Taizhou Luqiao Airport 台州路桥机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Taizhou Civil Aviation Administration Bureau | ||||||||||
| Serves | Taizhou, Zhejiang | ||||||||||
| Location | Luqiao District, Taizhou | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°33′44″N121°25′43″E / 28.56222°N 121.42861°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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| Source: CAAC [1] | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 台州路桥机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 台州路橋機場 | ||||||
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Taizhou Luqiao Airport( IATA :HYN, ICAO :ZSLQ),formerly Huangyan Luqiao Airport,is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang Province,China. It is located in Luqiao District,20 kilometers from the city center. [2] In 2010 the airport handled 616,861 passengers and 5,483 tons of cargo. [3]
Luqiao Airport was originally a military airfield belonging to the People's Liberation Army Navy. Construction of the airfield began in January 1954,and it was opened in July 1955. In 1987 the airfield was converted to a dual-use military and civil airport and was named Huangyan Luqiao Airport. [4] In 1994 the county-level city of Huangyan was merged into the prefecture-level city of Taizhou and split into Huangyan and Luqiao districts,but the airport was only renamed Taizhou Luqiao Airport in December 2008,and its old name is still frequently used. [5]
The airport has one runway that is 2,500 meters long and 60 meters wide, [6] and a 7,850 square-meter terminal building. It is designed to handle 600,000 passengers per year. [7]
To handle the growing traffic volume,a new dedicated civil airport is being planned to replace Luqiao Airport,with an estimated total investment of 800 million to 1 billion yuan. When built the new airport will have a handling capacity of 2.5 million passengers annually. [7]
The following airlines serve Taizhou Luqiao Airport: