Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport

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Zhangjiajie Airport

张家界荷花机场
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  • IATA: DYG
  • ICAO: ZGDY
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesZhangjiajie, Hunan
Opened18 August 1994
Elevation AMSL217 m / 712 ft
Coordinates29°06′11″N 110°26′36″E / 29.10306°N 110.44333°E / 29.10306; 110.44333Coordinates: 29°06′11″N 110°26′36″E / 29.10306°N 110.44333°E / 29.10306; 110.44333
Map
DYG is located in Hunan
DYG
DYG
Location of airport in Hunan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,600 8,530
Statistics (2018)
Passengers2209911
Aircraft movements20,583
Cargo (metric tons)1,176
Source: CAAC[1]
Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport
Simplified Chinese张家界荷花国际机场
Traditional Chinese張家界荷花國際機場

Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport (Chinese: 张家界荷花国际机场) is an airport serving Zhangjiajie, Hunan, People's Republic of China (IATA: DYG, ICAO: ZGDY). The airport is located in Huhua village in Yongding District of Zhangjiajie. It is the second largest airport in Hunan, after Changsha Huanghua Airport, and the only international airport in the Wuling Mountains region.[2][3] As of 2019 it has a capacity of 5 million passengers, 19,000 tons of cargo and 45,000 aircraft movements.[2]

History[]

In 1991 construction started on Dayong Airport, which had its first test flight in December 1993 (Dayong is the former name of Zhangjiajie City).[3]

The airport eventually opened for commercial flights under the name Dayong Zhangjiajie Airport on 18 August 1994.[4] In 1995 it was renamed Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport. In 1999 it served 500,000 passengers annually.[5]

In 2011 the first international flight (excluding Macao and Hong Kong) arrived from Seoul's Incheon International Airport.[3]

In 2015 the second terminal opened after an 18 months construction period.[3]

Airlines and destinations[]

[6]

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu
Air Guilin Xuzhou
Air Travel Wuxi, Yantai, Zhuhai
Beijing Capital Airlines Xi'an
China Eastern Airlines Lanzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong, Xi'an
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Changsha, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Jieyang, Quanzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Xining, Yancheng, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Fuzhou Airlines Fuzhou
Joy Air Changsha, Hengyang, Wuhan
Juneyao Airlines Dalian, Hangzhou, Hefei, Huizhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuxi
Loong Air Hangzhou, Kunming
Okay Airways Nanning, Tianjin
Qingdao Airlines Changchun, Nantong
Shandong Airlines Jinan
Shanghai Airlines Luoyang, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou, Yinchuan
Sichuan Airlines Nanjing, Ningbo, Xi'an
Spring Airlines Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Yangzhou
XiamenAir Fuzhou

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 2015年民航机场吞吐量排名 (XLS) (in Chinese (China)). CAAC. 2016-03-31.
  2. ^ a b sina_mobile (2019-11-04). "湖南省的第二大国际机场——张家界荷花国际机场". k.sina.cn. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. ^ a b c d 网易 (2021-02-06). "5月通车！荷花机场大变样！新航站楼高架桥修成这样啦！". www.163.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  4. ^ "公司简介-张家界荷花国际机场 ZhangJiaJie HeHua International Airport-". www.zjjhhjc.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  5. ^ Ryan, Chris; Huimin, Gu (2009-01-13). Tourism in China: Destination, Cultures and Communities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-85178-1.
  6. ^ "张家界机场每周计划航班将达776架次 迎来2021年夏秋航季". 张家界市民网. Retrieved 2021-05-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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