Yuncheng Yanhu International Airport

Yuncheng Yanhu International Airport (IATA: YCU, ICAO: ZBYC) is an airport serving the city of Yuncheng in North China’s Shanxi province. It is located in Zhangxiao Village, Taocun Town, 11 km (6.8 mi) northeast of the city center, and was formerly known as Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport. In 2010 Yuncheng Airport served more than 600,000 passengers, ranking 62nd among all airports in China.

Yuncheng Yanhu International Airport 运城盐湖国际机场
IATA: YCU ICAO: ZBYC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Yuncheng
Location	Zhangxiao Village, Taocun Town, Yuncheng, Shanxi, China
Opened	February 2005; 20 years ago (2005-02)
Coordinates	35°07′00″N 111°02′23″E
Website	www.ycport.com
Map
YCU/ZBYC Location in Shanxi Show map of Shanxi YCU/ZBYC YCU/ZBYC (China) Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,000 9,843 Concrete
Statistics (2023 [1])
Passengers 2,193,632 Aircraft movements 22,298 Cargo (metric tons) 7,081.6
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Yuncheng Yanhu International Airport
Simplified Chinese	运城盐湖国际机场
Traditional Chinese	運城鹽湖國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yùnchéng Yánhú Guójì Jīchǎng

History

The airport was opened in February 2005, and expansion was started in May 2007 and completed in August 2008, with a total investment of 350 million yuan.^[2] On 9 May 2012, a new 25,000-square-meter terminal building was opened, ten times the size of the original building.^[3]

Facilities

Yuncheng Airport has a runway that is 3000 meters long and 60 meters wide (class 4D), and seven aircraft parking aprons.^[2] It has a 25,000-square-meter terminal building that was opened in May 2012. It is designed to serve 1.2 million passengers and 8000 tons of cargo per year, with a peak capacity of 875 passengers per hour.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Yuncheng Yanhu Airport is served by the following airlines:

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing,[4] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Ürümqi
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong, Wuhan[5]
China Southern Airlines	Guangzhou
Kunming Airlines	Changsha
Shanghai Airlines	Changchun, Kuala Lumpur–International[6]
Shenzhen Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[7] Haikou,[8] Hangzhou, Harbin, Nagoya–Centrair,[9] Nanchang,[10] Nanjing, Nanning, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shenzhen, Wenzhou,[11] Wuhan, Wuxi, Zhuhai
Tibet Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu,[4] Hong Kong,[12] Kunming,[13] Lijiang,[13] Xining[4]
XiamenAir	Changchun,[5] Changsha,[5] Chongqing,[8] Dalian,[8] Fuzhou, Hefei, Hohhot,[14] Nanjing, Quanzhou,[15] Tianjin, Xiamen

See also

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