Flughafen Kunming-Changshui
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Kunming Changshui International Airport Vorlage:Airport codes, or New Kunming Airport (昆明新机场) is the primary airport serving Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, China. The airport is located Vorlage:Convert northeast of the city center in a degraded mountain area about Vorlage:Convert above sea level. Opened at 08:00 (UTC+8) on June 28, 2012,[1] it replaced 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 and Lucky Air.
The new airport has two runways (versus the single runway at Wujiaba), and is expected to handle 38 million passengers per year by 2020.
The main terminal was designed by architectural firm SOM with engineering firm Arup.
Terminal
The main Vorlage:Convert terminal of Changshui Airport is the second largest terminal building in China.[3]The terminal also has 66 contact gates with jet bridges.
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 3rd 2010, when 7 construction workers died as an incomplete overpass collapsed.[4] In another incident on June 28 2011, 11 workers were injured when an under construction tunnel collapsed.[5] Construction of the airport's main terminal was completed by July 2011.[6]
Transportation
Rail
The airport is the terminus of Line 6 of the Kunming Metro, which opened on the same day as the airport.
Road
The new airport is connected to Kunming city by a new 13 km toll highway, as well as the existing Provincial Road S101.
Airlines and destinations
See also
- Kunming Wujiaba International Airport
- List of airports in China
- List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China
References
External links
- Official website (Chinese)
- The Fourth Air Hub in China—Kunming International New Airport
- Photogalleries [1], [2]
Vorlage:Airports in Yunnan Vorlage:Airports in the People's Republic of China
- ↑ Newly-built Kunming Changshui Int'l Airport to be put into operation. 8. Juni 2012 (englisch).
- ↑ Shi Guanglin (史广林): 投资230亿 昆明将拥有国家大型门户枢纽机场. Chinanews Yunnan, 25. November 2008, abgerufen am 5. August 2012 (simplified, chinesisch).
- ↑ 昆明新机场规划设计创新. 8. Mai 2010 (chinesisch).
- ↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/03/content_9257535.htm
- ↑ http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-06/29/content_22882621.htm
- ↑ http://en.kunming.cn/index/content/2011-04/18/content_2503434.htm