Taiyuan Wusu International Airport

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Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport
太原武宿国际机场
Tàiyuán Wǔxù Guójì Jīchǎng
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IATA: TYNICAO: ZBYN
TYN is located in Shanxi
TYN
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Location of the Airport in Shanxi
Summary
Airport type Public
Location Taiyuan, Shanxi
Elevation AMSL 785 m / 2,575 ft
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 7,803,574
Taiyuan Wusu International Airport
Traditional Chinese 太原武宿國際機場
Simplified Chinese 太原武宿国际机场

Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport (IATA: TYNICAO: ZBYN) is an airport serving Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province, China. It is the largest airport in Shanxi and is located about 15 kilometers (about 9.3 miles) southeast of downtown Taiyuan.

Built in 1939, it has evolved into one of the busiest and most important airport of Shanxi Province with connection to most major cities within China. Since March 2006, the airport has undergone an expansion phase with a new Terminal at a cost of CNY 1.57 billion and is capable of serving 6 million passengers a year. Construction was completed in late 2007. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it served as a supplementary airport to Beijing Capital International Airport.

The airport is a focus city for both China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Airlines. As for 2010, Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport was the 30th busiest airport in the People's Republic of China with 5,252,783 passengers.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air China Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Hangzhou
Air China
operated by Dalian Airlines
Dalian
Air Macau Macau
Beijing Capital Airlines Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Sanya
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu, Dalian[1]
China Eastern Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changzhi, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Ordos, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yantai[2]
China Eastern Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Hong Kong, Nagoya-Centrair,[2] Taichung,[3] Taipei-Taoyuan
China Southern Airlines Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Nanchang, Nanning, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, Zhuhai
EVA Air Taipei-Taoyuan[4]
Far Eastern Air Transport Kaohsiung, Taipei-Songshan
GX Airlines Guiyang, Nanning
Fuzhou Airlines Fuzhou, Yinchuan
Hainan Airlines Changsha, Changzhi, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Nanjing, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Xiamen
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong
Joy Air Baotou, Hefei, Yinchuan, Yulin, Zhengzhou
Juneyao Airlines Hangzhou, Shanghai-Hongqiao
Kunming Airlines Kunming
Lucky Air Datong, Hohhot, Kunming
Ruili Airlines Hohhot, Kunming
Shandong Airlines Baotou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Urumqi, Xiamen
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai-Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines Harbin, Kunming, Nanjing, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Yinchuan
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Harbin, Sanya, Shenyang
Tianjin Airlines Guiyang, Hohhot, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Nanning, Tianjin, Yinchuan
Tibet Airlines Lanzhou, Lhasa
West Air (China) Chongqing
Xiamen Airlines Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Huangshan, Wuhan, Xiamen
Vietnam Airlines Charter: Da Nang[5]

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