Kunming Changshui International Airport

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Kunming Changshui
International Airport
昆明长水国际机场
Kūnmíng Chángshuǐ Guójì Jīchǎng

View from roof of the airport terminal.
IATA: KMG – ICAO: ZPPP
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Yunnan Airport Group
Serves Kunming, Yunnan, China
Location Changshui Village, Guandu District, Kunming
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 2,103 m / 6,900 ft
Coordinates 25°06′7″N 102°55′45″E / 25.10194°N 102.92917°E / 25.10194; 102.92917Coordinates: 25°06′7″N 102°55′45″E / 25.10194°N 102.92917°E / 25.10194; 102.92917
Website www.kmgairport.com
Map
KMG

Location in Yunnan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
04/22 4,500 14,764 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 37,523,098
Cargo 355,422.8 Ton
Aircraft movements 300,406

Kunming Changshui International Airport (IATA: KMG, ICAO: ZPPP) is the primary airport serving Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, China. 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 June 28, 2012,[1] replacing the old Kunming Wujiaba International Airport, which will be 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 33,027,694 passengers in 2014. In 2020, it is expected to handle 43 million passengers .

Kunming Changshui International Airport and Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport are known as the two national gateway hub airports of China. The main terminal was designed by architectural firm SOM with engineering firm Arup.

Terminal

The main 548,300 m2 (5,902,000 sq ft) terminal of Changshui Airport is the second largest terminal building in China.[3] The terminal has 66 gates with jet bridges. Total number of 88 gates are available.

Construction

Construction began in 2009 and at the time was reported to be named the Zheng He International Airport. The very short construction time was marred by two separate incidents. The first incident occurred on January 3, 2010, when 7 construction workers died as an incomplete overpass collapsed.[4] In another incident on June 28, 2011, 11 workers were injured when a tunnel that was under construction collapsed.[5] Construction of the airport's main terminal was completed by July 2011.[6]

Transportation

The airport is the terminus of Line 6 of the Kunming Metro, which opened on the same day as the airport. It is also connected to Kunming by a 13 km toll highway, as well as Provincial Road S101.

Airlines and destinations

The new terminal under construction in April 2011
Curbside
Interior view
Check-in facilities

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Air China Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Dazhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Tianjin, Wenzhou, YunchengDomestic
Air China YangonInternational
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–InternationalInternational
Beijing Capital Airlines Hangzhou, Lijiang, Mangshi, XishuangbannaDomestic
Cathay Dragon Hong KongInternational
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu, Liuzhou, Xiamen, XishuangbannaDomestic
Chengdu Airlines Charter: Medan International
China Eastern Airlines Anshun, Baoshan, Baotou, Beihai, Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chizhou,[7] Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Daocheng, Diqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Huangshan, Jiayuguan, Jinan, Jingdezhen,[8] Jining, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Liping, Lijiang, Lincang, Linfen,[8] Liupanshui, Liuzhou, Luoyang, Luzhou, Mangshi, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Ninglang, Ordos, Pu'er, Qianjiang, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tengchong, Tianjin, Tongren, Urumqi, Wenshan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xichang, Xingyi, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yancheng, Yantai,[9] Yibin, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yongzhou, Zhanjiang, Zhaotong, ZhengzhouDomestic
China Eastern Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Colombo, Dhaka, Dubai-International, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Malé, Mandalay, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Phnom Penh, Phuket, San Francisco,[10] Seoul-Incheon, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sydney,[11] Taipei-Taoyuan, Vancouver, Vientiane, Yangon International
China Express Airlines Guiyang, NanyangDomestic
China Southern Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Lijiang, Nanning, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, Yiwu, Zhengzhou, ZhuhaiDomestic
China Southern Airlines
operated by Chongqing Airlines 		ChongqingDomestic
China United Airlines Beijing-Nanyuan, FoshanDomestic
Donghai Airlines ShenzhenDomestic
Fuzhou Airlines FuzhouDomestic
Hainan Airlines Beijing-Capital, Haikou, Shenzhen, Xi'anDomestic
Hebei Airlines ShijiazhuangDomestic
HK Express Hong KongInternational
Hongtu Airlines Changchun, Hefei, Linyi, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou Domestic
Juneyao Airlines Bijie, Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, ZhangjiajieDomestic
Korean Air Seoul-IncheonInternational
Kunming Airlines Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jinan, Lijiang, Lincang, Mangshi, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tengchong, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, Yangzhou, Yinchuan, Yiwu, ZhengzhouDomestic
Lao Airlines VientianeInternational
Loong Air Hangzhou Domestic
Lucky Air Baotou, Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Datong, Diqing, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Hohhot, Huai'an,[12] Jinan, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Mangshi, Nanchang,[13] Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Pu'er, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shantou,[14] Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tengchong, Tianjin,[15] Urumqi, Wenzhou,[16] Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yichang, Yichun, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai[17] Domestic
Lucky Air Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Denpasar, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Jeju, Kota Kinabalu, Phuket
Charter: Samui, Sihanoukville		 International
Okay Airways Changsha, Hefei, Tianjin, YulinDomestic
Ruili Airlines Beihai, Chengdu, Hohhot, Mangshi, Nanchang, Nanning, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Xi'an Domestic
Shandong Airlines Chongqing, Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Xiamen, YantaiDomestic
Shandong Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Delhi International
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai-Hongqiao, TianjinDomestic
Shenzhen Airlines Guangzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Wuxi, ZhengzhouDomestic
Sichuan Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guiyang, Harbin, Hohhot, Jinan, Kangding, Lanzhou, Mangshi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Urumqi, Wanzhou, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yichang, Yinchuan, ZhengzhouDomestic
Sichuan Airlines Taipei-TaoyuanInternational
SilkAir SingaporeInternational
SriLankan Airlines Colombo International
Spring Airlines Changde, Huaihua, Mianyang, Qianjiang, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, ZunyiDomestic
Thai Airways Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai International
Thai AirAsia Bangkok-Don MueangInternational
Tianjin Airlines Tianjin, Xi'anDomestic
Uni Air KaohsiungInternational
West Air (China) Chongqing, XishuangbannaDomestic
Xiamen Airlines Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Wuhan, XiamenDomestic

72-hour visa-free transit

Kunming offers transit without visa 72 hours for foreign visitors with third countries visas to transit at Kunming. This applies to holders of passports issued by 51 countries.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Newly-built Kunming Changshui Int'l Airport to be put into operation". 2012-06-08.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 昆明新机场规划设计创新 (in Chinese). 2010-05-08.
  4. ↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/03/content_9257535.htm
  5. ↑ 马玉佳. "Kunming airport collapse injures 11". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Main work of terminal project of new Kunming airport to be completed". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  7. ↑ 东航暑期开飞济南俄罗斯方向两条包机航线
  8. 1 2 东航新增两条新航线
  9. ↑ 东航新增烟台—郑州—昆明、烟台—沈阳航线
  10. ↑ "China Eastern plans new San Francisco flights from Sep 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  11. ↑ http://www.traveldailymedia.com/240468/china-eastern-to-connect-kunming-with-sydney/
  12. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269212/lucky-air-expands-kunming-network-from-oct-2016/
  13. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269212/lucky-air-expands-kunming-network-from-oct-2016/
  14. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269212/lucky-air-expands-kunming-network-from-oct-2016/
  15. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269212/lucky-air-expands-kunming-network-from-oct-2016/
  16. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269212/lucky-air-expands-kunming-network-from-oct-2016/
  17. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269212/lucky-air-expands-kunming-network-from-oct-2016/

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