 4E international airport, capable of handling 12 million passengers per year.[1]

However, the rapid expansion of China's high-speed railway network diverted much of the airport's passenger volume, and passenger growth at Changbei slowed to 6.3%, 3.4%, and 5% in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. The governments of Nanchang city and Jiangxi province began subsidizing new flights in 2017 and passenger volume grew by 39% in that year and exceeded 10 million for the first time.[1] By 2018, the airport hosts 46 airlines, which operate 127 routes connecting Nanchang with 68 cities. The third phase of expansion, which will connect the airport to Nanchang Metro and the high-speed railway network, is under construction.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The airport in April 2000, shortly after going into operation

Terminal interior

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Guiyang, Yantai
Air Chang'an	Xi'an, Yinchuan
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing-Daxing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Yinchuan
Air Guilin	Beihai, Haikou, Xuzhou
Air Travel	Baoshan, Lanzhou, Zhuhai
Beijing Capital Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Haikou, Lijiang, Qingdao, Sanya
Cambodia Angkor Air	Charter: Siem Reap
Chengdu Airlines	Guiyang, Lijiang, Nanning, Yantai
China Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Changchun,[2] Chengdu, Dalian,[3] Guangzhou, Guilin,[4] Harbin,[3] Huizhou,[2] Jieyang,[3] Jinan,[5] Kaohsiung, Kunming, Lanzhou,[3] Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai,[6] Qingdao,[2] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shizuoka,[6] Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Wuxi,[3] Xi'an, Xishuangbanna,[7] Xuzhou,[3] Yancheng,[7] Yantai,[3] Yinchuan
China Southern Airlines	Changchun, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guiyang,[8] Haikou, Nanning, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin
China Southern Airlines operated by Chongqing Airlines	Changchun, Chongqing, Dali
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Zunyi–Maotai
Donghai Airlines	Changchun, Jining,[9] Linyi, Nantong, Shenzhen, Zhuhai
Eastar Jet	Charter: Jeju
Fuzhou Airlines	Fuzhou
GX Airlines	Nanning, Ningbo
Hainan Airlines	Baotou, Beijing–Capital, Haikou, Harbin, Hohhot, Jinan, Lanzhou, Sanya, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Weifang, Xiamen, Xi'an, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai
Hebei Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,[10] Sanya, Shijiazhuang
Himalaya Airlines	Kathmandu (suspended)[11]
Hong Kong Airlines	Hong Kong[12]
JC International Airlines	Sihanoukville[13]
Jiangxi Air	Beihai, Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Dalian, Ganzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hohhot, Jinan, Manzhouli, Nanjing, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Juneyao Airlines	Kunming, Lijiang, Nanjing
Lanmei Airlines	Sihanoukville[14]
Lion Air	Charter: Denpasar
Loong Air	Kunming, Ningbo, Xi'an, Zhuhai
Lucky Air	Ganzhou, Haikou
Myanmar Airways International	Charter: Mandalay[15]
Neos	Milan–Malpensa[16]
Nok Air	Charter: U-Tapao–Pattaya[17]
Okay Airways	Beihai, Tianjin,[18] Xi'an,[18] Zhuhai
Qingdao Airlines	Harbin, Qingdao, Zunyi–Xinzhou
Scoot	Singapore
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Nanning, Qingdao, Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai–Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines	Changchun, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Harbin, Huizhou, Korla, Kunming, Macau,[19] Osaka–Kansai,[20] Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Singapore, Taipei–Taoyuan, Urumqi, Yuncheng
Sichuan Airlines	Beihai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Harbin, Kunming, Lijiang, Ningbo, Wenzhou,[21] Xichang, Xishuangbanna, Zhoushan
Spring Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[22] Changchun, Jieyang, Lanzhou, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang
Sriwijaya Air	Charter: Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta
Suparna Airlines	Changchun
Thai AirAsia	Chiang Mai
Thai AirAsia X	Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai Lion Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang[23]
Tianjin Airlines	Guilin, Hohhot, Ningbo, Xi'an
Tibet Airlines	Lanzhou, Nanchong
VietJet Air	Nha Trang
West Air	Chongqing
XiamenAir	Fuzhou

Incidents

• Part of the airport exterior roof collapsed during strong winds on 4 March 2018.[24]

See also

• List of airports in China

References

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