Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport Explained

Nativename-A:Chinese: {{nobold|厦门高崎国际机场
Iata:XMN
Icao:ZSAM
Type:Public
Operator:Xiamen International Airport Group Co., Ltd.(XIAGC)
City-Served:Xiamen
Location:Huli, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Elevation-M:18
Image Map Caption:CAAC airport chart
Pushpin Map:China Fujian#China
Pushpin Label:XMN/ZSAM
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Fujian##Location in China
Metric-Elev:y
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:05/23
R1-Length-M:3,400
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:14,952,064
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat2-Data:128,057
Stat3-Header:Cargo
Stat3-Data:297,836.5
Footnotes:Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China
S:厦门高崎国际机场
T:廈門高崎國際機場
P:Xiàmén Gāoqí Guójì Jīchǎng
W:Hsia4-mên2 Kao1-ch'i2 Kuo2-chi4 Chi1-ch'ang2
Poj:Ē-mn̂g Kò-kiâ Kok-chè Ki-tiû
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Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Xiamen in East China’s Fujian province. It is the main base of XiamenAir and TAECO, an aircraft maintenance provider. The airport is located on the north side of Xiamen Island. Construction of a new terminal (Terminal 4) started in October 2011 and was completed in 2014.[1]

In 2012, Xiamen airport was the 8th busiest airport in China in terms of cargo traffic, and the 11th busiest in terms of passenger traffic with 17,354,076 passengers and the 10th busiest airport by traffic movements.

Development

New destinations

KLM began the first intercontinental air route out of Xiamen, to Amsterdam, on 27 March 2011.[2] Since then, long-haul traffic has expanded, with XiamenAir launching flights to Sydney, Vancouver and Los Angeles after taking delivery of the Boeing 787.

New airport

Following the opening of Terminal 4 in 2014, Gaoqi airport had little room to expand. As such, a new airport is currently under construction on Dadeng Island, Xiang'an District, currently known as Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport. When completed it will have two new runways, a 550,000 sq meter terminal, and be able to handle up to 45 million passengers, and have subway links to Xiamen railway station.[3] [4]

Airlines and destinations

Cargo

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://news.carnoc.com/list/302/302649.html . zh-cn . zh:图片 厦门机场28日启动双楼运行 厦航还在老地方_民航新闻_民航资源网 . Carnoc . 1 June 2015.
  2. Web site: New route: Xiamen to Amsterdam direct!. https://web.archive.org/web/20140919090739/https://www.klm.com/travel/hk_en/plan_and_book/special_offers/new_route_from_china_xiamen.htm. 2014-09-19. 2023-09-09.
  3. Web site: Xiamen Xiangan Airport New Airport Profile | CAPA.
  4. Web site: New Xiamen Airport Expected to Open in 2020.