Kunming Changshui International Airport 昆明长水国际机场 | |||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Façade of the airport terminal | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Yunnan Airport Group | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Kunming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Changshui, Guandu, Kunming, Yunnan, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 28 June 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Focus city for | China Southern Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,103 m / 6,900 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°06′7″N 102°55′45″E / 25.10194°N 102.92917°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | km | ||||||||||||||||||
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  KMG/ZPPP Location in Yunnan  KMG/ZPPP Location in China | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 昆明长水国际机场 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 昆明長水國際機場 | ||||||||
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Kunming Changshui International Airport (IATA: KMG, ICAO: ZPPP) is an international airport serving Kunming, the capital of Southwestern China’s Yunnan province. The airport is located 24.5 km (15.2 mi) northeast of the city center in a graded mountainous area about 2,100 m (6,900 ft) above sea level. The airport opened at 08:00 (UTC+8) on 28 June 2012,[1] replacing the old Kunming Wujiaba International Airport, which was later demolished. As a gateway to Southeast and South Asia,[2] Changshui Airport is a hub for China Eastern Airlines, Kunming Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan Airlines and Ruili Airlines.
The new airport has two runways (versus the single runway at Wujiaba), and handled 48,075,978 passengers in 2019, making it one of the 50 busiest airports in the world by passenger traffic, the first time it earned this distinction.
The main terminal was designed by architectural firm SOM with engineering firm Arup.[3]
- ^ "Newly-built Kunming Changshui Int'l Airport to be put into operation". 2012-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-12-05.
- ^ Shi Guanglin (史广林) (25 November 2008). 投资230亿 昆明将拥有国家大型门户枢纽机场 (in Chinese). Chinanews Yunnan. Retrieved 2012-08-05.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kunming Changshui International Airport". Airport Technology. October 11, 2012.