Yantai Penglai International Airport

"Yantai Airport" redirects here. For the old airport, see Yantai Laishan Airport.

Yantai Penglai International Airport (IATA: YNT, ICAO: ZSYT) is an international airport serving the city of Yantai in East China’s Shandong province. It is located 43 kilometres (27 mi) from the city center, near the Chaoshui town in Penglai District, a district in Yantai city.^[2]

Yantai Penglai International Airport 烟台蓬莱国际机场
IATA: YNT ICAO: ZSYT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Yantai International Airport Group
Serves	Yantai
Location	Chaoshui, Penglai, Yantai, Shandong, China
Opened	28 May 2015; 10 years ago (2015-05-28)
Focus city for	China Eastern Airlines Shandong Airlines
Time zone	CST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	47 m / 154 ft
Coordinates	37°39′26″N 120°59′14″E
Website	www.ytairport.com.cn
Maps
CAAC airport chart
YNT/ZSYT Location in Shandong Show map of Shandong YNT/ZSYT YNT/ZSYT (China) Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 7,530,370 Cargo (in tons) 75,234.1 Aircraft movements 71,468
Source: CAAC Data 2023,[1] List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Yantai Penglai International Airport
Simplified Chinese	烟台蓬莱国际机场
Traditional Chinese	煙台蓬萊國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yāntái Pénglái Guójì Jīchǎng Wade–Giles Yen1-tʻai2 Pʻêng2-lai2 Kuo2-chi4 Chi1-chʻang3

Construction officially started on 26 December 2009,^[3] and the airport was opened on 28 May 2015, when all flights serving Yantai were transferred from the old Laishan Airport. The first flight, China Eastern Airlines MU5136, landed at the airport from Beijing at 00:05 on 28 May.^[2] Originally called Yantai Chaoshui International Airport (Chinese: 烟台潮水国际机场), the airport adopted the current name in April 2014.^[4]

Facilities

The airport has a runway that is 3,400 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4D), and an 80,000 square-meter terminal building. It is projected to serve 12 million passengers and 90,000 tons of cargo annually by 2020.^[3] However, in 2022, the actual number of passenger movements was only 3,102,435 while the actual cargo movements were 62,179.1 tons,^[5] way below the projected numbers.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Tianfu, Hangzhou
Air Travel	Chengdu–Tianfu[6]
Beijing Capital Airlines	Lijiang,[7] Wuhan[7]
China Eastern Airlines	Changsha,[8] Changzhou,[9] Chengdu–Tianfu,[10] Dalian, Daqing,[11] Fukuoka,[6] Fuzhou,[12] Hangzhou,[13] Harbin,[14] Hefei,[15] Hohhot,[16] Jiamusi,[13] Kunming, Nagoya–Centrair,[17] Nanchang,[8] Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Tokyo–Narita,[18] Wuhan, Xiamen,[19] Xi'an, Yanji, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie,[20] Zhengzhou, Zhoushan[21]
China Express Airlines	Chongqing,[22] Guiyang, Handan,[22] Wushan
China Southern Airlines	Guangzhou
China United Airlines	Ordos[23]
LJ Air	Harbin,[6] Ningbo[6]
Loong Air	Hangzhou,[24] Jixi,[24] Tonghua[25]
Qingdao Airlines	Changchun, Chongqing,[26] Fuzhou, Hailar,[27] Harbin
Ruili Airlines	Changsha,[6] Shenyang[6]
Shandong Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha,[6] Chengdu–Tianfu,[28] Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Hefei,[29] Jiamusi, Jinan, Nanjing, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang,[28] Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an
Shanghai Airlines	Changchun,[30] Harbin,[31] Ningbo,[30] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Wenzhou[31]
Shenzhen Airlines	Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu, Guangzhou, Harbin, Nanjing, Nanning,[32] Nantong,[33] Shenyang, Shenzhen, Xi'an[33]
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Harbin, Xi'an
Tianjin Airlines	Chongqing,[6] Guilin,[34] Hangzhou,[6] Huizhou,[35] Jieyang,[36] Ningbo,[6] Urumqi,[6] Xi'an,[6] Yichang,[35] Yulin (Shaanxi)[37]
Yakutia Airlines	Seasonal charter: Khabarovsk, Vladivostok[38]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Air Incheon	Seoul–Incheon
Asiana Cargo	Seoul–Incheon
Central Airlines	Osaka–Kansai, Seoul–Incheon, Tokyo–Narita
China Cargo Airlines	Liege[39]
China Postal Airlines	Seoul–Incheon
Jeju Air Cargo	Seoul–Incheon
Longhao Airlines	Osaka–Kansai, Seoul–Incheon
SF Airlines	Almaty, Karagandy, Liège
YTO Cargo Airlines	Seoul–Incheon, Tokyo–Narita

See also

• List of all airports of 9 Air
• List of the busiest airports in China