Chongqing Wushan Airport

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Chongqing Wushan Airport

重庆巫山机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Wushan, Chongqing, China
Opened16 August 2019;4 years ago (2019-08-16)
Elevation  AMSL 1,680 m / 5,512 ft
Coordinates 31°03′50″N109°42′22″E / 31.064°N 109.706°E / 31.064; 109.706
Map
China Chongqing adm location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
WSK
Location of airport in Chongqing
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
06/242,6008,530
Statistics (2021)
Passengers89,414
Aircraft movements1,466
Cargo (metric tons)12.2

Chongqing Wushan Airport( IATA : WSK, ICAO : ZUWS) is an airport serving Wushan County of China's Chongqing Municipality.

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The airport is located at the border of Wushan and Fengjie counties, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the county seat, and mainly serves tourists to the nearby Three Gorges region. Construction began on 20 April 2015, and the airport was opened on 16 August 2019. [1] It is the fourth airport with regularly scheduled passenger service in the municipality of Chongqing. [2] It is located 350 kilometres (220 mi) from central Chongqing as the crow flies. It was originally named Wushan Shennüfeng Airport (巫山神女峰机场).

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
China Express Airlines Guiyang, Yantai
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou
Chongqing Airlines Chongqing, Shenzhen

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References

  1. "China's Chongqing Wushan Airport starts official operation". Archived from the original on August 16, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  2. "总投资13亿元 巫山机场预计明年开工2015年通航". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-24.