Taiyuan Wusu International Airport

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Taiyuan Wusu International Airport 太原武宿国际机场
IATA: TYN ICAO: ZBYN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Taiyuan
Location	Xiaodian, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Opened	1939; 85 years ago (1939)
Focus city for	China Eastern Airlines Hainan Airlines
Elevation AMSL	785 m / 2,575 ft
Coordinates	37°44′49″N 112°37′42″E / 37.74694°N 112.62833°E / 37.74694; 112.62833
Maps
CAAC airport chart
TYN/ZBYN Location in Shanxi Show map of Shanxi TYN/ZBYN Location in China Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 9,995,334 Cargo (in tons) 55,649.9 Aircraft movements 88,951
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Taiyuan Wusu International Airport (IATA: TYN, ICAO: ZBYN) is an international airport serving Taiyuan, the capital of North China’s Shanxi province. It is the largest airport in Shanxi and is located about 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) southeast of downtown Taiyuan.

Built in 1939, it has evolved into one of the busiest and most important airports of Shanxi Province, with connections to most major cities within China. Since March 2006, the airport has undergone an expansion phase with a new terminal at a cost of CNY 1.57 billion, and is capable of serving 6 million passengers a year. Construction was completed in late 2007. Since this expansion, it has been able to serve as a diversionary airport for Beijing Capital International Airport, and notably performed that function during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.^[1]

The airport is a focus city for both China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Airlines. As of 2020, Taiyuan Wusu International Airport was the 30th busiest airport in the People's Republic of China, with 9,013,205 passengers.