Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

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Coordinates: 34°26′49″N 108°45′05″E / 34.44694, 108.75139

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
西安咸阳国际机场
Xī'ān Xiányáng Guójì Jīchǎng

IATA: XIY – ICAO: ZLXY
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator XXIA
Serves Xi'an, Shaanxi
Elevation AMSL 1,572 ft / 479 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,000 9,842 Concrete
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

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; pinyin: Xī'ān Xiányáng Guójì Jīchǎng) (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY) serves Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China. Covering 5 square kilometres, it is the largest airport in China's northwest. Due to the Chinese western expansion, visitor and cargo flow are rapidly increasing. The airport was the hub for China Northwest Airlines until the company was merged into China Eastern Airlines in 2002. Currently, the airport connects to 79 other cities domestically and internationally.

In 2007, the airport handled 11,372,630 passengers, which made itself the busiest airport in northwest China and the 9th busiest nationwide. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport was also the 15th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 9th busiest airport by traffic movements.

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[edit] History

Before Xi'an Xianyang International Airport was built, Xi'an was served by Xi'an Xiguan Airport (IATA: SIA, ICAO: ZLSN)[3][4]. In 1984, the State Council of the People's Republic of China and Central Military Commission proposed to build a large civil-use airport on the site of Xianyang's airfield. Phase 1 of the airport commenced construction on August 1987, and was finished and opened in September 1, 1991. Xi'an Xiguan Airport closed at the same time. Phase 2 started in August 2000, and was finished on September 16, 2003. Also, in 2007, the airport signed an agreement to do trading with Pittsburgh International Airport in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, creating the "Air silk road."

Another RMB7.592 billion invested project is scheduled to be established by 2020. It will build a third 170,000-square-meter terminal building; a second 3,800-meter runway; and related support facilities. After expansion, the airport will reach 26 million passengers annually, and will become the fourth Chinese airport with independent parallel operation of instrument runways.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

The following airlines have regular scheduled services to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport :

Domestic:

  • Air China (Beijing, Chengdu, Guilin, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Pudong)
  • China Eastern Airlines (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dayong, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Macau, Nanchang, Nanjing, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Wuxi, Yinchuan)
  • China Southern Airlines (Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xining, Yinchuan, Yiwu)
  • Deer Air (Sanya)
  • Hainan Airlines (Ankang, Beijing, Changsha, Changzhi, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanzhong, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Qingyang, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xuzhou, Yan'an, Yichang, Yinchang, Yinchuan, Yulin)
  • Shandong Airlines (Jinan)
  • Shanghai Airlines (Lanzhou, Shanghai-Pudong, Xining)
  • Shenzhen Airlines (Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Urumqi, Xining, Yinchuan)
    • Kunpeng Airlines (Changchun, Dunhuang, Fuzhou, Hailar, Hefei, Hohhot, Huangyan, Jiayuguan, Lanzhou, Linyi, Manzhouli, Nanjing, Nanning, Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wuhan, Wuzhou, Xiangfan, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yulin)
  • Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu)
  • Xiamen Airlines (Nanchang, Wuhan, Wuyishan)

International:

Hong Kong is listed here as these flights are treated as international flights.

[edit] Access

Figures along the Airport Express highway leading to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
Figures along the Airport Express highway leading to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

The airport is 47 km from Xi'an city centre, and 13 km from the town of Xianyang. Buses and taxis are available between the airport and Xi'an city centre.

  • Airport Bus: costs ¥25 in renminbi, it frequently travels between the CBD and the Airport.
  • Taxi: for cars are not bigger than 1.8L cc, with minimum charge ¥6 in 2km; more than 2km, it charges at ¥1.5 per km. Between 23:00 and 06:00，the minimum charge will be ¥7 in 2km; with a night-time surcharge, extra ¥0.3 per km. For cars bigger than 1.8L cc, the minimum charge is ¥8 in 2km; more than 2km, it charges at ¥2.4 per km. During night-time hours, the minimum charge is ¥9 in 2km, and the surcharge is the same, at ¥0.3 per km. When the taxi makes a stop as the passenger’s request or waiting at a traffic-light, it will charge as 1km per every 5 minutes it waits. So, it will cost around ¥80-¥140 to Xi'an city centre.

(All standard fees are correct by March 2007)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Airport information for ZLXY at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for XIY / ZLXY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Airport information for SIA / ZLSN at Great Circle Mapper
  4. ^ Accident history for SIA / ZLSN at Aviation Safety Network

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