Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

西安咸阳国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorChina West Airport Group
ServesXi'an
LocationWeicheng, Xianyang, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Opened1 September 1991 (1991-09-01)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL479 m / 1,572 ft
Coordinates34°26′16.1″N 108°45′23.6″E / 34.437806°N 108.756556°E / 34.437806; 108.756556
Websitewww.xxia.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
XIY/ZLXY is located in China
XIY/ZLXY
XIY/ZLXY
Location of airport in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05L/23R 3,000 9,843 Concrete
05R/23L 3,800 12,467 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers30,173,312
Cargo (in tons)395,604.5
Aircraft movements256,965
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
Simplified Chinese西安咸阳国际机场
Traditional Chinese西安咸陽國際機場

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY) is an international airport serving the city of Xi'an, the capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, as well as the whole Guanzhong area. Covering an area of 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi), it is the largest airport in Northwest China, and the second largest airport in Northern China. The airport was the hub for China Northwest Airlines until the company was merged into China Eastern Airlines in 2002. Xi'an Airport is also the hub for Joy Air and Hainan Airlines.[1] Xi'an Xianyang International Airport is a Skytrax 4-star airport.[2]

In 2018, the airport handled 44,650,000 passengers, making it the busiest airport in northwest China. It is the ninth busiest airport nationwide. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport was also the nation's 9th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 7th busiest airport by traffic movements.

  1. ^ Kuan, Albert (20 December 2018). "Hainan Airlines Announces Xi'an Service From Los Angeles - 20 December 2018".
  2. ^ "The World's 4-Star Airports - Skytrax". Skytrax.

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