Fuzhou Changle International Airport
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Fuzhou Changle International Airport is an airport in Fuzhou
, the capital of Fujian Province, China
. The airport was inaugurated on June 23, 1997, after being approved to start constructing in 1992. The current handling capacity is approximately 6.5 million people annually. It is one of the airports that has flights between mainland China and Taiwan. It is located about 50 km east of the city.
In 2010, Fuzhou airport handled 6,476,773 passengers. It was 25th busiest airport in China. In addition, in 2009 the airport was the 22nd busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 25th busiest airport by traffic movements.
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, the capital of Fujian Province, China
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. The airport was inaugurated on June 23, 1997, after being approved to start constructing in 1992. The current handling capacity is approximately 6.5 million people annually. It is one of the airports that has flights between mainland China and Taiwan. It is located about 50 km east of the city.
In 2010, Fuzhou airport handled 6,476,773 passengers. It was 25th busiest airport in China. In addition, in 2009 the airport was the 22nd busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 25th busiest airport by traffic movements.
History
The construction of Fuzhou airport was intended to replace the military airport Yixu in downtown FuzhouPassenger
Cargo airlines
See also
- List of airports in the People's Republic of China
- China's busiest airports by passenger traffic