Linfen Yaodu Airport 临汾尧都机场 | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Linfen,Shanxi,China | ||||||||||
| Location | Qiaoli,Yaodu District, Shanxi | ||||||||||
| Opened | 25 January 2016; 9 years ago (2016-01-25) | ||||||||||
| Built | 1 January 1960; 65 years ago (1960-01-01) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°7′54″N111°39′29″E / 36.13167°N 111.65806°E /36.13167; 111.65806 | ||||||||||
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  LFQ Location of airport in Shanxi | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2023[1]) | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 临汾尧都机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 臨汾堯都機場 | ||||||
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Linfen Yaodu Airport (IATA:LFQ,ICAO:ZBLF)[3] is an airport serving the city ofLinfen inShanxi Province,China. It is located near the town ofQiaoli inYaodu 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.[4] 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.[2]
Linfen Airport opened to commercial traffic on 25 January 2016. The airport was formerly known asLinfen Qiaoli Airport (Chinese:临汾乔李机场) until April 2020.[5]
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.[2]