Yuncheng Guangong Airport is located in Yuncheng, southwest of Shanxi Province. Its predecessor was a military airport built by the Japanese invaders in 1943. It is located in Zhangxiao Village, northeast of Yuncheng City. After liberation, it was returned to the military jurisdiction of Beijing. Around 2000, the main leaders of Jingyun City contacted Beijing, and the military was transferred to civilians. In 2003, it was rebuilt on the original site, covering an area of ??2,900 acres, with a runway of 2,400 meters long. It can take off and land various types of Boeing 737 series aircraft. It is designed to carry passengers in 2003. Capacity is 220,000 passengers. The airport has opened three routes: Yuncheng-Beijing, Yuncheng-Shanghai, and Yuncheng-Guangzhou. In 2005, Yuncheng Guangong Airport was officially opened to air traffic, which provided convenience for tourists to travel to southern Shanxi. The opening of Yuncheng Guangong Airport has ended the history of no civil airport in southern Shanxi Province and filled the air traffic gap in the Golden Triangle of the Yellow River between Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan. Yuncheng Guangong Airport is a regional tourist airport approved by the General Staff and the State Planning Commission. It is a key project of Shanxi Province's "Tenth Five-Year Plan". The airport covers an area of ??2,900 acres, with a total investment of 230 million yuan. The runway is 2,400 meters long and can land various types of Boeing 737 series aircraft. The annual designed passenger capacity is 220,000. The first reconstruction and expansion project of the airport started in May 2002. During the three-year construction, Guangong Airport overcame the difficulty of shortage of funds and withstood the pressure of SARS, and completed the construction of the main project in November 2005. Task. On August 28, 2008, the Yuncheng Airport flight area expansion project was fully completed and put into use. The expanded airport flight area level was upgraded from 3C to 4D, and it can take off and land all aircraft types below Boeing 767 and 300. Subsequently, the airport successfully passed the flight school, preliminary inspection, and general test flight inspection, completed all preliminary preparations for general navigation, and ushered in its first flight on February 7, 2005. There are four airlines operating flights at Yuncheng Guangong Airport: Air China, Shanghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, and Hainan Airlines. They have opened flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Taiyuan. In 2006, the passenger throughput was 148,000, ranking 83rd among 146 airports in China. Yuncheng Guangong Airport Management Company is preparing to seek airlines to gradually open flights to Kunming, Chongqing, Xiamen, Wuhan, Changsha, Haikou and other cities. At the same time, in order to solve the saturation of airport reception, the company is carrying out preliminary work for the renovation of the flight area and planning work for the construction of the new terminal building. The governments of Shanxi Province and Yuncheng City have also included the construction of Yuncheng International Airport in their government work reports. Yuncheng Airport is the air corridor of Yuncheng and has very important strategic significance. Its navigation has shortened the distance between Yuncheng and major cities in China, opened an air channel for Yuncheng to go nationwide and to the world, and is crucial to building Yuncheng into a modern center of industry, trade and tourism with Hedong characteristics in the golden triangle of the Yellow River between Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan. Cities will have an immeasurable impact. Yuncheng Airport is also the brand and image of Yuncheng. Its navigation will attract and facilitate more domestic and foreign businessmen to invest in Yuncheng and make due contributions to the rise of Yuncheng's economy.

Airport Construction

Since Yuncheng Guangong Airport was put into operation in 2005, the annual passenger throughput has increased from 65,000 to nearly 210,000 in 2007. With the rapid development of Yuncheng, especially the Yellow River With the continuous economic development of the Golden Triangle region, the number of passengers traveling by air has increased rapidly. The existing terminal building is often crowded, causing inconvenience to passengers, and there is an urgent need for expansion. In accordance with the overall planning and layout of China's airports by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, in order to meet the needs of the economic and social development of the aviation industry in southern Shanxi and the Yellow River Golden Triangle region served by Yuncheng Guangong Airport, Yuncheng Guangong Airport is planned to serve the southern Shanxi and Shanxi-Shaanxi-Henan Yellow River Golden Triangle regions. Domestic trunk airport. The total investment in the recent renovation and expansion is 440 million yuan. The project includes new terminal buildings, supporting platforms, parking lots, special treasury and fire stations and other facilities. The terminal building has a total construction area of ??18,800 square meters, with a one-and-a-half-story structure. It is designed with 6 glass transparent corridor bridges, one of which can accommodate regional small passenger aircraft. The design goal of this phase of the expansion project is to provide 14,118 aircraft takeoffs and landings by 2020. , transporting 1.2 million passengers, with a passenger throughput of 875 during peak hours.

In 2007, the reconstruction and expansion project of Yuncheng Guangong Airport, the second largest aviation center in Shanxi Province, was completed, with the airport's annual throughput reaching 2 million passengers. The reconstruction and expansion project will extend the existing runway 600 meters westward to a total length of 3,000 meters, widen the runway width from the current 48 meters to 60 meters, and increase the number of apron parking spaces by three. After the completion of the project, the technical standards of Yuncheng Airport will be upgraded from level 3C to level 4D. At the same time, the Yuncheng City Government has approved the planning and design of the terminal expansion and started the terminal reconstruction and expansion project in 2008. After completion, the terminal area of ??Yuncheng Guangong Airport will reach about 20,000 square meters, and three boarding corridors will be added. bridge.

Airport Operations

The passenger throughput of Yuncheng Guangong Airport in 2006 increased by 125% compared with 2005, ranking 83rd among Chinese airports, an increase of 10 places. Since Yuncheng Guangong Airport was built in October 2004 and started operating in February 2005, with the joint efforts of all airport personnel, various indicators such as passenger throughput, cargo throughput, and aircraft takeoffs and landings have improved. Achieve the goal of increasing year by year. Especially in 2006, the passenger throughput of Yuncheng Guangong Airport reached 150,000, an increase of 125% over the previous year, ranking 83rd among more than 140 airports in China; the cargo throughput increased by 230% over the previous year, ranking 93rd among Chinese airports; The number of aircraft takeoffs and landings was 2,233, an increase of 120 over the previous year, ranking 83rd in China. All indicators of Yuncheng Guangong Airport have improved by 10 places compared with the previous year, showing a good upward trend. On December 28, 2008, the annual passenger flow of Yuncheng Guangong Airport (referred to as "Yuncheng Airport") reached 301,070, breaking the 300,000 mark for the first time. By the end of 2009, the annual passenger flow of Yuncheng Airport reached 500,000. Since Yuncheng Airport was opened to traffic on February 7, 2005, passenger traffic has grown rapidly, from the initial 54,000 to 500,000 in 2009. Its ranking among China's civil airports has risen from 94th to 63rd in 2009. After the expansion, the flight area level has reached 4D, the runway is 3,000 meters long, 60 meters wide, and the platform area is 44,000 square meters. Yuncheng Airport makes full use of the unique geographical advantages of Yuncheng's Yellow River Golden Triangle, carries forward the enterprise spirit of "realism, innovation and development", adheres to the business philosophy of "safety first, quality service", and boldly explores a unique operating model suitable for Yuncheng Airport. Overcoming difficulties such as the snowstorm in early 2008, the "5.12" Wenchuan Earthquake, and the impact of the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, we actively explored the market and exceeded the 300,000 mark ahead of schedule, achieving a historical leap. Yuncheng Airport currently operates 11 routes from Yuncheng to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shenyang, Kunming, Sanya, Wuhan and Taiyuan, including 3 flights per day from Beijing. In order to meet the growing flow of outbound passengers in the Yellow River Golden Triangle region, Yuncheng Guangong Airport has conducted thorough market research and launched Air China flights to Beijing and Chengdu from Yuncheng to Japan, South Korea, Canada, Australia, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries and regions via Beijing. International connecting flights in the region. That is to say, outbound passengers in this area can directly buy international air tickets through these countries and regions from Yuncheng in the future, and directly transfer to international flights operated by Air China via Yuncheng to Beijing or Chengdu flights.

Surrounding environment and snacks

Relying on the good development momentum of the airport, the Yuncheng government has built an airport development zone led by the airport and Dayun Heavy Duty Truck, Huaxiong Textile, Snow Beer, etc. , with the railway as the central line, the north and south areas of the airport cover 20 square kilometers, with numerous high-rise buildings, and various industries are prosperous in production and sales. As a strategic development plan for Yuncheng, the goal of Yuncheng sub-center has been achieved. The park is close to Yuncheng East Passenger Terminal, Yunsan Expressway, Dayun Expressway, and Haode Plaza, with convenient transportation. It also has a five-star Airport Resort, Airport Hospital, Kangjie Middle School, Yuncheng Higher Preschool College, and an area of ??3,000 acres. , the largest East Garden in Yuncheng, which integrates entertainment and fitness, can give people a feeling of nostalgia and forgetfulness whether it is for fun or investment. It is only 8 kilometers away from the city. You can reach the city center in 15 minutes by taxi. One hundred meters out of the park you can get to the Yunsan Expressway Interface, and two kilometers further north you can get on the Dayun Expressway. The transportation is extremely convenient.

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