Quzhou Airport

Quzhou Airport
Quzhou Airport
Simplified Chinese	衢州机场
Traditional Chinese	衢州機場
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qúzhōu Jīchǎng

Quzhou Airport

衢州机场
Quzhou Airport; 衢州机场
	Quzhou's civilian terminal from the causeway, with the air traffic control tower to the far left
	IATA: JUZ; ICAO: ZSJU; WMO: 58633;
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Owner	PLA Air Force
Serves	Quzhou, Zhejiang, China
Opened	26 November 1993;31 years ago
Built	c.1933
In use	c.1933–present
Occupants	85th Fighter Brigade
Time zone	(UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	65 m / 213 ft
Coordinates	28°57′57″N118°53′58″E / 28.96583°N 118.89944°E
Website	mhj.qz.gov.cn
Map
	JUZ Location of airport in Zhejiang
Runways
Statistics (2021)
Passengers
Passengers	470,235
Aircraft movements	6,308
Cargo (metric tons)	1,003.5
	Source:

Last updated December 22, 2024

In the early hours of June 23, 1956, Lu Min, then-commander of the 34th Regiment, 12th Air Division of the PLAAF, took off from Quzhou Airport with a MiG-17 fighter jet and shot down a Republic of China Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress over the Guangfeng and Shangrao areas of Jiangxi province, marking the first time PLAAF air defenses managed to shoot down an enemy at night.

Military use

Located 500 km from Taiwan just at the edge of effective cruise missile and airstrike range, Quzhou is one of the largest and most important air bases of the PLAAF. The airport is fitted with a hardened underground hangar to protect aircraft from adversaries.

The facility is home to the 29th Fighter Division, which flies the Sukhoi Su-30MKK, and the 85th Fighter Brigade, equipped with the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter.^[5]

Civilian use

The airport has a 1,900 meter (8,200 ft) runway (class 4C) and a 3,440 square-meter terminal building.^[1]^[2] The airport can accommodate Boeing 737 and other medium to large narrow-body passenger aircraft. The passenger terminal building is 3,440 square meters, which can support 200 passengers during peak hours.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing–Capital,^[6] Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu ^[7]
China Express Airlines	Aksu,^[7] Chongqing, Dalian, Guiyang, Haikou, Kunming,^[6] Linfen,^[6] Nanning, Qingdao,^[6] Sanya,^[8] Taiyuan,^[9] Tianjin,^[7] Xi'an, Yan'an,^[6] Zhanjiang,^[6] Zhengzhou, Zhoushan, Zhuhai ^[10]
China Southern Airlines	Guangzhou ^[7]
Shandong Airlines	Haikou
XiamenAir	Shenzhen ^[7]

A lake separates the aircraft bays from the terminal building which is crossed by a long causeway
Single belt lining the western wall of Quzhou Airport

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References

1 2 Airport information for Quzhou Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
1 2 衢州民航站 Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "慑台新动作：歼-20进驻衢州机场，专家：去哪不重要，能力摆在那" [New action to deter Taiwan: J-20 stationed at Quzhou Airport, experts: It doesn’t matter where you go, the ability lies there]. Defense Times Vanguard (in Chinese). September 27, 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
↑ Jingtao, Yang (November 9, 2017). "营救美国大兵—记75年前浙江村民与美国飞行员那段往事-时政新闻-浙江在线" [Rescue American soldiers—Remember the past between Zhejiang villagers and American pilots 75 years ago]. Xinhua (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
↑ "中国最"牛"的一座三线城市，市区拥有军民合用机场" [One of the most "beautiful" third-tier cities in China, the urban area has a military-civilian airport]. Toutiao (in Chinese). March 31, 2018. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "衢州机场2023年冬航季航班计划！新增临汾、西双版纳！" . Retrieved 12 November 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 "新航季！衢州机场换季后有哪些变化，快来看看~" . Retrieved February 8, 2023.
↑ "寻龙五千年，华夏航空2024夏秋航季全新启航" . Retrieved 6 June 2024.
↑ "【新航季】太原机场2022年冬春航季航班时刻计划" . Retrieved December 19, 2022.
↑ "航班换季 | 叮咚！珠海机场2023年冬航季航班时刻表，请查收～" . Retrieved 7 November 2023.

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[GCM-1] 1 2 Airport information for Quzhou Airport at Great Circle Mapper.

[about-2] 1 2 衢州民航站 Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "慑台新动作：歼-20进驻衢州机场，专家：去哪不重要，能力摆在那" [New action to deter Taiwan: J-20 stationed at Quzhou Airport, experts: It doesn’t matter where you go, the ability lies there]. Defense Times Vanguard (in Chinese). September 27, 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-15.

[4] Jingtao, Yang (November 9, 2017). "营救美国大兵—记75年前浙江村民与美国飞行员那段往事-时政新闻-浙江在线" [Rescue American soldiers—Remember the past between Zhejiang villagers and American pilots 75 years ago]. Xinhua (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-12-15.

[5] "中国最"牛"的一座三线城市，市区拥有军民合用机场" [One of the most "beautiful" third-tier cities in China, the urban area has a military-civilian airport]. Toutiao (in Chinese). March 31, 2018. Retrieved 2022-12-15.

[JUZNW23-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "衢州机场2023年冬航季航班计划！新增临汾、西双版纳！" . Retrieved 12 November 2023.

[JUZNW22-7] 1 2 3 4 5 "新航季！衢州机场换季后有哪些变化，快来看看~" . Retrieved February 8, 2023.

[8] "寻龙五千年，华夏航空2024夏秋航季全新启航" . Retrieved 6 June 2024.

[9] "【新航季】太原机场2022年冬春航季航班时刻计划" . Retrieved December 19, 2022.

[10] "航班换季 | 叮咚！珠海机场2023年冬航季航班时刻表，请查收～" . Retrieved 7 November 2023.

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