Wenzhou Longwan International Airport

Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (IATA: WNZ, ICAO: ZSWZ) is an airport serving the city of Wenzhou in East China’s Zhejiang province. Formerly called Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport, it adopted its current name on 25 April 2013.^[2]

Wenzhou Longwan International Airport 温州龙湾国际机场
Wenzhou Airport
IATA: WNZ ICAO: ZSWZ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Wenzhou Airport Group Co. Ltd.
Serves	Wenzhou
Location	Longwan, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Opened	12 July 1990; 35 years ago (1990-07-12)
Coordinates	27°54′43″N 120°51′07″E
Website	www.wzair.cn
Map
WNZ/ZSWZ Location in Zhejiang Show map of Zhejiang WNZ/ZSWZ Location in China Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2023 [1])
Passengers 11,688,220 Cargo (metric tons) 106,058.4 Aircraft movements 93,364
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

Wenzhou Longwan International Airport
Simplified Chinese	温州龙湾国际机场
Traditional Chinese	溫州龍灣國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wēnzhōu Lóngwān Guójì Jīchǎng

Wenzhou Longwan Airport T2

The airport is located 24 km (15 mi) southeast of the city. In 2010, Wenzhou airport was the 28th-busiest airport in mainland China with 5,326,802 passengers.

History

The airport was opened for civil service on 12 July 1990. The construction cost was RMB 132.5 million dollars and was funded by Wenzhou's municipal government.

Facilities

The airport can handle aircraft as large as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330. The departure lounge occupies 12,000 m² (129,167 sq ft) in area. The apron occupies an area of 73,000 m² (785,765 sq ft).

New terminal

Construction of the new Terminal 2 officially began on 11 November 2011. It will have an area of 100,000 square metres (1,076,391 sq ft), four times larger than the existing Terminal 1, and will be able to handle 13 million passengers per year. When completed, it will be used exclusively for domestic flights, while Terminal 1 will be converted to a dedicated international terminal. Terminal 2 is the centrepiece of the new Wenzhou Comprehensive Transportation Hub development, which also includes a long-distance bus terminal, subway station, as well as commercial real estate.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Guangzhou,[4] Guiyang, Xingyi[5]
Air Chang'an	Guiyang,[6] Xi'an, Yichang
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Milan–Malpensa,[7] Seoul–Incheon,[8] Taiyuan, Tianjin, Xi'an, Zhengzhou[6]
Air Macau	Macau
Air Travel	Tongren[9]
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong[10]
Chengdu Airlines	Anqing,[11] Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu,[11] Guiyang, Hengyang, Hohhot,[12] Jinan,[13] Zhengzhou[14]
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Enshi,[15] Guangzhou, Huai'an,[16] Jieyang,[17] Kunming, Liuzhou,[18] Madrid,[19] Qingdao,[18] Rome–Fiumicino, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xi'an
China Express Airlines	Chongqing, Ezhou,[6] Shiyan[20]
China Southern Airlines	Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
China United Airlines	Baotou,[21] Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,[15] Chongqing,[22] Dongying, Foshan, Guangzhou, Haikou,[21] Hanzhong, Harbin,[21] Kunming, Luzhou, Sanya,[21] Shenyang,[21] Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan,[23] Tianjin,[22] Xi'an,[21] Zhuhai,[24] Zunyi–Xinzhou[25]
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing, Wanzhou[26]
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[27] Xiangxi[28]
Hainan Airlines	Beijing–Capital,[29] Chongqing,[6] Haikou,[15] Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Zhuhai[30]
Hebei Airlines	Xiamen[31]
Juneyao Air	Baotou,[32] Changsha, Guiyang, Zhengzhou[15]
LJ Air	Taiyuan,[33] Yancheng[33]
Loong Air	Changsha,[34] Changzhou,[35] Chongqing, Guiyang,[6] Jingzhou,[6] Lanzhou,[6] Nanning,[36] Singapore,[37] Tokyo–Narita,[38] Wuhan, Xiangyang,[6] Xining,[34] Xishuangbanna,[39] Yinchuan,[6] Zunyi–Xinzhou[39]
Lucky Air	Kunming
Pacific Airlines	Seasonal charter: Phu Quoc[citation needed]
Qingdao Airlines	Guiyang,[40] Harbin,[41] Nanning,[42] Qingdao, Shenyang,[43] Weihai[41]
Ruili Airlines	Dalian, Kunming
Shandong Airlines	Guiyang, Jinan, Qingdao,[15] Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[44] Changsha,[21] Guilin,[21] Guiyang,[21] Harbin, Kunming,[21] Nanning,[45] Shanghai–Pudong, Wuhan, Xi'an,[21] Xining,[34] Yantai, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines	Guangzhou, Harbin, Linyi, Nanning,[42] Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tianjin,[46] Xi'an, Yibin, Yuncheng,[6] Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[47] Chongqing, Haikou, Harbin
Tianjin Airlines	Hohhot,[14] Nantong,[14] Qingdao,[48] Tianjin, Yangzhou,[15] Yulin (Shaanxi),[49] Zhengzhou[48]
Tibet Airlines	Lhasa, Luzhou,[50] Mianyang[51]
T'way Air	Seoul–Incheon[52]
Urumqi Air	Nanchong, Ürümqi
West Air	Chongqing, Zhengzhou[53]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Central Airlines	Manila, Seoul–Incheon, Shenzhen
YTO Cargo Airlines	Manila, Seoul–Incheon

Accidents and incidents

• On 20 March 2011, China Eastern Airlines flight 5577, an Airbus A320-200 from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport clipped trees on approach at Longwan Airport.^[54]

See also

• List of airports in China
• List of the busiest airports in China