Kunming Changshui Airport
Kunming Changshui Airport 昆明 长 水 国际 机场 |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | ZPPP |
IATA code | KMG |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 2103 m (6900 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 24.5 km northwest of Kunming |
Basic data | |
opening | June 28, 2012 |
operator | Yunnan Airport Group |
surface | 2297 ha |
Terminals | 1 (+1 under construction) |
Passengers | 30 million (2013) |
Flight movements |
265,000 |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
65 million |
Runways | |
03/21 | 4000 m × 45 m asphalt |
04/22 | 4500 m × 60 m asphalt |
The Kunming Changshui International Airport ( IATA : KMG , ICAO : ZPPP ) is the commercial airport of Kunming , the capital of China's Yunnan -Provinz. The airport is located 24.5 km northeast of the city center on a high plateau approximately 2100 m above sea level. With the official commissioning on June 28, 2012, the old Kunming-Wujiaba Airport was replaced, some of which will be demolished. The airport is the fourth largest in China and is one of the five most important flight connections with Beijing , Shanghai , Guangzhou and Urumqi . It serves China Eastern Airlines , Kunming Airlines , Lucky Air , Sichuan Airlines and Ruili Airlines as a hub for Southeast and South Asia.
The new airport has two runways (compared to Wujiaba with one runway). In 2013, 30 million passengers were handled, making Kunming-Changshui one of the world's largest commercial airports . In 2020, 38 million passengers are expected to be handled per year.
The main terminal was built by the architecture office SOM and the engineering office Arup .
terminal
The main terminal of Kuniming-Changshui Airport is the second largest terminal building in China with 548,300 m². The terminal has 66 gates with passenger boarding bridges .
construction
Construction began in 2009 under the name Zheng He International Airport . The very short construction period was overshadowed by two incidents. In the first incident on January 3, 2010, seven construction workers died when an unfinished flyover collapsed. In the second incident on June 28, 2011, eleven construction workers were injured in the collapse of a tunnel under construction. The main terminal was completed in July 2011.
Transport links
At the airport is the terminus of line 6 of the Kunming Metro , which opened on the same day as the airport. By car, Kunming can be reached via a thirteen-km toll motorway or via the S101 road.
See also
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Official website (Chinese)
- The Fourth Air Hub in China — Kunming International New Airport
- Photogalleries [1] , [2]
Individual evidence
- ^ Newly-built Kunming Changshui Int'l Airport to be put into operation . June 8, 2012. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ Shi Guanglin (史广林): zh: 投资 230 亿 昆明 将 拥有 国家 大型 门户 枢纽 机场 ( Chinese ) Chinanews Yunnan. November 25, 2008. Retrieved on August 5, 2012. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ zh: 昆明 新 机场 规划 设计 创新 ( Chinese ) May 8, 2010. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/03/content_9257535.htm
- ↑ http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-06/29/content_22882621.htm
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.