Nanchang Changbei International Airport

Nanchang Changbei International Airport
Nanchang Changbei International Airport
Simplified Chinese	南昌昌北国际机场
Traditional Chinese	南昌昌北國際機場
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánchāng Chāngběi Guójì Jīchǎng

Nanchang Changbei International Airport

南昌昌北国际机场
Nanchang Changbei International Airport; 南昌昌北国际机场
	IATA: KHN; ICAO: ZSCN;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Capital Airport Holding
Serves	Nanchang
Location	Lehua, Xinjian, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Opened	10 September 1999; 24 years ago
Hub for	China Eastern Airlines; Jiangxi Air;
Elevation AMSL	44 m / 144 ft
Coordinates	28°51′54″N 115°54′00″E / 28.86500°N 115.90000°E
Maps
	; CAAC airport chart
	KHN/ZSCN Location of airport in China
Runways
Statistics (2021)
Passengers
Passengers	9,795,967
Aircraft movements	90,904
Cargo (metric tons)	173,394.4
	Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Nanchang Changbei International Airport (IATA: KHN, ICAO: ZSCN) is an international airport serving Nanchang, the capital of East China’s Jiangxi province. It is located 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of Nanchang. Construction began in October 1996 and the airport went into operation on 10 September 1999, replacing Nanchang Xiangtang Airport. It was upgraded to an international airport and was greatly expanded in 2008–2011.

History

Nanchang Xiangtang Airport, a dual-use civil and military airport, served as Nanchang's main airport from 1957 to 1999. From 102 passengers in 1957, by 1996 Xiangtang served more than 800,000 passengers annually and could no longer accommodate more traffic.^[1] In 1996, construction began for Changbei Airport, originally designed to handle 2 million passengers annually. On 10 September 1999, Changbei Airport was opened and all commercial flights were transferred from Xiangtang, which reverted to sole military use.^[1]

In 2003, Capital Airport Holding took over the operation of Changbei Airport from the Jiangxi Provincial Government. In the same year, it handled more than 1 million annual passengers for the first time. In 2004, Changbei was upgraded to an international airport.^[1] Passenger volume grew exponentially in the 2000s, and the airport underwent major expansion in 2008. At its completion in 2011, Changbei Airport became a Class 4E international airport, capable of handling 12 million passengers per year.^[1]

However, the rapid expansion of China's high-speed railway network diverted much of the airport's passenger volume, and passenger growth at Changbei slowed to 6.3%, 3.4%, and 5% in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. The governments of Nanchang city and Jiangxi province began subsidizing new flights in 2017 and passenger volume grew by 39% in that year and exceeded 10 million for the first time.^[1] By 2018, the airport hosts 46 airlines, which operate 127 routes connecting Nanchang with 68 cities. The third phase of expansion, which will connect the airport to Nanchang Metro and the Nanchang–Jiujiang high-speed railway, is under construction.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Hohhot^[2]
Air Travel	Kunming, Lanzhou
Batik Air Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur–International
Beijing Capital Airlines	Haikou, Lijiang,^[3] Qingdao, Sanya
Chengdu Airlines	Nanning,^[4] Yancheng^[4]
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu,^[5] Dalian,^[6] Enshi, Guangzhou, Haikou, Harbin,^[6] Hohhot, Huai'an,^[7] Jinan,^[8] Kunming, Lanzhou,^[6] Nanning,^[9] Ordos, Qingdao,^[10] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Xining,^[11] Xishuangbanna,^[12] Yancheng,^[12] Yantai,^[6] Yinchuan,^[13] Zhanjiang, Zhuhai^[14]
China Express Airlines	Hohhot,^[15] Xinzhou
China Southern Airlines	Dalian, Guangzhou, Ürümqi,^[13] Xining^[13]
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Xingyi,^[16] Zunyi–Maotai
Hainan Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Haikou, Hohhot, Jieyang,^[17] Nanning,^[18] Sanya, Taiyuan,^[17] Tianjin,^[5] Xi'an
Hebei Airlines	Sanya,^[19] Shijiazhuang^[20]
Jiangxi Air	Beihai,^[21] Beijing–Daxing,^[22] Chengdu–Tianfu,^[5] Chongqing,^[5] Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Hohhot, Hong Kong,^[23] Huai'an, Jeju,^[24] Jinan, Linfen, Luoyang, Luzhou,^[5] Nanjing, Nanyang,^[25] Qionghai,^[26] Rizhao,^[27] Shenyang, Taiyuan,^[28] Tianjin, Ürümqi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou
Juneyao Air	Qingdao^[29]
Lucky Air	Chengdu—Tianfu,^[30] Dali,^[31] Kunming, Xishuangbanna^[31]
Okay Airways	Xi'an^[32]
OTT Airlines	Beihai,^[33] Changchun,^[5] Guilin,^[33] Hohhot,^[2] Jieyang,^[5] Lianyungang,^[5] Luoyang,^[2] Ordos,^[34] Shanghai–Pudong^[5]
Qingdao Airlines	Qingdao,^[35] Xishuangbanna^[35]
Scoot	Singapore^[36]
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Qingdao, Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines	Changchun,^[26] Linyi,^[5] Qionghai,^[26] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines	Changchun, Chengdu–Tianfu,^[5] Chongqing, Dalian,^[5] Guiyang (begins 1 July 2024),^[37] Haikou, Harbin, Kunming, Linyi,^[38] Nanning, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang,^[39] Taiyuan,^[5] Tianjin,^[40] Yibin,^[5] Yinchuan,^[5] Yuncheng
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu,^[41] Chengdu–Tianfu,^[41] Chongqing, Kunming, Nanning, Tianjin, Zhoushan
Spring Airlines	Bangkok–Don Mueang,^[23] Changchun, Guilin, Harbin,^[42] Jieyang, Lanzhou, Mianyang, Qingdao, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Xi'an,^[5] Yinchuan, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai^[43]
Tianjin Airlines	Jining,^[44] Yulin (Shaanxi)^[44]
Thai Lion Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang^[45]
VietJet Air	Nha Trang^[5]
West Air	Chongqing

Incidents

Part of the airport exterior roof collapsed during strong winds on 4 March 2018.^[46]

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Nanchang Changbei International Airport

Contents

History

Airlines and destinations

Incidents

See also

References