Delingha Airport

Delingha Airport
德令哈机场
Délìnghā Jīchǎng
IATA: HXDICAO: ZLDL
Summary
Airport type Public
Location Delingha, Qinghai, China
Opened 16 June 2014
Elevation AMSL 2,860 m / 9,383 ft
Coordinates 37°07′30″N 097°16′07″E / 37.12500°N 97.26861°E / 37.12500; 97.26861Coordinates: 37°07′30″N 097°16′07″E / 37.12500°N 97.26861°E / 37.12500; 97.26861
Maps

Qinghai province in China
HXD

Location of airport in Qinghai

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,000 9,843
Source: Xinhua,[1] GCM,[2] STV[3]
Delingha Airport
Traditional Chinese 德令哈機場
Simplified Chinese 德令哈机场

Delingha Airport (IATA: HXD, ICAO: ZLDL) is an airport serving Delingha City, the capital of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. The airport is located 29 kilometres (18 mi) southwest of the city center, on the south bank of Bayin River.[4]

Construction began on 27 May 2011, with a total investment of 630 million yuan. The airport was opened on 16 June 2014, with the inaugural flight China Eastern Airlines MU2241 from Xining Caojiabao Airport. Delingha is the fourth civil airport in Qinghai.[4]

Facilities

The airport has a 3,000-metre (9,800 ft) runway (class 4C), and a 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) terminal building. It is projected to handle 200,000 passengers annually by 2020.[4][1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
China Eastern Airlines Xining

See also

References

  1. 1 2 青海省德令哈民用机场工程奠基仪式隆重举行. Xinhua (in Chinese). 2010-12-21.
  2. Airport information for HXD at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. Airport information for Delingha Airport at Search (for) Travel website.
  4. 1 2 3 "东航A319机型圆满完成德令哈机场首航" (in Chinese). Carnoc. 2014-06-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.