Fuzhou Changle International Airport
Fuzhou Changle International Airport 福州长乐国际机场 Fúzhōu Chánglè Guójì Jīchǎng | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Xiamen International Airport Group | ||||||||||
| Serves | Fuzhou, Fujian, China | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Xiamen Airlines | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 14 m / 46 ft | ||||||||||
| Website | xiafz.com.cn | ||||||||||
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  FOC Location of airport in Fujian | |||||||||||
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Fuzhou Changle International Airport (simplified Chinese: 福州长乐国际机场; traditional Chinese: 福州長樂國際機場) (IATA: FOC, ICAO: ZSFZ) is an airport in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, China. The airport was inaugurated on June 23, 1997, after being approved to start constructing in 1992. The current handling capacity is approximately 6.5 million people annually. It is one of the airports that has flights between mainland China and Taiwan.[1]
The airport is locates near the shore of the East China Sea in Zhanggang Subdistrict of Changle County-level city, about 50 km east of Fuzhou's city center.
In 2010, Fuzhou airport handled 6,476,773 passengers. It was 25th busiest airport in China. In addition, in 2009 the airport was the 22nd busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 25th busiest airport by traffic movements.[2]
History
The construction of Fuzhou airport was intended to replace the military airport Yixu in downtown Fuzhou
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air China | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu |
| Air Macau | Macau |
| Chengdu Airlines | Guiyang |
| China Eastern Airlines | Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Taiyuan, Xi'an |
| China Southern Airlines | Guangzhou, Nanchang, Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Zhengzhou |
| China United Airlines | Beijing-Nanyuan |
| Dragonair | Hong Kong |
| Grand China Express operated by Hainan Airlines | Hefei, Taiyuan |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hefei, Sanya, Xi'an |
| Henan Airlines | Hefei, Huangshan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou |
| Hong Kong Airlines | Seasonal: Hong Kong |
| Juneyao Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong |
| Lucky Air | Changsha |
| Mandarin Airlines | Taichung |
| Shandong Airlines | Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Nanjing, Ningbo, Quingdao, Sanya |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Jinan, Nanning, Osaka-Kansai, Shenzhen, Tokyo-Narita |
| Sichuan Airlines | Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanchang, Sanya |
| Spring Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shijiazhuang |
| TransAsia Airways | Kaohsiung, Taichung, Taipei-Songshan |
| Uni Air | Taipei-Taoyuan, Kaohsiung |
| West Air (China) | Wuhan |
| Xiamen Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Kaohsiung, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Singapore, Taipei-Songshan, Taipei-Taoyuan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Zhengzhou |
Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| China Postal Airlines | Nanjing, Taipei-Taoyuan,Xiamen |