Xi'an Xianyang International Airport ( IATA : XIY , ICAO : ZLXY ) is an international airport serving the city of Xi'an , the capital of Northwest China ’s Shaanxi province, as well as the whole Guanzhong area. Covering an area of 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi) , it is the largest airport in Northwest China , and the second largest airport in Northern China . The airport was the hub for China Northwest Airlines until the company was merged into China Eastern Airlines in 2002. Xi'an Airport is also the hub for Joy Air and Hainan Airlines .[1] Skytrax 4-star airport.[2]
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Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
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Airport type Public Owner/Operator China West Airport Group Serves Xi'an Location Weicheng , Xianyang , Shaanxi , China Opened 1 September 1991; 33 years ago (1991-09-01 ) Hub forFocus city forSichuan Airlines Operating base for Air Changan Elevation AMSL 479 m / 1,572 ft Coordinates 34°26′16.1″N 108°45′23.6″E Website www.xxia.com Location of airport in China
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Passengers 30,173,312 Cargo (in tons) 395,604.5 Aircraft movements 256,965
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In 2018, the airport handled 44,650,000 passengers, making it the busiest airport in northwest China. It is the ninth busiest airport nationwide. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport was also the nation's 9th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 7th busiest airport by traffic movements.
The airport is located within the administrative area of Xianyang city, which gives the airport its name. It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Xi'an city centre, and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of the centre of Xianyang.[3]
Before Xianyang Airport was built, Xi'an was served by Xi'an Xiguan Airport . In 1984, the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission proposed to build a large civil airport on the site of Xianyang's airfield. Phase 1 of the airport commenced construction in August 1987, and was finished and opened on 1 September 1991. Xi'an Xiguan Airport was closed at the same time.[3]
Finnair 's service to Helsinki was the first intercontinental route out of Xi'an, launching on 14 June 2013. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of Russian airspace resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine , the route has since been cancelled.[4]
Construction of Terminal 5 began in 2022 and is expected to be completed by 2025.
Terminal 3 and the second runway were opened on 3 May 2012,[5] million passengers a year. The new terminal alone can handle 22 million passengers a year, twice as many as the other two terminals combined. Airlines that moved into the new terminal are China Eastern Airlines , China Southern Airlines , and Shanghai Airlines . The second runway is 3,800 meters long and is large enough to handle the Airbus A380 .
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Interior view of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Terminal 2 Terminal T3, Xianyang International Airport Terminal 3 Airport departure hall Waiting area More information Airlines, Destinations ...
Airlines Destinations 9 Air Guangzhou , Tumxuk ,[6] Turpan
AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur–International [7] Air Busan Busan
Air Chang'an Altay , Bazhong , Beihai , Changchun , Chifeng , Dalian , Dunhuang , Fuzhou , Guilin , Guiyang , Haikou , Harbin ,[8] Huai'an , Huaihua , Huizhou ,[9] Jingdezhen , Lianyungang , Mudanjiang , Nanyang ,[10] Ningbo , Qinhuangdao , Rizhao ,[11] Sanya , Shenyang , Tangshan ,[12] Tongliao , Tongren , Weifang , Wenzhou , Xiamen , Yichang , Yingkou , Zhuhai
Air China Astana , Beijing–Capital , Beijing–Daxing , Hangzhou , Hohhot , Karamay , Shanghai–Pudong , Tianjin , Wenzhou , Wuhan
Air Guilin Guilin [13] Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon [14] Beijing Capital Airlines Chenzhou , Chizhou , Enshi , Guilin , Haikou , Hangzhou , Huangshan , Jinan ,[15] Lijiang ,[16] Mangshi , Nanchang ,[17] Nanjing , Sanya , Shijiazhuang , Songyuan , Xiamen , Xining ,[18] Yichun (Jiangxi) , Yining , Yueyang , Yushu [18] Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
Chengdu Airlines Changsha , Dunhuang ,[19] Jiayuguan [19] China Eastern Airlines Aksu , Altay , Beijing–Daxing , Changchun , Changsha , Changzhou , Chongqing , Dali , Dalian , Dongying , Dubai–International , Dunhuang , Fuzhou , Golmud , Guangzhou , Guilin ,[20] Guiyang , Haikou , Hangzhou , Hanoi ,[21] Harbin , Hefei , Hohhot , Hong Kong , Hotan , Jiayuguan , Jieyang , Jinan , Jinchang , Jinggangshan , Karamay , Kashgar , Korla , Kunming , Kuqa , Lanzhou ,[22] Lhasa , Lianyungang ,[22] Macau ,[23] Milan–Malpensa (begins 26 September 2024),[24] Moscow–Sheremetyevo ,[25] Nanchang , Nanjing , Nanning ,[26] Ningbo , Ordos , Phuket , Qingdao , Sanya , Seoul–Incheon ,[22] Shache , Shanghai–Hongqiao , Shanghai–Pudong , Shenyang , Shenzhen , Shigatse–Peace , Sydney ,[27] Taizhou , Tianjin ,[22] Tokyo–Narita , Ürümqi , Weihai , Wenzhou , Wuhan , Wuhu , Wuxi , Xiamen , Xining , Xinyang , Xishuangbanna , Yan'an , Yantai , Yinchuan , Yining , Yiwu , Yulin (Shaanxi) , Yushu , Zhangye , Zhuhai , Zunyi–Maotai [28] China Express Airlines Changchun ,[8] Changzhi , Chengde , Fuzhou ,[29] Hangzhou , Jiamusi ,[30] Korla , Qingdao ,[31] Qinhuangdao ,[30] Quzhou , Shangrao , Xiangyang ,[29] Yulin (Shaanxi) [8] China Southern Airlines Almaty , Ashgabat , Beijing–Daxing , Changchun , Changsha , Chengdu–Shuangliu , Chengdu–Tianfu ,[32] Chongqing , Dalian , Daqing , Guangzhou , Harbin , Hotan , Kashgar , Korla , Kunming , Nanning , Shenyang , Shenzhen , Shiyan , Ürümqi , Wuhan , Yiwu , Zhuhai
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Xingyi [33] Dalian Airlines Beijing–Capital [34] Donghai Airlines Jingzhou , Shenzhen
Fuzhou Airlines Dunhuang ,[35] Fuzhou , Guiyang , Hohhot , Tianjin
GX Airlines Bijie ,[36] Haikou ,[36] Jining ,[37] Nanning , Yulin (Shaanxi)
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital , Changsha , Chongqing , Dalian , Fuzhou , Guangzhou , Guiyang , Haikou , Hangzhou , Harbin , Kunming , Nanchang , Nanjing , Ningbo , Qianjiang ,[38] Qingdao , Sanya , Shanghai–Pudong , Shaoguan ,[39] Shenyang , Shenzhen , Tokyo–Narita , Ürümqi , Wuhai , Xiamen , Xishuangbanna , Zhuhai
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing
Jiangxi Air Nanchang , Ürümqi
Jeju Air Jeju
Jin Air Seasonal: Jeju
Joy Air Changsha ,[40] Harbin ,[41] Tianjin ,[41] Yantai [41] Juneyao Air Guiyang ,[9] Guyuan , Haikou , Huizhou ,[9] Nanjing , Shanghai–Hongqiao , Shanghai–Pudong , Wuxi , Zhongwei
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines Kunming , Mangshi ,[42] Tengchong
Loong Air Baotou ,[43] Bishkek , Changzhou , Chifeng ,[43] Enshi ,[44] Hangzhou ,[44] Harbin , Kashgar ,[44] Korla ,[44] Samarqand ,[45] Tashkent , Weihai ,[44] Yantai ,[44] Yinchuan [44] Seasonal charter: Kota Kinabalu
Lucky Air Kunming , Lijiang ,[16] Xishuangbanna
Okay Airways Changsha , Jiujiang , Nanchang , Ningbo ,[46] Shenzhen , Tianjin , Ürümqi , Zhuhai [47] Ruili Airlines Hohhot , Kunming , Shenyang
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Shandong Airlines Aksu , Guilin , Guiyang , Heze ,[48] Jinan , Longnan , Qingdao , Xiamen , Yantai
Shanghai Airlines Budapest ,[49] Shanghai–Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines Dunhuang ,[50] Guangzhou , Huizhou , Linyi , Nanjing , Nanning , Nantong , Quanzhou , Shenyang , Shenzhen , Wenzhou , Wuxi , Yangzhou , Yantai ,[51] Yinchuan
Sichuan Airlines Altay , Beihai , Changchun , Chengdu–Shuangliu , Chiang Mai , Chongqing , Diqing , Guiyang , Haikou , Harbin , Jiayuguan ,[52] Jinan , Kunming , Lhasa , Lijiang , Luzhou , Nyingchi , Osaka–Kansai , Panzhihua ,[53] Qingdao , Sanya , Shanghai–Pudong , Shenyang , Shenzhen , Ürümqi , Wanzhou , Xichang , Xishuangbanna , Yantai , Yibin , Yinchuan , Yingkou
Spring Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi , Changchun ,[11] Fuyang , Jieyang , Nanchang , Ningbo ,[46] Osaka–Kansai ,[54] Shanghai–Hongqiao , Shanghai–Pudong , Shenyang , Shenzhen , Tonghua , Ürümqi
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang
Tianjin Airlines Anqing ,[55] Anshun ,[56] Baotou ,[57] Bayannur , Changde , Chifeng , Chongqing , Dalian , Ganzhou , Guilin , Guiyang , Haikou , Hailar ,[57] Hami , Harbin , Hengyang , Hohhot , Huaihua , Jinan , Korla ,[55] Kunming , Libo ,[56] Lijiang ,[55] London–Heathrow , Nanjing , Sanya , Shenyang , Tacheng , Tianjin , Ulanhot ,[43] Ürümqi , Wuhai , Xiamen , Yancheng ,[55] Yulin (Guangxi) ,[56] Yulin (Shaanxi) , Zhuhai , Zunyi–Maotai ,[28] Zunyi–Xinzhou
Tibet Airlines Dali ,[58] Hangzhou ,[59] Jinan ,[59] Koh Samui ,[60] Kunming ,[59] Lhasa , Lijiang , Nanjing ,[59] Nantong ,[59] Nyingchi , Qamdo , Shenzhen ,[59] Xishuangbanna [59] Urumqi Air Zhanjiang [61] VietJet Air Ho Chi Minh City [62] XiamenAir Changsha , Fuzhou , Guyuan , Hangzhou , Quanzhou , Tianjin , Wanzhou , Xiamen , Yinchuan
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Eight airport bus routes connect the airport well with the Xi'an and Xianyang city.
There are also long-distance buses which connect the airport with Baoji , Yangling , Lintong , Hancheng , Hanzhong , Weinan , Tongchuan , Yan'an , Qingyang , and Pingliang .
Xi'an Metro Line 14 between Beikezhan (Beiguangchang) station and the airport was opened on September 29, 2019. The line extended to Heshao on June 29, 2021.
Figures along the Airport Express highway leading to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport On 6 June 1994, China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 broke up in mid-air and crashed near Xi'an, en route to Guangzhou from Xi'an. A maintenance error was responsible. All 160 people on board died. 
