Shiyan Wudangshan Airport

Shiyan Wudangshan Airport (IATA: WDS, ICAO: ZHSY) is an airport serving the city of Shiyan in northwestern Hubei Province, China. It is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the city center and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Wudangshan, the World Heritage Site after which it is named. The airport cost 1.635 billion yuan to build, and it opened on 5 February 2016, when its inaugural flight arrived from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.[1]

Shiyan Wudangshan Airport

十堰武当山机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesShiyan, Hubei
LocationMaojian District, Shiyan
Opened5 February 2016
Coordinates32°35′30″N 110°54′28″E
Map
WDS
Location of airport in Hubei
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
2,600 8,530
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,182,546
Cargo502.2
Aircraft movements12,520
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China
Shiyan Wudangshan Airport
Simplified Chinese十堰武当山机场
Traditional Chinese十堰武當山機場

Facilities

The airport has a 2,600-metre (8,500 ft) runway,[2] which can handle Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A320 aircraft. It covers an area of 2800.5 mu.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Haikou, Tianjin
Air China
operated by Dalian Airlines
Dalian, Kunming
China Eastern Airlines Chengdu,[3] Fuzhou, Urumqi,[4] Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an[4]
China Express Airlines Chongqing, Taiyuan, Wuhan
China Southern Airlines Guiyang, Qingdao, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhuhai
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Foshan, Guangzhou
Donghai Airlines Shenzhen, Yinchuan
GX Airlines Changsha, Haikou, Hohhot, Nanning, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan
Loong Air Hangzhou
Shandong Airlines Jinan
Spring Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
XiamenAir Xiamen

See also

References

  1. 十堰武当山机场昨日实现首航. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-02-06.
  2. 湖北十堰武当山机场获批. Xinhua (in Chinese). 2010-03-03.
  3. 定了!武当山机场将开通成都航班 (in Chinese). Shiyan Wudangshan Airport.
  4. “世界水都,亚洲天池”--湖北十堰,东航将于10月28日起开通乌鲁木齐-十堰-武汉航线. WeChat (in Chinese). China Eastern Ürümqi sales. 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
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