Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (
IATA:
WNZ,
ICAO:
ZSWZ) is an airport serving the city of
Wenzhou in
East China’s
Zhejiang province. Formerly called
Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport, it adopted its current name on 25 April 2013.
The airport is located 24 km (15 mi) southeast of the city. In 2010, Wenzhou airport was the 28th-busiest airport in mainland China with 5,326,802 passengers.
History
The airport was opened for civil service on 12 July 1990. The construction cost was RMB 132.5 million dollars and was funded by Wenzhou's municipal government.
Facilities
The airport can handle aircraft as large as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330. The departure lounge occupies 12,000 m (130,000 sq ft) in area. The apron occupies an area of 73,000 m (790,000 sq ft).
New terminal
Construction of the new Terminal 2 officially began on 11 November 2011. It will have an area of 100,000 square metres, four times larger than the existing Terminal 1, and will be able to handle 13 million passengers per year. When completed, it will be used exclusively for domestic flights, while Terminal 1 will be converted to a dedicated international terminal. Terminal 2 is the centrepiece of the new Wenzhou Comprehensive Transportation Hub development, which also includes a long-distance bus terminal, subway station, as well as commercial real estate.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|
| 9 Air | Guiyang
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| Air Chang'an | Guiyang, Huai'an, Xi'an, Yichang
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| Air China | Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Milan–Malpensa, Seoul–Incheon, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
|
| Air Macau | Macau
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| Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong
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| Chengdu Airlines | Anqing, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Guiyang, Hengyang, Jinan
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| China Eastern Airlines | Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Enshi, Guangzhou, Huangshan, Kunming, Liuzhou, Madrid, Qingdao, Rome–Fiumicino, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xinyang
|
| China Express Airlines | Chongqing, Ezhou, Qianjiang
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| China Southern Airlines | Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Nanning, Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
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| China United Airlines | Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dongying, Foshan, Guangzhou, Guilin, Handan, Hanzhong, Kunming, Luzhou, Mianyang, Ordos, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Tongren, Xingyi, Yanji, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Xinzhou
|
| Chongqing Airlines | Chongqing, Wanzhou, Yichun (Jiangxi)
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| Citilink | Charter: Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
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| GX Airlines | Fuyang, Jining
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| Hainan Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Chongqing, Haikou, Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Wuhan
|
| Hebei Airlines | Shijiazhuang, Xiamen
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| Juneyao Air | Changsha, Guiyang, Zhengzhou
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| Loong Air | Changzhou, Chongqing, Guiyang, Jingzhou, Lanzhou, Wuhan, Xiangyang, Xishuangbanna, Yinchuan, Zhangye, Zunyi–Xinzhou
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| Lucky Air | Kunming
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| Mandarin Airlines | Taipei–Songshan
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| Pacific Airlines | Seasonal charter: Phu Quoc
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| OTT Airlines | Jieyang
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| Qingdao Airlines | Chengdu–Tianfu, Guiyang, Nanning, Qingdao
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| Ruili Airlines | Dalian, Kunming
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| Shandong Airlines | Guiyang, Jinan, Qingdao, Zhuhai
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| Shanghai Airlines | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Changchun, Datong, Guilin, Guiyang, Harbin, Kunming, Nanning, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuhan, Xining, Yantai, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
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| Shenzhen Airlines | Guangzhou, Harbin, Linyi, Nanning, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Xi'an, Yibin, Yuncheng, Zhengzhou
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| Sichuan Airlines | Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Haikou, Harbin
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| Tianjin Airlines | Hohhot, Qingdao, Tianjin, Yangzhou, Yulin (Shaanxi), Zhengzhou
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| Tibet Airlines | Lhasa, Luzhou
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| Urumqi Air | Nanchong, Ürümqi, Zhanjiang
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| West Air | Chongqing, Zhengzhou
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Cargo
Accidents and incidents
See also