Zunyi Maotai Airport 遵义茅台机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Zunyi | ||||||||||
| Location | Yinshui Village, Gaodaping Town,Renhuai,Guizhou,China | ||||||||||
| Opened | 31 October 2017; 8 years ago (2017-10-31) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,240 m / 4,068 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°58′05″N106°26′20″E / 27.96806°N 106.43889°E /27.96806; 106.43889 | ||||||||||
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  WMT Location of airport in Guizhou | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2023[1]) | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 遵义茅台机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 遵義茅台機場 | ||||||
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Zunyi Maotai Airport (IATA:WMT,ICAO:ZUMT) is an airport inRenhuai city, which is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofZunyi inGuizhou Province, China. It is located in Yinshui Village, Gaodaping Town, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from downtown Renhuai. The airport is named after the famousMaotai liquor produced in the nearbytown of the same name. It is the second airport in Zunyi, afterZunyi Xinzhou Airport.[2][3]
Preparation for building the airport began in 2000 and the site was chosen in 2003. Construction was originally scheduled to begin in 2006, but was delayed for five years until finally starting on December 25, 2011. Construction for the airport expressway also began on the same day.[2] The airport cost 2.437 billion yuan to build. It was opened on 31 October 2017.[3]
The airport has a runway that is 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4C), a 15,000 square-meter terminal building, and 4 aircraft parking aprons.[3]