Nanjing Lukou Airport
| Nanjing Lukou Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | ZSNJ |
| IATA code | NKG |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 15 m (49 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 45 km south of Nanjing |
| Basic data | |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 12,530,000 (2010) |
| Air freight | 234,000 (2010) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
12 million |
| Start-and runway | |
| 06/24 | 3600 m × 45 m concrete |
The Nanjing Lukou International Airport ( Chinese 南京禄口国际机场 , Pinyin Nanjing Lùkǒu Guoji Jīchǎng ) is the international airport of the provincial capital of Nanjing to the Chinese province of Jiangsu . It is the 14th largest airport in China in terms of passenger volume. The airport is located in the Lukou (禄 口 街道) street in Jiangning District .
Airlines and Destinations
The airport is served by the following airlines, among others: Passenger transport:
- Air China : Beijing , Chengdu
- Asiana Airlines : Seoul-Incheon
- Chengdu Airlines : Chengdu
- China Eastern Airlines : Beijing, Changsha , Chengdu, Guangzhou , Hong Kong , Kunming , Ningbo , Osaka-Kansai , Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong , Singapore , Taipei-Taoyuan , Tokyo-Narita , Xiamen , Xi'an
- China Southern Airlines : Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen , Xiamen
- Cathay Dragon : Hong Kong
- Hainan Airlines : Beijing, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Shenzhen
- Lucky Air : Kunming, Wuhan
- Finnair : Helsinki
- Lufthansa : Frankfurt
- Mandarin Airlines : Taipei-Taoyuan
- Shandong Airlines : Fuzhou Kunming, Ningbo
- Shanghai Airlines : Beijing, Guangzhou
- Shenzhen Airlines : Changchun , Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen
- Xiamen Airlines : Changsha, Xiamen
Freight:
- China Airlines Cargo : Taipei-Taoyuan
- China Postal Airlines : Beijing, Changsha, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Xi'an
- Singapore Airlines Cargo : Anchorage , Atlanta , Chicago , Los Angeles
Expansion plans
The following expansion plan is to begin in 2013 (phase 2) :
- Construction of a second terminal
- Make A380 ready (construction of a second 3600 × 60 meter long runway)
- Construction of new taxiways
- Construction of 42 new parking areas
When it is expected to be completed in 2020, the airport is expected to have a capacity of 30 million passengers and 800,000 tons of cargo. The cost is about $ 1.5 billion.
It is planned to connect the airport to the Nanjing subway by 2030 . A connection to the city's largest long-distance train station , Nanjing South Station , will be provided by a bus shuttle until then.
Incidents
- Old Nanjing-Dajiaochang Airport : On July 31, 1992, a Yakovlew Jak-42D of China General Aviation (B-2755) rolled over the end of the runway by around 600 meters when it failed to abort the take-off at Nanjing-Dajiaochang Airport, China , because the wrong elevator trim caused a take-off prevented. Of the 126 inmates, 107 died.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2011 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.
- ^ Nanjing South Railway Station, Nanjing Nan Train Station. In: www.chinahighlights.com. Retrieved February 12, 2016 .
- ^ Accident report Jak-42 B-2755 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 14, 2018.
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Official website of the airport