Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport
Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport 贵阳龙洞堡国际机场 Guìyáng Lóngdòngbǎo Guójì Jīchǎng | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Guiyang, Guizhou, China | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,139 m / 3,737 ft | ||||||||||
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  KWE Location of airport in China | |||||||||||
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Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (simplified Chinese: 贵阳龙洞堡国际机场; traditional Chinese: 貴陽龍洞堡國際機場) (IATA: KWE, ICAO: ZUGY) is an airport serving Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou Province in southwestern China.
Guiyang Longdongbao Airport was opened on May 28, 1997 and adopted its current name on Jan 19, 2006. It is located 11 km southeast from Guiyang's city center. It is about 4 square kilometers and has a 3200-meter long, 45-meter wide runway, which can accommodate Boeing 747, Airbus A330 widebodied aircraft. The terminal is about 34000 square meters, available for over 2000 passengers departing and arriving per hour. Guiyang airport is an important hub in Southwest China.
As for 2011, Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport was the 25th busiest airport in the People's Republic of China with 7,339,229 passengers.
Expansion
Guiyang airport in 2010 exceeded its design capacity of 5 million passengers. The airport expansion project was authorized and started in Sept, 2010, with the total annual passenger capability of 15.5 millions and annual cargo traffic of 220 thousand tons per year. The total investment on it will be about 3.4 billion yuan.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air China | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen |
| Beijing Capital Airlines | Haikou [begins 29 October 2012], Xining [begins 29 October 2012] |
| Chengdu Airlines | Chengdu, Fuzhou |
| China Eastern Airlines | Changsha, Nanchang, Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Wuxi |
| China Express Airlines | Chongqing, Libo, Liping City, Luzhou, Nanning, Shengyang, Shijiazhuang, Tongren, Xingyi, Zhanjiang |
| China Southern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Changchun, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shengyang, Shenzhen, Taipei-Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai |
| Far Eastern Air Transport | Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou, Haikou, Sanya, Shenzhen, Xi'an |
| Hong Kong Airlines | Hong Kong [ends 28 October][1] |
| Hebei Airlines | Beihai |
| Juneyao Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| Kunming Airlines | Kunming, Nanjing |
| Lucky Air | Kunming, Nanjing |
| Shandong Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Kunming, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Xi'an |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shenzhen |
| Sichuan Airlines | Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Harbin, Hefei, Kunming, Lanzhou, Tongren, Wenzhou |
| Spring Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| Tianjin Airlines | Haikou, Nanning, Tianjin, Xi'an, Zhengzhou |
| Xiamen Airlines | Changsha, Guilin, Nanchang |
Traffic and statistics
| Year |
Rank of Total Passengers |
Total Passengers |
Rank of Total Cargo |
Total Cargo(metric tonnes) |
Rank of Total Aircraft Movements |
Total Aircraft Movements |
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| 2006 | 24 | 3,717,999 | 24 | 39,713.1 | 24 | 43,205 |
| 2007 | 25 | 4,248,005 | 25 | 39,730.0 | 23 | 47,685 |
| 2008 | 26 | 4,324,085 | 25 | 41,967.9 | 27 | 46,259 |
| 2009 | 25 | 5,687,652 | 25 | 51,619.0 | 26 | 57,354 |
| 2010 | 26 | 6,271,701 | 26 | 61,653.0 | 27 | 61,231 |