Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport 西安咸阳国际机场 Xī'ān Xiányáng Guójì Jīchǎng | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | XXIA | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Xi'an | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Weicheng District, Xianyang, Shaanxi | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | China Eastern Airlines Joy Air | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 479 m / 1,572 ft | ||||||||||||||
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  XIY Location of airport in China | |||||||||||||||
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Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (Chinese: 西安咸阳国际机场) (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY) is the main airport serving Xi'an, capital of China's Shaanxi Province. Covering an area of 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi), it is the largest airport in China's northwest. 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 a focus city for Hainan Airlines.
In 2011, the airport handled 21,163,130 passengers, making it the busiest airport in northwest China and the 8th busiest nationwide. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport was also the nation's 14th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 9th 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 41 kilometres (25 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 on August 1987, and was finished and opened on September 1, 1991. Xi'an Xiguan Airport was closed at the same time.[3] Phase 2 started in August 2000, and was finished on September 16, 2003. Another 7.592-billion-yuan project is scheduled to be completed by 2020.
Terminal 3 and Second Runway
Terminal 3 and the second runway were opened on May 3, 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 380.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
- On June 6, 1994, China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 broke up in mid-air and crashed near Xi'an, en route to Guangzhou from Xian. A maintenance error was responsible. All 160 people on board died.
See also
- Xi'an Xiguan Airport
- List of airports in China
- List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China
References
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- ^ Airport information for XIY / ZLXY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ a b "陕西年鉴1992".
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