Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

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Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

西安咸阳国际机场
Airport, Terminal JP7410579.jpg
  • IATA: XIY
  • ICAO: ZLXY
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorXXIA
ServesXi'an, Shaanxi
LocationWeicheng District, Xianyang, Shaanxi
Opened1 September 1991 (30 years ago) (1991-09-01)
Hub for
  • Air Chang'an
  • China Eastern Airlines
  • Joy Air
  • Okay Airways
  • Tianjin Airlines
  • Hainan Airlines
  • Sichuan Airlines
  • Shenzhen Airlines
Elevation AMSL479 m / 1,572 ft
Coordinates34°26′16.1″N 108°45′23.6″E / 34.437806°N 108.756556°E / 34.437806; 108.756556Coordinates: 34°26′16.1″N 108°45′23.6″E / 34.437806°N 108.756556°E / 34.437806; 108.756556
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
XIY is located in China
XIY
XIY
Location of airport in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05L/23R 3,000 9,843 Concrete
05R/23L 3,800 12,467 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers44,653,311
Cargo (in tons)312,637.1
Aircraft movements330,477
Source: List of the busiest airports in China
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
Simplified Chinese西安咸阳国际机场
Traditional Chinese西安咸陽國際機場

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY) is the main airport serving Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, as well as the whole Guanzhong area. Covering an area of 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi), it is the largest airport in Northwest China, and the second largest airport in Northern China. The airport was the hub for China Northwest Airlines until the company was merged into China Eastern Airlines in 2002. Xi'an Airport is also the hub for Joy Air and Hainan Airlines.[1] Xi'an Xianyang International Airport is a Skytrax 4-star airport.[2]

In 2018, the airport handled 44,650,000 passengers, making it the busiest airport in northwest China and the 7th busiest nationwide. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport was also the nation's 14th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 7th busiest airport by traffic movements.

Location[]

The airport is located within the administrative area of Xianyang city, which gives the airport its name. It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Xi'an city centre, and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of the centre of Xianyang.[3]

History[]

Before Xianyang Airport was built, Xi'an was served by Xi'an Xiguan Airport. In 1984, the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission proposed to build a large civil airport on the site of Xianyang's airfield. Phase 1 of the airport commenced construction in August 1987, and was finished and opened on 1 September 1991. Xi'an Xiguan Airport was closed at the same time.[3] Phase 2 started in August 2000, and was finished on 16 September 2003. Another 7.592-billion-yuan project is scheduled to be completed by 2020.

Finnair's service to Helsinki was the first intercontinental route out of Xi'an, launching on 14 June 2013. It is now a seasonal route.[citation needed]

Terminal 3 and second runway[]

Terminal 3 and the second runway were opened on 3 May 2012,[4] increasing the airport's capacity to more than 33 million passengers a year. The new terminal alone can handle 22 million passengers a year, twice as many as the other two terminals combined. Airlines that moved into the new terminal are China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and Shanghai Airlines. The second runway is 3,800 meters long and is large enough to handle the Airbus A380.

Airlines and destinations[]

Passenger[]

Interior view of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Terminal 2
Terminal T3, Xianyang International Airport
Terminal 3 Airport departure hall
Waiting area
AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Anshun, Guangzhou, Haikou, Qianjiang
AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur–International
Air Busan Charter: Busan
Air Chang'an Beihai, Changchun, Chizhou, Dalian, Dunhuang, Fuzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hefei, Huai'an, Huaihua, Huizhou, Jieyang, Jingdezhen, Lianyungang, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Ningbo, Qinhuangdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taizhou, Tongliao, Tongren, Weifang, Xiamen, Xining, Yantai, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yingkou, Zhuhai
Air China Beijing–Capital, Guilin, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Karamay, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Batik Air Batam[5]
Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[6] Changchun, Dali, Enshi, Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Huangshan, Lijiang, Lisbon, Nanjing, Nanning, Sanya, Shijiazhuang, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Yichun
Seasonal: Vladivostok[7]
Chengdu Airlines Changsha, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines Altay,[8] Baoshan, Baotou, Beijing–Daxing, Bole, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chongqing, Dali,[9] Dalian, Dubai–International, Dunhuang, Fuzhou, Golmud, Golog, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hami,[8] Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hengyang, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Hotan,[8] Huatugou, Jiayuguan, Jieyang, Jinan, Jinchang,[10] Jinggangshan, Karamay, Kashgar, Korla,[8] Kunming, Kuqa, Lhasa, Liuzhou, Luliang, Macau,[11] Madrid,[12] Mangshi, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nagoya–Centrair, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Ngari, Ningbo, Ordos, Osaka–Kansai, Phuket,[13] Prague, Qingdao, Saint Petersburg, Sanya, Shache, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shigatse, Singapore,[14] Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taizhou,[15] Tengchong,[16] Tokyo–Narita, Turpan,[8] Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuhu,[17] Wuxi, Xiamen, Xining, Xinyang,[18] Xishuangbanna, Yan'an, Yancheng, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yining,[8] Yiwu,[15] Yulin, Yushu, Zhangjiajie, Zhangye,[19] Zhanjiang, Zhuhai[20]
China Express Airlines Alxa Left Banner, Chengde, Chongqing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Quanzhou, Tianshui, Ulanhot, Yantai, Yongzhou, Zhuhai
China Southern Airlines Beihai, Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Dalian, Daqing, Datong, Guangzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Hefei, Hotan, Jieyang, Jinan, Kashgar, Korla, Kunming, Meixian, Nanning, Qionghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Turpan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yulin, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Guiyang
Dalian Airlines Dalian
Donghai Airlines Nantong, Shenzhen, Xingyi
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Fuzhou Airlines Chizhou, Fuzhou, Hailar, Harbin, Hohhot, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Tianjin
Garuda Indonesia Denpasar/Bali (suspended)[21]
GX Airlines Bijie, Nanning, Yulin
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Los Angeles,[22] Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai,[23] Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rome–Fiumicino, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Xiamen, Xining, Yinchuan, Zhuhai
Seasonal: Brussels[24][25]
Hebei Airlines Beihai, Shijiazhuang
JC International Airlines Siem Reap, Sihanoukville
Jiangxi Air Nanchang, Urumqi
Jin Air Jeju
Joy Air Alxa Left Banner, Ejin Banner, Hefei, Xiangyang, Zhengzhou
Juneyao Airlines Guyuan, Haikou, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi, Zhongwei, Zunyi–Maotai
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines Baoshan, Changchun, Kunming, Tengchong, Zhaotong
Lanmei Airlines Phnom Penh,[26] Siem Reap, Sihanoukville[27]
Lion Air Charter: Denpasar, Manado
Loong Air Bijie, Enshi, Hangzhou, Jeju,[28] Kota Kinabalu,[29] Lijiang, Macau, Nagoya–Centrair,[30] Nanchang, Ningbo, Nha Trang,[31] Pattaya–U-Tapao,[32] Shenyang, Shiyan, Tashkent, Weihai, Zhuhai
Lucky Air Baoshan, Kunming, Lijiang, Mangshi, Xishuangbanna
Maldivian Charter: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Malé
Malindo Air Charter: Kota Kinabalu
Okay Airways Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Changsha, Nanning, Phuket,[33] Shenzhen, Tianjin, Urumqi
Pakistan International Airlines Islamabad[34]
Qingdao Airlines Fukuoka,[35] Naypyidaw[36]
Royal Brunei Airlines Charter: Bandar Seri Begawan[37]
Ruili Airlines Baotou, Dalian, Hohhot, Kunming
SCAT Airlines Almaty,[38] Nur-Sultan[39]
Scoot Singapore
Shandong Airlines Aksu, Guilin, Guiyang, Hefei, Jinan, Longnan, Qingdao, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xining, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines Budapest,[40] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong[40]
Shenzhen Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Guangzhou, Hefei, Huizhou, Jieyang, Linyi, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Panzhihua, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taizhou, Wuxi, Yangzhou, Yinchuan
Sichuan Airlines Altay, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beihai, Changchun, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chiang Mai, Chongqing, Diqing, Gannan, Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Jieyang, Jinan, Kunming, Lhasa, Lijiang, Luzhou, Mandalay,[41] Mangshi, Nyingchi, Osaka–Kansai,[42] Phuket,[43] Qingdao, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Shizuoka,[44] Urumqi, Xichang, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yangon,[45] Yibin, Yinchuan, Yingkou, Zhangjiajie, Zhuhai
Spring Airlines Ibaraki,[46] Osaka–Kansai, Phnom Penh,[46] Saga,[46] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang, Phuket
Tianjin Airlines Anqing, Bayannur, Chifeng, Chongqing, Dalian, Dongying, Erenhot, Fuyang, Ganzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hami, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Huaihua, Huizhou, Jinan, Kunming, Liupanshui, London–Heathrow,[47] Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Rizhao, Sanya, Shenyang, Tianjin, Tongliao, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xilinhot, Yulin, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Xinzhou
Tibet Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Kathmandu,[48] Koh Samui,[48] Lanzhou, Lhasa, Ngari, Nyingchi, Qamdo, Shigatse, Zhanjiang
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[49]
Uni Air Taipei–Taoyuan
Ural Airlines Yekaterinburg[50]
Urumqi Air Urumqi
Vietnam Airlines Seasonal charter: Da Nang
West Air Chongqing
XiamenAir Changsha, Fuzhou, Guyuan, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Singapore, Tianjin, Wanzhou, Xiamen, Yinchuan, Yulin, Zhongwei

Statistics[]

Annual passenger traffic at XIY airport. See source Wikidata query.

Ground transportation[]

Eight airport bus routes connect the airport well with the Xi'an and Xianyang city.

There are also long-distance buses which connect the airport with Baoji, Yangling, Lintong, Hancheng, Hanzhong, Weinan, Tongchuan, Yan'an, Qingyang, and Pingliang.

Xi'an Metro Line 14 between Beikezhan (Beiguangchang) station and the airport was opened on September 29, 2019. The line extended to Heshao on June 29, 2021.

Accidents and incidents[]

Figures along the Airport Express highway leading to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
  • On 6 June 1994, China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 broke up in mid-air and crashed near Xi'an, en route to Guangzhou from Xi'an. A maintenance error was responsible. All 160 people on board died.

See also[]

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