Airport serving Dalian, Liaoning, China
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (
IATA : DLC ,
ICAO : ZYTL ) is an
international airport serving the city of
Dalian in
Northeast China ’s
Liaoning province. It is located in
Ganjingzi District , about 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of the city center. In 2018 the airport handled 18,758,171 passengers, making it the busiest airport in Northeast China and the
24th busiest nationwide. The airport is the hub for
Dalian Airlines and a focus city for
China Southern Airlines and
Hainan Airlines . As Zhoushuizi Airport has reached its designed capacity, the new
Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport is being built on reclaimed land to replace it.
[1]
History
Zhoushuizi Airport in 1928-1938
Zhoushuizi was originally an insect-infested
marsh , called "Choushuizi" (臭水子 ) or "smelly waters" by nearby residents. During the late
Qing dynasty , it became a
racecourse for
horse racing . After the marsh was drained, it was renamed Zhoushuizi (Zhou's waters) after a nearby village called Zhoujiatun ("Zhou family village").
[2]
After Japan won the
Russo-Japanese War in 1905, the
Liaodong Peninsula , including Dalian, came under Japanese occupation. In 1924, the Japanese began to convert Zhoushuizi Racecourse into an airport, which was opened in 1927.
[2] Immediately after the
aviation law of 1927, the
Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications began planning for scheduled air routes including Tokyo to Dalian (Zhoushuizi). As civil aviation developed later, a few flights per day by
Manchukuo National Airways came to Zhoushuizi.
[3] After the start of the
Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, there was more military traffic by the
Imperial Japanese Navy than civil traffic, mostly using
Douglas DC-3 . Zhoushuizi Airport at that time was about 800 meters (2,625 ft) long and 400 meters (1,312 ft) wide.
[3]
After the
surrender of Japan in 1945, Zhoushuizi was under the control of the
Soviet Air Forces for ten years, until it was transferred to the Chinese
PLA Air Force in May 1955.
[2] In 1973, the military Zhoushuizi airfield was converted into a small civil airport, with a 2,040-meter (6,693 ft)-long runway and 37 employees, serving 1,961 passengers a year.
[2]
As air traffic skyrocketed starting in the 1980s and especially since the 1990s, the airport had its first major expansion in April 1984.
[2] It was then expanded four more times, in 1992–93, 1999, 2005, and 2011–12.
[2] It served more than 13 million passengers in 2012, ranking 15th in China. Because of the expansion of the city of Dalian, the airport is now surrounded by built-up urban area and has no more room to grow even though it reached its capacity in 2016. As a result, the authorities launched the new
Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport project, which was included in the 12th
national five-year plan in 2011.
[4]
Facilities
In September 2011, a new 71,000 square-meter terminal building was completed as part of the 2.2 billion yuan third-phase expansion project of the airport.
[5] The airport has a 3,300-meter (10,827 ft) runway (class 4E), 135,000 square metres (1,450,000 sq ft) of terminal buildings, 42 aircraft parking places, and 2,600 car parking places. The entire airport covers an area of 3,450,000 square metres (37,100,000 sq ft).
[6]
Airlines and destinations
As a focus city for
China Southern Airlines , Dalian has many of China Southern's Japanese destinations. China's flag carrier,
Air China , also makes a stop-over at Dalian on its flights from
Beijing to
Japan . Due to the tight connection and high demand between Dalian and Japan,
Japan Airlines still operates daily direct flight from
Narita Airport in
Tokyo to Dalian. Two major South Korean airlines,
Korean Air and
Asiana Airlines operate daily flight to Dalian from
Incheon Airport in
Seoul . The majority of international flights are operated by China Southern Airlines, Air China, Japan Airlines,
All Nippon Airways ,
Asiana Airlines ,
Korean Air and
Uni Air .
Passenger
Airlines Destinations
9 Air
Changbaishan ,
Ezhou ,
[7]
Guangzhou ,
[7]
Hefei ,
[8]
Weihai ,
[9]
Wuxi
Air Chang'an
Lianyungang ,
Xi'an ,
Yinchuan
Air China
Beijing–Capital ,
Beijing–Daxing ,
Fukuoka ,
[10]
Hiroshima ,
[11]
Hong Kong ,
Sendai ,
[12]
[13]
Tianjin ,
[14]
Tokyo–Narita
[14]
All Nippon Airways
Osaka–Kansai ,
Tokyo–Narita
Asiana Airlines
Seoul–Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines
Shijiazhuang ,
[15]
Xi'an
Chengdu Airlines
Changsha ,
[16]
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[16]
Huai'an ,
[16]
Jinan ,
[16]
Jining ,
Nanjing
[16]
China Eastern Airlines
Beijing–Daxing ,
Changbaishan ,
[17]
Changzhou ,
Chaoyang ,
Chongqing ,
Fuzhou ,
Guiyang ,
Harbin ,
Hefei ,
[18]
Huai'an ,
[19]
Huangshan ,
Jiagedaqi ,
[19]
Kitakyushu ,
[20]
Kunming ,
Luoyang ,
Nanchang ,
[21]
Nanjing ,
Ningbo ,
[22]
Osaka–Kansai ,
Qingdao ,
Qiqihar ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Taiyuan ,
[19]
Tonghua ,
Wuhan ,
Wuxi ,
Xi'an ,
Xuzhou ,
[23]
Yanji ,
Yantai ,
Yinchuan ,
[19]
Yulin (Shaanxi) ,
[24]
Yuncheng ,
[25]
Zhanjiang ,
Zhuhai
[26]
China Express Airlines
Changzhi ,
[27]
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[27]
Chongqing ,
Handan ,
Jixi ,
Korla ,
[28]
Lanzhou ,
Tianjin ,
Turpan ,
[28]
Ulanhot ,
[29]
Wuhan ,
Zhangjiakou
[30]
China Flying Dragon Aviation
Changhai
China Southern Airlines
Beijing–Daxing ,
Changsha ,
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
Cheongju ,
[31]
Chongqing ,
Daqing ,
Guangzhou ,
Guiyang ,
Haikou ,
Hangzhou ,
Hengyang ,
Hohhot ,
[32]
Jeju ,
[31]
Jiamusi ,
Jieyang ,
Kunming ,
Lijiang ,
[33]
Linyi ,
Meixian ,
Mudanjiang ,
Nagoya–Centrair ,
Nanchang ,
Nanjing ,
Nanyang ,
Ningbo ,
Osaka–Kansai ,
Qingdao ,
Qiqihar ,
Sanya ,
Sapporo–Chitose ,
[34]
Seoul–Incheon ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Shenzhen ,
Taipei–Taoyuan ,
Taiyuan ,
[35]
Tianjin ,
Tokyo–Narita ,
Toyama ,
Urumqi ,
Wenzhou ,
[36]
Wuhan ,
Wuhu ,
[36]
Xiamen ,
Xi'an ,
Xining ,
[37]
Yancheng ,
[38]
Yanji ,
[39]
Yibin ,
[40]
Yinchuan ,
Zhengzhou ,
Zhuhai
China United Airlines
Beijing–Daxing ,
Hailar ,
[19]
Ordos
[41]
Chongqing Airlines
Chongqing ,
Datong ,
[42]
Linyi
Dalian Airlines
Beijing–Capital ,
Changsha ,
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[43]
Guiyang ,
Haikou ,
[43]
Hangzhou ,
[44]
Jiansanjiang ,
Jinan ,
Kunming ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Shiyan ,
Yichang
[43]
Donghai Airlines
Lianyungang ,
Shenzhen
Fuzhou Airlines
Fuzhou ,
[45]
Zhoushan
GX Airlines
Fuyang ,
[46]
Nanning
[47]
Hainan Airlines
Beijing–Capital ,
Changsha ,
Dongying ,
[48]
Fuzhou ,
Guangzhou ,
Guilin ,
Guiyang ,
Haikou ,
Hangzhou ,
[49]
Jiamusi ,
Jinan ,
[50]
Kunming ,
Lanzhou ,
Nanchang ,
[51]
Nanjing ,
Nanning ,
[52]
Ningbo ,
[50]
Sanya ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Shenzhen ,
Taiyuan ,
Tianjin ,
[49]
Vladivostok ,
[53]
Weifang ,
Xi'an ,
Xining ,
[37]
Yinchuan ,
[50]
Zhengzhou ,
Zhuhai Seasonal:
Manzhouli ,
[54]
Songyuan
[54]
Japan Airlines
Tokyo–Haneda
[55]
Jiangxi Air
Zhengzhou
Joy Air
Weihai ,
[9]
Yantai
Juneyao Air
Huizhou ,
Liuzhou ,
[56]
Nanjing ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Wuhan ,
Zhangjiajie Seasonal:
Hailar
[57]
Korean Air
Seoul–Incheon
Lanmei Airlines
Siem Reap
[58]
Loong Air
Quanzhou ,
[59]
Tianjin ,
[60]
Wenzhou ,
[60]
Xuzhou
[59]
Lucky Air
Kunming ,
Wuhan ,
Zhengzhou
Okay Airlines
Changsha
Qingdao Airlines
Bangkok–Don Mueang ,
[61]
Changsha ,
[62]
Qingdao ,
[63]
Weifang ,
[62]
Yichang
[61]
Ruili Airlines
Jinan ,
[64]
Kunming ,
[65]
Nantong ,
[66]
Wenzhou ,
[66]
Xi'an
Shandong Airlines
Chongqing ,
Guiyang ,
Jinan ,
Mudanjiang ,
Qingdao ,
Xiamen ,
Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines
Rizhao ,
Shanghai–Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines
Changzhou ,
[67]
Guangzhou ,
Guilin ,
Hefei ,
[68]
Nanchang ,
[21]
Nanning ,
Nantong ,
Shenzhen ,
Yangzhou ,
Yichang ,
Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
Chongqing ,
Jinan ,
Kunming ,
Rizhao
[69]
Spring Airlines
Beihai ,
[70]
Changbaishan ,
Changzhou ,
Fukuoka ,
Fuzhou ,
Hohhot ,
[32]
Jieyang ,
[71]
Jinan ,
[72]
Nagoya–Centrair ,
[73]
Nanjing ,
[72]
Nanning ,
[74]
Ningbo ,
[75]
Osaka–Kansai ,
[76]
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Shenzhen ,
[72]
Shijiazhuang ,
Xi'an ,
[71]
Yangzhou ,
Zhengzhou
[71]
Tianjin Airlines
Bayannur ,
[77]
Changsha ,
[78]
Chifeng ,
[77]
Chongqing ,
Fuzhou ,
[77]
Haikou ,
Hangzhou ,
Hohhot ,
Kitakyushu ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Shijiazhuang ,
[46]
Tianjin ,
Weihai ,
Wuhai ,
[77]
Xi'an ,
[79]
Xilinhot ,
[77]
Yantai ,
Yinchuan ,
Zhengzhou ,
Zunyi–Xinzhou
Uni Air
Taipei–Taoyuan
VietJet Air Charter:
Nha Trang
[80]
West Air
Chongqing ,
[81]
Zhengzhou
XiamenAir
Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi ,
Changsha ,
Fuzhou ,
Hangzhou ,
Jinan ,
Lanzhou ,
Nanjing ,
Quanzhou ,
Tianjin ,
Wuhan ,
Xiamen ,
Xining ,
[82]
Yangzhou ,
[76]
Zhengzhou ,
Zunyi–Maotai
Cargo
Ground transportation
The airport is served by the
Dalian Metro
Line 2 and many bus lines to central Dalian. An airport bus line also serves the central district. A taxi hub station is located on the ground level.
Accidents and incidents
On May 7, 2002,
China Northern flight 6136 was en route from Beijing to Dalian when a arsonist set the aircraft on fire causing the aircraft to lose control and crash in Bohai bay killing everyone onboard.
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Dalian Metro
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