Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Dehong Mangshi International Airport
Airport in Yunnan, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Dehong Mangshi International Airport (IATA: LUM, ICAO: ZPMS) is an airport serving Mangshi in Dehong, Yunnan, China.
![]() | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese. (April 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Remove ads
History
Mangshi Airport first opened in 1940 during Second Sino-Japanese War with a 1,900 meters runway.[3] Some of P-40, C-46 and C-47 had landed here for military purpose.[4] After 1945, the airport was deserted.[4] In 1985, Dehong prefectural government suggested to reconstruct the airport.[4] China central government agreed to the request in 1987.[5] Reconstruction project started in 1988.[6] Finally, the airport opened in 1990 with a 2,200 meters runway.[3] China Southwest Airlines offered public flights between Mangshi and Kunming at that time.[3]
In 2003, the CAAC renamed it to Dehong Mangshi Airport.[7] The first round expend construction started in 2006 and finished in 2009.[8] The terminal was renovated as a peacock shape, and two airbridges was built.[9] Mangshi airport upgraded to an international airport in 2016,[10] and the second round expend construction started.[11] In 2018, the expend construction finished and the runway expanded to 2,600 meters.[12] On 31 January 2019, Ruili Airlines opened the first international flight to Mandalay, Myanmar.[13]
Remove ads
Airlines and destinations
Remove ads
See also
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads