Kunming Changshui International Airport

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This article is about the new Kunming airport. For the old airport, see Kunming Wujiaba International Airport.
Kunming Changshui
International Airport

昆明长水国际机场

Kūnmíng Chángshuǐ Guójì Jīchǎng
View from roof of the airport terminal.
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorYunnan Airport Group
Locationnear the village of Changshui (长水村), Dabanqiao Subdistrict (大板桥街道), Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan
Hub for
Elevation AMSL2,103 m / 6,900 ft
Websitewww.kmgairport.com
Map
KMG is located in Yunnan
KMG
KMG
Location in Yunnan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
3/21 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
4/22 4,500 14,764 Asphalt

Kunming Changshui International Airport (IATA: KMG, ICAO: ZPPP), or New Kunming Airport (昆明新机场) is the primary airport serving Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, China. The airport is located 24.5 km (15.2 mi) northeast of the city center in a degraded mountain area about 2,100 m (6,900 ft) above sea level. Opened at 08:00 (UTC+8) on June 28, 2012,[1] it replaced the old Kunming Wujiaba International Airport, which will be demolished. As a gateway to Southeast and South Asia,[2] Changshui Airport is a hub for China Eastern Airlines, Kunming Airlines and Lucky Air.

The new airport has two runways (versus the single runway at Wujiaba), and is expected to handle 38 million passengers per year by 2020.

The main terminal was designed by architectural firm SOM with engineering firm Arup.

Terminal

The terminal of New Kunming Airport
Terminal Interior

The main 548,300 m2 (5,902,000 sq ft) terminal of Changshui Airport is the second largest terminal building in China.[3] The terminal also has 66 contact gates with jet bridges.

Construction

Construction began in 2009 and at the time was reported to be named the Zheng He International Airport. The very short construction time was marred by two separate incidents. The first incident occurred on January 3, 2010, when 7 construction workers died as an incomplete overpass collapsed.[4] In another incident on June 28, 2011, 11 workers were injured when an under construction tunnel collapsed.[5] Construction of the airport's main terminal was completed by July 2011.[6]

Transportation

Rail

The airport is the terminus of Line 6 of the Kunming Metro, which opened on the same day as the airport.

Road

The new airport is connected to Kunming city by a new 13 km toll highway, as well as the existing Provincial Road S101.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Yuncheng
Air China Yangon
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur
Beijing Capital Airlines Hangzhou, Lijiang
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu, Liuzhou, Xiamen
China Eastern Airlines Baoshan, Beihai, Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Chifeng, Dali, Dalian, Diqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jiayuguan, Jinan, Jining, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Lijiang, Lincang, Linyi, Lhasa, Luoyang, Luzhou, Mangshi, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Ningbo, Ordos, Pu'er, Qianjiang, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tengchong, Tongliao, Urumqi, Wenshan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yancheng, Yibin, Yinchuan, Yongzhou, Yuncheng, Zhaotong, Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Colombo, Da Nang, Dhaka, Dubai, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Luang Prabang , Malé, Mandalay, Osaka-Kansai, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Seoul-Incheon, Siem Reap, Singapore, Taipei-Taoyuan, Vientiane, Yangon
China Express Airlines Guiyang
China Southern Airlines Baoshan, Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Jieyang, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Nanning, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, Yiwu, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
China Southern Airlines
operated by Chongqing Airlines 		Chongqing
China United Airlines Chongqing, Shijiazhuang
Dragonair Hong Kong
Hainan Airlines Beijing-Capital, Haikou, Shenzhen, Xi'an
Hebei Airlines Shijiazhuang
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong
Juneyao Airlines Shanghai-Hongqiao
Korean Air Seoul-Incheon
Kunming Airlines Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jinan, Mangshi, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tengchong, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhengzhou
Lao Airlines Vientiane
Lucky Air Baotou, Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Diqing, Fuzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Mangshi, Nanjing, Nanning, Pu'er, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao [begins 31 May 2013], Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tangshan, Tengchong, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yichang, Zhengzhou
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur
Okay Airways Changsha, Hefei, Tianjin, Yulin
Shandong Airlines Guiyang, Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Xiamen, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai-Hongqiao, Tianjin
Shenzhen Airlines Changsha, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Wuxi, Yangzhou
Sichuan Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guiyang, Harbin, Hohhot, Jinan, Lanzhou, Mangshi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Wanzhou, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yichang, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines Taipei-Taoyuan
SilkAir Singapore
Spring Airlines Changde, Huaihua, Mianyang, Qianjiang, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Zunyi
Thai Airways International Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Tianjin Airlines Tianjin, Xi'an
Uni Air Kaohsiung, Taipei-Taoyuan
West Air (China) Chongqing, Xishuangbanna
Xiamen Airlines Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Quanzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen

Nearby major airports

Near major airports
Near major airports
KMG
CTU(630km)
CKG(650km)
HAK(971km)
HAN(522km)
KWE(442km)
KWL(736km)
NNG(613km)
CNX(792km)
LJG(327km)
JHG(391km)


See also

References

  1. ^ "Newly-built Kunming Changshui Int'l Airport to be put into operation". 2012-06-08.
  2. ^ Shi Guanglin (史广林) (25 November 2008). "投资230亿 昆明将拥有国家大型门户枢纽机场" (in Simplified Chinese). Chinanews Yunnan. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  3. ^ "昆明新机场规划设计创新" (in Chinese). 2010-05-08.
  4. ^ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/03/content_9257535.htm
  5. ^ http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-06/29/content_22882621.htm
  6. ^ http://en.kunming.cn/index/content/2011-04/18/content_2503434.htm

External links

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