Qingyang Airport Explained

Qingyang Airport
Iata:IQN
Icao:ZLQY
Type:Public
City-Served:Qingyang, Gansu
Location:Pengyuan, Xifeng District, Qingyang, Gansu
Coordinates:35.7997°N 107.6028°W
Pushpin Map:China Gansu
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Gansu
Pushpin Label:IQN
Metric-Elev:y
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-M:2600
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:400,364
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat2-Data:21,849
Stat3-Header:Cargo (metric tons)
Stat3-Data:250.4
Footnotes:Source:
Order:st
S:庆阳机场
T:慶陽機場
P:Qìngyáng Jīchǎng

Qingyang Airport is an airport serving the city of Qingyang in Gansu Province, China. Qingyang airport was unofficially called "Qingyang Xifeng Airport (庆阳西峰机场)" in Aviation Information System.

Qingyang Airport was built in 1976 and opened to traffic in 1977, with a runway length of 1,800 m. The airport was closed in 1993 due to the ageing of the runway and the lack of suitable aircraft types. In 2003, Qingyang Airport was renovated as a 3C regional airport and was officially reopened on December 26, 2005. After the resumption of flights, Qingyang Airport was closed again in September 2010 due to the low flight area, limited routes and the elimination of suitable aircraft types. On 21 November 2012, the airport resumed flights after an expansion to meet the 4C condition[1] The expanded runway is 2,600 metres long and 48 metres wide. It is expected to handle 160,000 passengers, 550 tonnes of cargo and mail, and 3,200 aircraft movements in 2020.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 庆阳机场21日正式复航 开通至西安兰州航班. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129112916/http://news.carnoc.com/list/237/237945.html. 2014-11-29. 2014-11-25. live.
  2. 中新社,《甘肃庆阳机场扩建复航 革命老区打开新通道谋发展》,2012年11月21日。