Dazhou Jinya Airport

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Dazhou Jinya Airport
达州金垭机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSichuan Airport Group Co., Ltd
ServesDazhou, Sichuan
LocationDachuan District, Dazhou
Opened19 May 2022 (2022-05-19)
Coordinates31°02′N 107°26′E / 31.04°N 107.44°E / 31.04; 107.44
Map
DZH is located in Sichuan
DZH
DZH
Location of airport in Sichuan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,600 8,530 Concrete
Statistics (2025)
Passengers1,143,396 Decrease 16.2%
Cargo (in tons)927.2 Decrease 39.0%
Aircraft movements15,433 Decrease 12.4%
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic[2][3]
Dazhou Jinya Airport
Simplified Chinese达州金垭机场
Traditional Chinese達州金埡機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDázhōu Jīnyā Jīchǎng

Dazhou Jinya Airport (IATA: DZH, ICAO: ZUDA)[1] is an airport serving Dazhou, Sichuan, China. It was opened on May 19, 2022 and replaced the old Dazhou Heshi Airport.[4][5]

Construction of the airport started on 31 October 2016. It is the largest civil aviation airport in Northeast Sichuan.[5][6] The airport has an annual capacity of 2.35 million passengers and 21,000 tons of cargo.[7] The passenger movements of Dazhou Jinya Airport in 2023 were 1,073,078, making it the 97th busiest airport in China.[8]

History

The history of Dazhou Jinya Airport can be traced back to Dazhou Heshi Airport. In 1940, the Kuomintang government requisitioned 612 mu of land and conscripted 7,000 laborers at Heshiba, 12 kilometers southwest of Dazhou City, to build a makeshift wartime airfield, named "Heshiba Airport" (lit. Heshi Dam Airport). The airport's northern end was at an elevation of 281 meters, and its southern end at 279.20 meters. It had a grass runway, 1100 meters long and 30 meters wide. The airport had no ground facilities and only saw one C-47 military transport aircraft take off and land after its completion. After liberation, the airport was taken over by the People's Liberation Army troops stationed in Dazhou, and later handed over to the local government for management.[9][10]

In 1949, Dazhou Heshiba Airport was converted into Dazhou Heshi Airport for civil aviation.[11] In October 1959, the Sichuan Provincial People's Government invested 800,000 yuan for the first expansion. The expanded runway was a dirt-gravel surface, 1200 meters long and 30 meters wide. A 244-square-meter cement apron was built, capable of accommodating four Y-5 and one Li-2 aircraft.[9][10][12]

On October 15, 1992, the Dazhou Prefecture invested 64.75 million yuan, and the Civil Aviation Administration invested 1 million yuan for the second expansion of Heshi Airport. It resumed operation on December 25, 1994. The expanded runway is 1,800 meters long and 30 meters wide.[10][12]

On March 24, 2000, Dazhou Heshi Airport was suspended again; on November 26, the third phase of the Dazhou Heshi Airport expansion and renovation project started.[11]

From March 26, 2001 to January 13, 2006, Dazhou Heshi Airport underwent its third expansion and renovation. After the expansion, the airport reached 4C-level standards, with a total investment of approximately 210 million yuan. The runway was lengthened to 2000 meters and widened to 45 meters. New navigation lights, an instrument landing system, and a meteorological observation system were installed. The security checkpoint was equipped with dual-channel security equipment, and check-in and loading adopted a departure system. The terminal building has two floors, accommodating 200 passengers per peak hour, and includes three VIP waiting areas. It can handle medium-sized aircraft such as the Boeing 737 series and Airbus A319.[10]

On August 12, 2015, the relocation and reconstruction project of Dazhou Airport was approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission. The new airport will be built according to the 4C standard.[13]

In September 2016, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the feasibility study report for the relocation project of Dazhou Airport. The document specified that the airport's initial phase of construction would include a 9,000-square-meter terminal building and an apron with eight Class C aircraft stands.[14]

In June 2020, the relocation project of Dazhou Airport in Sichuan was officially named "Dazhou Jinya Airport". The airport is positioned as a 4C-level domestic feeder airport with an investment of 2.662 billion yuan. It is a relocation project of Dazhou Heshi Airport, located at the junction of Baijie Town, Shiban Street and Jinya Town in Dachuan District, and officially opened to traffic on May 18, 2022. At 00:00 on May 19, 2022, Dazhou Heshi Airport, with an 83-year history, officially completed its civil aviation transportation support mission and subsequently transferred to Dazhou Jinya Airport the following day. The original Dazhou Heshi Airport was simultaneously closed, and its 14 existing routes were relocated to Jinya Airport.[15][16][17][18]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhuhai
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu,[19] Jieyang[20]
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
China Express Airlines Guiyang,[21] Zhengzhou[21]
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou
Fuzhou Airlines Lanzhou[22]
Loong Air Hangzhou,[23] Lijiang[23]
Shenzhen Airlines Shenyang[24]
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[25] Quanzhou,[26] Zhoushan[27]
Tibet Airlines Lhasa, Nanjing[28]
Urumqi Air Urumqi, Wenzhou

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