Cangyuan Washan Airport

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Cangyuan Washan Airport

沧源佤山机场
  • IATA: CWJ
  • ICAO: ZPCW
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesCangyuan, Yunnan
LocationNuoliang Township
Opened8 December 2016
Coordinates23°16′17″N 99°22′05″E / 23.27139°N 99.36806°E / 23.27139; 99.36806Coordinates: 23°16′17″N 99°22′05″E / 23.27139°N 99.36806°E / 23.27139; 99.36806
Map
CWJ is located in Yunnan
CWJ
CWJ
Location of the airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,600 8,530 concrete

Cangyuan Washan Airport (IATA: CWJ, ICAO: ZPCW) (Chinese: 沧源佤山机场) is an airport serving Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in Lincang, Yunnan province, southwest China. The airport is located in Nuoliang Township and opened in December 2016.

History[]

Construction of the airport began on 20 December 2013, with an estimated total investment of 1.589 billion yuan.[1] Cangyuan Washan Airport opened on 8 December 2016 with the arrival of a Lucky Air flight from Kunming, the capital of the province.[2] The airport supports tourism in the county; it is closer than Lincang Airport, originally the only airport in Lincang,[3] to Wengding Wa village, a popular tourist attraction.[4]

Facilities[]

The airport has one runway that measures 2,600 by 45 metres (8,530 ft × 148 ft). It can handle 270,000 passengers and 1,080 tonnes (1,190 short tons) of cargo per year.[3]

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Travel Kunming
China Eastern Airlines Guangzhou,[5] Kunming
Lucky Air Chengdu–Tianfu,[6] Kunming
Tibet Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Dali

See also[]

  • List of airports in China
  • List of the busiest airports in China

References[]

  1. ^ 云南临沧沧源佤山机场开工 2015年建成通航. Yunnan News (in Chinese). 2013-12-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  2. ^ "Cangyuan Washan Airport launches operations". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Cangyuan Washan Airport". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. ^ "China's 2nd county-level airport being built in Cangyuan". InKunming. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. ^ "东航广州-迪庆开航在即，含税￥530起！|广州-沧源一票通��_香格里拉". Sohu.
  6. ^ "图片 祥鹏航空2月1日开通成都=沧源航线_民航资源网".
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