Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport

Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport

忻州五台山机场
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
ServesXinzhou, Shanxi, China
LocationDingxiang
Opened26 December 2015 (2015-12-26)
Coordinates38°35′57″N 112°58′04″E / 38.59917°N 112.96778°E / 38.59917; 112.96778
Map
WUT is located in Shanxi
WUT
WUT
Location of airport in Shanxi
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,600 8,530 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers297,051
Aircraft movements4,418
Cargo (metric tons)167.3
Source:[1]
Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport
Simplified Chinese忻州五台山机场
Traditional Chinese忻州五台山機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnzhōu Wǔtáishān Jīchǎng

Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport (IATA: WUT, ICAO: ZBXZ), formerly Dingxiang Airport, is a civilian and military dual-use airport in Dingxiang County, Shanxi Province, China. It serves the city of Xinzhou and Wutaishan, a Buddhist sacred mountain and World Heritage Site. The airport is located 33 kilometers from Xinzhou. Construction started in June 2010 with a total investment of 476 million yuan,[1] and the airport was opened on 26 December 2015.[2][3]

Facilities

The airport has one runway that is 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide, and a 4,000 square meter terminal building. It was projected to handle 350,000 passengers annually by 2020.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guangzhou,[4] Harbin[4]
Air Guilin Guilin,[5] Harbin[5]
Chengdu Airlines Guiyang,[6] Shenyang[6]
China Express Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[7] Chongqing,[7] Dalian,[8] Qinhuangdao,[7] Xi'an[8]
Ruili Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[9] Kunming,[10] Shenyang[7]
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
XiamenAir Wuhan,[7] Xiamen

See also

References

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  2. ^ "五台山机场建设工程全面加速". Shanxi Ribao. 2014-07-04. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  3. ^ "山西五台山机场正式通航". Xinhua.net. 2015-12-29.
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