Linfen Yaodu Airport Explained

Linfen Yaodu Airport
Nativename-A:Chinese: {{nobold|临汾尧都机场
Iata:LFQ
Icao:ZBLF
Type:Public
City-Served:Linfen, Shanxi, China
Location:Qiaoli, Yaodu District, Shanxi
Coordinates:36.1317°N 111.6581°W
Pushpin Map:China Shanxi
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Shanxi
Pushpin Label:LFQ
Metric-Elev:y
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-M:2,600
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:783,950
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat2-Data:9,084
Stat3-Header:Cargo (metric tons)
Stat3-Data:232.6
Footnotes:Source:
Order:st
S:临汾尧都机场
T:臨汾堯都機場
P:Línfén Yáodū Jīchǎng

Linfen Yaodu Airport [1] is an airport serving the city of Linfen in Shanxi Province, China. It is located near the town of Qiaoli in Yaodu District, 15 kilometers from the city center. The airport was first built in 1958 and opened on 1 January 1960, but ceased operations in fall 1965.[2] Construction started again in September 2010 to expand and reopen the airport with an investment of 446 million yuan, and it was originally projected to open in late 2011.[3]

Linfen Airport opened to commercial traffic on 25 January 2016. The airport was formerly known as Linfen Qiaoli Airport until April 2020.[4]

Facilities

The airport will have one runway that is 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide, and a 4,200 square meter terminal building. It is projected to handle 430,000 passengers annually by 2020.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 临汾乔李机场 . Carnic . 25 June 2017.
  2. http://news.carnoc.com/list/127/127877.html 山西临汾市乔李民航机场有望复航
  3. Web site: 临汾机场有望明年年底试航 . 2011-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092905/http://sx.people.com.cn/GB/189130/13276913.html . 2012-04-25 . dead .
  4. Web site: 2020年第6期NAIP修订信息简报 . Aeronautical Information Service Center . 14 April 2020.