Sanya Phoenix International Airport

Sanya Phoenix International Airport 三亚凤凰国际机场
Terminal 1 in March 2023
IATA: SYX ICAO: ZJSY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	HNA Infrastructure Investment Group
Serves	Sanya
Location	Tianya, Sanya, Hainan, China
Opened	1 July 1994; 30 years ago (1994-07-01)
Hub for	China Southern Airlines
Elevation AMSL	27 m / 89 ft
Coordinates	18°18′10.43″N 109°24′44.18″E / 18.3028972°N 109.4122722°E / 18.3028972; 109.4122722
Website	www.sanyaairport.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
SYX/ZJSY Location in Hainan Show map of Hainan SYX/ZJSY SYX/ZJSY (China) Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Total passengers 16,629,950 Cargo (in tons) 103,892.2 Aircraft movements 116,066
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Sanya Phoenix International Airport (IATA: SYX, ICAO: ZJSY) is an international airport serving the city of Sanya in South Central China’s Hainan province. It is located about 15 km (9 mi) northwest of the city center.

Sanya Phoenix International Airport is a main airport hub and comprises close to ten thousand acres. The runway is about 3,400 metres (11,200 feet) long and 60 metres (200 feet) wide, which satisfies the take off and landing requirements of a fully weighted Boeing 747, Airbus A340 or other large aircraft.^[1]

It is the second busiest airport in Hainan, the busiest being Haikou Meilan International Airport. However, it was the first airport in Hainan to launch transcontinental air service, when Transaero Airlines started operating non-stop to Sanya from Moscow as early as 2007.^{[citation needed]} The service was discontinued after Transaero ceased operations in 2015. Since 2017, several Russian airlines including IrAero,^[2] Alrosa^[3] and Azur Air have begun operating from various Russian cities, fueling the growth of tourism from Russia in Hainan.

In 2017, it was the 20th busiest airport in China.