Airport serving Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport (IATA : DYG , ICAO : ZGDY ) is an international airport serving the city of Zhangjiajie in South Central China ’s Hunan province. It is located in Huhua village in Yongding District of Zhangjiajie. It is the second largest airport in Hunan, after Changsha Huanghua International Airport , and the only international airport in the Wuling Mountains region.[ 2] [ 3] As of 2019 it has a capacity of 5 million passengers, 19,000 tons of cargo and 45,000 aircraft movements.[ 2]
History
In 1991 construction started on Dayong Airport, which had its first test flight in December 1993 (Dayong is the former name of Zhangjiajie City).[ 3]
The airport eventually opened for commercial flights under the name Dayong Zhangjiajie Airport on 18 August 1994.[ 4] In 1995 it was renamed Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport. In 1999 it served 500,000 passengers annually.[ 5]
In 2011 the first international flight (excluding Macao and Hong Kong) arrived from Seoul's Incheon International Airport .[ 3]
In 2015 the second terminal opened after an 18 months construction period.[ 3]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations 9 Air Haikou , Huai'an
Air Busan Busan
Air China Beijing–Capital , Beijing–Daxing
Air Guilin Guilin ,[ 6] Haikou ,[ 7] Hefei ,[ 6] Jinan ,[ 7] Xuzhou [ 8]
Air Seoul Seoul–Incheon [ 9]
Air Travel Wuxi [ 10]
Batik Air Malaysia Kuala Lumpur–International [ 11]
China Eastern Airlines Changzhou ,[ 12] Harbin ,[ 13] Yantai [ 13]
China Express Airlines Chenzhou , Chongqing , Hengyang
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou , Hong Kong , Jieyang
Eastar Jet Cheongju [ 14]
GX Airlines Handan ,[ 15] Nanning [ 15]
Jeju Air Busan , Muan [ 16]
Juneyao Air Nanjing , Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon [ 17]
LJ Air Ningbo ,[ 18] Turpan [ 18]
Qingdao Airlines Hong Kong , Qingdao [ 19]
Shandong Airlines Jinan [ 7]
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu ,[ 20] Cheongju ,[ 21] Daegu ,[ 21] Muan [ 21]
Thai VietJet Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi [ 13]
Tianjin Airlines Tianjin [ 22]
T'way Air Daegu
Cargo
See also
References
Note: bold indicates international airports.
Public transportation in Hunan Changzhutan Metropolitan Region (HN)
Changsha Metro
Lines in operation Under construction
2 (west extension)
6 (east extension)
7
Planned
Changsha Maglev
Lines in operation Under construction
Hengyang Metro
Other rail transits
CR C-train
Transportation hubs
Int'l airports Railway stations