Taiyuan Wusu International Airport

Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport 太原武宿国际机场 Tàiyuán Wǔxù Guójì Jīchǎng
IATA: TYN – ICAO: ZBYN TYN Location of the Airport in Shanxi
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Taiyuan, Shanxi
Elevation AMSL	785 m / 2,575 ft
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 7,803,574
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

Taiyuan Wusu International Airport
Traditional Chinese	太原武宿國際機場
Simplified Chinese	太原武宿国际机场
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tàiyuán Wǔxù Guójì Jīchǎng

Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport (IATA: TYN, ICAO: ZBYN) is an airport serving Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province, China. It is the largest airport in Shanxi and is located about 15 kilometers (about 9.3 miles) southeast of downtown Taiyuan.

Built in 1939, it has evolved into one of the busiest and most important airport of Shanxi Province with connection to most major cities within China. Since March 2006, the airport has undergone an expansion phase with a new Terminal at a cost of CNY 1.57 billion and is capable of serving 6 million passengers a year. Construction was completed in late 2007. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it served as a supplementary airport to Beijing Capital International Airport.

The airport is a focus city for both China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Airlines. As for 2010, Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport was the 30th busiest airport in the People's Republic of China with 5,252,783 passengers.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Hangzhou
Air China operated by Dalian Airlines	Dalian
Air Macau	Macau
Beijing Capital Airlines	Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Sanya
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu, Dalian
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Changzhi, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Ordos, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yantai
China Eastern Airlines	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Hong Kong, Nagoya-Centrair, Taichung, Taipei-Taoyuan
China Southern Airlines	Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Nanchang, Nanning, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, Zhuhai
EVA Air	Taipei-Taoyuan
Far Eastern Air Transport	Kaohsiung, Taipei-Songshan
GX Airlines	Guiyang, Nanning
Fuzhou Airlines	Fuzhou, Yinchuan
Hainan Airlines	Changsha, Changzhi, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Nanjing, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Xiamen
Hong Kong Airlines	Hong Kong
Joy Air	Baotou, Hefei, Yinchuan, Yulin, Zhengzhou
Juneyao Airlines	Hangzhou, Shanghai-Hongqiao
Kunming Airlines	Kunming
Lucky Air	Datong, Hohhot, Kunming
Ruili Airlines	Hohhot, Kunming
Shandong Airlines	Baotou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Urumqi, Xiamen
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai-Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines	Harbin, Kunming, Nanjing, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Yinchuan
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Harbin, Sanya, Shenyang
Tianjin Airlines	Guiyang, Hohhot, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Nanning, Tianjin, Yinchuan
Tibet Airlines	Lanzhou, Lhasa
West Air (China)	Chongqing
Xiamen Airlines	Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Huangshan, Wuhan, Xiamen
Vietnam Airlines	Charter: Da Nang

See also

• List of airports in China
• China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

External links

• Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport