Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport 张家界荷花国际机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Zhangjiajie | ||||||||||
| Location | Huhua,Yongding District, Zhangjiajie,Hunan,China | ||||||||||
| Opened | 18 August 1994; 31 years ago (1994-08-18) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 217 m / 712 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°06′11″N110°26′36″E / 29.10306°N 110.44333°E /29.10306; 110.44333 | ||||||||||
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| Source:CAAC[1] | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 张家界荷花国际机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張家界荷花國際機場 | ||||||
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Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport (IATA:DYG,ICAO:ZGDY) is aninternational airport serving the city ofZhangjiajie inSouth Central China'sHunan province. It is located in Huhua village inYongding District of Zhangjiajie. It is the second largest airport in Hunan, afterChangsha Huanghua International Airport, and the only international airport in theWuling Mountains region.[2][3] As of 2019 it has a capacity of 5 million passengers, 19,000 tons of cargo and 45,000 aircraft movements.[2]
In 1991, construction started on Dayong Airport, which had its first test flight in December 1993 (Dayong is the former name of Zhangjiajie City).[3]
The airport eventually opened for commercial flights under the name Dayong Zhangjiajie Airport on 18 August 1994.[4] In 1995 it was renamed Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport. In 1999 it served 500,000 passengers annually.[5]
In 2011, the first international flight (excluding Macao and Hong Kong) arrived from Seoul'sIncheon International Airport.[3]
In 2015, the second terminal opened after an 18-month construction period.[3]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Central Airlines | Manila |