Cangyuan Washan Airport | |
Nativename-A: | Chinese: {{nobold|沧源佤山机场 |
Iata: | CWJ |
Icao: | ZPCW |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Cangyuan, Yunnan |
Location: | Nuoliang Township |
Coordinates: | 23.2714°N 99.3681°W |
Pushpin Map: | China Yunnan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Yunnan |
Pushpin Label: | CWJ |
Metric-Elev: | y |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 05/23 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,600 |
R1-Surface: | concrete |
Stat-Year: | 2021 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 224,294 |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
Stat2-Data: | 2,636 |
Stat3-Header: | Cargo (metric tons) |
Stat3-Data: | 254.8 |
Order: | st |
S: | 沧源佤山机场 |
T: | 滄源佤山機場 |
P: | Cāngyuán Wǎshān Jīchǎng |
Cangyuan Washan Airport is an airport serving Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in Lincang, Yunnan province, southwest China. The airport is located in Nuoliang Township and opened in December 2016.
Construction of the airport began on 20 December 2013, with an estimated total investment of 1.589 billion yuan.[1] Cangyuan Washan Airport opened on 8 December 2016 with the arrival of a Lucky Air flight from Kunming, the capital of the province.[2] The airport supports tourism in the county; it is closer than Lincang Airport, originally the only airport in Lincang,[3] to Wengding Wa village, a popular tourist attraction.[4]
The airport has one runway that measures 2600x. It can handle 270,000 passengers and 1080t of cargo per year.