Airport serving Dalian, Liaoning, China
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (IATA :DLC ,ICAO :ZYTL international airport serving the city ofDalian inNortheast China ’sLiaoning province. It is located inGanjingzi District , about 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of the city center. In 2024, the airport handled 19,288,910 passengers, making it the busiest airport in Northeast China and the27th busiest nationwide. The airport is the hub forDalian Airlines and a focus city forChina Southern Airlines andHainan Airlines . As Zhoushuizi Airport has reached its designed capacity, the newDalian Jinzhouwan International Airport is being built on reclaimed land to replace it.[ 2]
Zhoushuizi Airport in 1928-1938 Zhoushuizi was originally an insect-infestedmarsh , called "Choushuizi" (臭水子 ) or "smelly waters" by nearby residents. During the lateQing dynasty , it became aracecourse forhorse racing . After the marsh was drained, it was renamed Zhoushuizi (Zhou's waters) after a nearby village called Zhoujiatun ("Zhou family village").[ 3]
After Japan won theRusso-Japanese War in 1905, theLiaodong Peninsula , including Dalian, came under Japanese occupation. In 1924, the Japanese began to convert Zhoushuizi Racecourse into an airport, which was opened in 1927.[ 3] aviation law of 1927, theJapanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications began planning for scheduled air routes including Tokyo to Dalian (Zhoushuizi). As civil aviation developed later, a few flights per day byManchukuo National Airways came to Zhoushuizi.[ 4] Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, there was more military traffic by theImperial Japanese Navy than civil traffic, mostly usingDouglas DC-3 . Zhoushuizi Airport at that time was about 800 meters (2,625 ft) long and 400 meters (1,312 ft) wide.[ 4]
After thesurrender of Japan in 1945, Zhoushuizi was under the control of theSoviet Air Forces for ten years, until it was transferred to the ChinesePLA Air Force in May 1955.[ 3] [ 3]
As air traffic skyrocketed starting in the 1980s and especially since the 1990s, the airport had its first major expansion in April 1984.[ 3] [ 3] Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport project, which was included in the 12thnational five-year plan in 2011.[ 5]
In September 2011, a new 71,000 square-meter terminal building was completed as part of the 2.2 billion yuan third-phase expansion project of the airport.[ 6] [ 7]
Airlines and destinations [ edit ] As a focus city forChina Southern Airlines , Dalian has many of China Southern's Japanese destinations. China's flag carrier,Air China , also makes a stop-over at Dalian on its flights fromBeijing toJapan . Due to the tight connection and high demand between Dalian and Japan,Japan Airlines still operates daily direct flight fromNarita Airport inTokyo to Dalian. Two major South Korean airlines,Korean Air andAsiana Airlines , operate daily flight to Dalian fromIncheon Airport inSeoul . The majority of international flights are operated by China Southern Airlines, Air China, Japan Airlines,All Nippon Airways ,Asiana Airlines ,Korean Air andUni Air .
Airlines Destinations 9 Air Guangzhou ,[ 8] Shangrao ,Weifang ,[ 9] Wuhan Aeroflot Seasonal: Vladivostok [ 10] Air Chang'an Tangshan ,[ 11] Xi'an Air China Beijing–Capital ,Changsha ,[ 12] Chengdu–Shuangliu ,[ 13] Chengdu–Tianfu ,[ 13] Fukuoka ,[ 14] Guiyang ,[ 15] Haikou ,[ 16] Hiroshima ,[ 17] Hong Kong ,[ 18] Jinan ,[ 12] Kunming ,[ 19] Sendai ,[ 20] [ 21] Shiyan ,[ 22] Suifenhe ,[ 23] Tianjin ,[ 24] Tokyo–Narita [ 24] Air Guilin Changzhi ,[ 25] Guilin ,[ 25] Xiangyang [ 25] All Nippon Airways Osaka–Kansai ,Tokyo–Narita Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon [ 26] Chengdu Airlines Baotou ,[ 27] Chengdu–Tianfu ,[ 28] Hangzhou ,[ 29] Jining China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing ,Changsha ,[ 30] Changzhou ,Chaoyang ,Chengdu–Tianfu ,[ 31] Fuzhou ,Guiyang ,Harbin ,Hefei ,[ 32] Jiagedaqi ,[ 33] Jinan ,[ 34] Kitakyushu ,[ 35] Kunming ,Lianyungang ,[ 36] Luoyang ,Nanchang ,[ 37] Nanjing ,Ningbo ,[ 38] Osaka–Kansai ,Qingdao ,Qiqihar ,Shanghai–Pudong ,Shijiazhuang ,[ 39] Taiyuan ,[ 33] Tonghua ,Wuhan ,Wuxi ,Xi'an ,Yantai ,Yichun (Heilongjiang) ,[ 40] Yinchuan ,[ 33] Yulin (Shaanxi) [ 41] China Express Airlines Changzhi ,[ 42] Chengdu–Tianfu ,[ 42] Chongqing ,Handan ,Jining ,[ 43] Jixi ,Quzhou ,[ 44] Tianjin ,Xuzhou [ 45] China Flying Dragon Aviation Changhai China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing ,Changbaishan ,[ 46] Changsha ,Chengdu–Tianfu ,[ 47] Cheongju ,[ 48] Chongqing ,Daqing ,Guangzhou ,Guiyang ,Haikou ,Hangzhou ,Hengyang ,Jeju ,[ 48] Jiamusi ,Jieyang ,Kunming ,Meixian ,Mudanjiang ,Nagoya–Centrair ,Nanjing ,Nanyang ,Ningbo ,Osaka–Kansai ,Qingdao ,Sanya ,Sapporo–Chitose ,[ 49] Seoul–Incheon ,Shanghai–Pudong ,Shenzhen ,Shijiazhuang ,[ 39] Taipei–Taoyuan ,Taiyuan ,[ 50] Tianjin ,Tokyo–Narita ,Urumqi ,Wuhan ,Wuhu ,[ 51] Xiamen ,Xi'an ,Zhengzhou China United Airlines Wenzhou [ 52] Chongqing Airlines Chongqing ,Linyi Dalian Airlines Beijing–Capital ,Beijing–Daxing ,[ 53] Chengdu–Shuangliu ,Guiyang ,Hangzhou ,[ 54] Kunming ,Shanghai–Pudong ,Tianjin [ 53] Donghai Airlines Lianyungang ,Shenzhen Fuzhou Airlines Fuzhou ,[ 55] Taiyuan ,[ 56] Zhoushan GX Airlines Fuyang ,[ 57] Ganzhou ,[ 58] Luoyang ,[ 59] Nanning [ 60] Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital ,Changsha ,Dongying ,[ 61] Guangzhou ,Guiyang ,Haikou ,Hangzhou ,[ 62] Hefei ,[ 63] Kunming ,Lanzhou ,Nanchang ,[ 64] Nanjing ,Nanning ,[ 65] Ningbo ,[ 66] Rizhao ,Sanya ,Shanghai–Pudong ,Shenzhen ,Shihezi ,[ 67] Shijiazhuang ,Taiyuan ,Tianjin ,[ 62] Vladivostok ,[ 68] Xi'an ,Yichun (Jiangxi) ,[ 69] Zhengzhou ,Zhuhai Seasonal: Manzhouli ,[ 70] Songyuan [ 70] Hunnu Air Ulaanbaatar Japan Airlines Tokyo–Haneda [ 71] Juneyao Air Liuzhou ,[ 72] Nanjing ,Shanghai–Pudong ,Wuhan ,Zhangjiajie Seasonal: Hailar [ 73] Korean Air Seoul–Incheon [ 74] LJ Air Changsha ,[ 75] Linfen [ 75] Loong Air Chengdu–Tianfu ,[ 76] Hangzhou ,[ 76] Heze ,[ 76] Quanzhou ,[ 77] Wuxi ,[ 76] Xuzhou [ 77] Lucky Air Kunming ,[ 78] Lijiang ,[ 79] Yancheng ,[ 78] Zhengzhou [ 79] Okay Airways Tianjin [ 80] Qingdao Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu ,[ 81] Qingdao ,[ 82] Zhengzhou [ 81] Ruili Airlines Kunming ,[ 83] Wenzhou ,[ 84] Wuxi [ 85] Shandong Airlines Chongqing ,Guiyang ,Jiansanjiang ,[ 86] Jinan ,Mudanjiang ,[ 87] Qingdao ,Xiamen ,Zhuhai Shanghai Airlines Mudanjiang ,[ 88] Rizhao ,Shanghai–Pudong Shenzhen Airlines Changzhou ,[ 89] Chengdu–Tianfu ,[ 90] Guangzhou ,Nanchang ,[ 69] Nanning ,Nantong ,Shenzhen ,Zhengzhou Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu ,Chongqing ,Kunming Spring Airlines Beihai ,[ 91] Changzhou ,Fukuoka ,Fuzhou ,Hohhot ,[ 92] Jieyang ,[ 93] Jinan ,[ 94] Lanzhou ,[ 95] Nagoya–Centrair ,[ 96] Nanchang ,[ 97] Nanjing ,[ 94] Nanning ,[ 98] Ningbo ,[ 99] Osaka–Kansai ,[ 100] Shanghai–Pudong ,Shenzhen ,[ 94] Shijiazhuang ,Yancheng ,[ 101] Yangzhou ,Zhengzhou [ 93] Spring Airlines Japan Tokyo–Narita [ 102] Tianjin Airlines Haikou (begins 7 December 2025),[ 103] Hohhot ,Huizhou ,[ 104] Lanzhou ,[ 103] Lianyungang ,[ 104] Nantong ,[ 105] Ningbo ,[ 103] Shanghai–Pudong ,Tangshan ,[ 106] Tianjin ,Weihai ,Wuhan ,[ 105] Xiamen ,[ 107] Yan'an ,[ 103] Yantai ,[ 103] Yinchuan ,[ 106] Yulin (Shaanxi) [ 108] Uni Air Taipei–Taoyuan VietJet Air Charter: Nha Trang [ 109] West Air Haikou ,[ 110] Hefei ,[ 110] Zhengzhou XiamenAir Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi ,Changsha ,Chongqing ,[ 111] Fuzhou ,Hangzhou ,Huai'an ,[ 112] Jinan ,Lanzhou ,Nanjing ,Quanzhou ,Tianjin ,Wuhan ,Xiamen ,Yuncheng ,[ 111] Zhengzhou ,Zunyi–Maotai
Ground transportation [ edit ] The airport is served by theDalian Metro Line 2 and many bus lines to central Dalian. An airport bus line also serves the central district. A taxi hub station is located on the ground level.
Accidents and incidents [ edit ] On May 7, 2002,China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 was en route from Beijing to Dalian when an arsonist set the aircraft on fire, causing it to lose control and crash in Bohai Bay, killing everyone on board.
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