Yangzhou Taizhou Airport

For the airport serving Taizhou, Zhejiang, see Taizhou Luqiao Airport.
Yangzhou Taizhou Airport
IATA: YTYICAO: ZSYA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Yangzhou (80%)
City of Taizhou (20%)
Serves Yangzhou and Taizhou
Location Dinggou (丁沟镇), Jiangdu District, Jiangsu
Opened 7 May 2012
Elevation AMSL 2 m / 7 ft
Coordinates 32°33′42″N 119°42′54″E / 32.56167°N 119.71500°E / 32.56167; 119.71500Coordinates: 32°33′42″N 119°42′54″E / 32.56167°N 119.71500°E / 32.56167; 119.71500
Website www.yztzairport.net
Map
YTY

Location of airport in Jiangsu

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
35R/17L 2,400 7,874 concrete
Source: [1]
Yangzhou Taizhou Airport
Traditional Chinese 揚州泰州機場
Simplified Chinese 扬州泰州机场
Yangtai Airport
Traditional Chinese 揚泰機場
Simplified Chinese 扬泰机场

Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (IATA: YTY, ICAO: ZSYA), often abbreviated to Yangtai Airport, is an airport serving the cities of Yangzhou and Taizhou in China's Jiangsu Province. It is located in the town of Dinggou in Jiangdu District, Yangzhou, 30 kilometers from the center of Yangzhou and 20 kilometers from Taizhou. Another major city, Zhenjiang, is also nearby across the Yangtze River.[1][2]

History

The airport is jointly constructed and owned by the cities of Yangzhou (80% share) and Taizhou (20% share), with a total investment of 2.082 billion yuan. The airport was opened on 7 May 2012. During the design and construction stage it was called Suzhong Jiangdu Airport (Chinese: 苏中江都机场) (Suzhong means "Central Jiangsu"), but was renamed in November 2011 to reflect the names of the main cities it serves.[2]

Facilities

Designed as a domestic regional airport (class 4C), the airport has a runway that is 2,400 meters long and 45 meters wide. It has a 31,000 square-meter terminal building and 13 aircraft parking aprons. It is designed to handle an annual throughput of 2 million passengers and 24,000 tons of cargo by 2020.[1][2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing-Capital, Chongqing, Taipei-Taoyuan
China Airlines Taipei-Taoyuan
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou
Jeju Air Seoul-Incheon
Kunming Airlines Chongqing, Guiyang, Kunming
Shenzhen Airlines Harbin, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Xi'an
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu
Spring Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Changchun, Osaka-Kansai,[3] Zhengzhou[3]
Tianjin Airlines Haikou, Tianjin

See also

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