Sanming Shaxian Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesSanming
LocationShaxian District, Sanming, Fujian, China
Opened7 March 2016
Coordinates26°25′41″N 117°50′42″E / 26.42806°N 117.84500°E / 26.42806; 117.84500
Map
SQJ is located in Fujian
SQJ
SQJ
Location of airport in Fujian
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,600 8,530 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers273,777
Aircraft movements4,396
Cargo (metric tons)447.9
Source:[1]
Sanming Shaxian Airport
Simplified Chinese三明沙县机场

Sanming Shaxian Airport (IATA: SQJ, ICAO: ZSSM) is an airport serving the city of Sanming in Fujian Province, China. It is located in Fenggang Subdistrict of Shaxian District. The airport was opened on 7 March 2016.[2]

History

Construction of Sanming Airport was first approved by the national government in 1993 and began in 1995, but stopped in 1998 in the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis after 160 million yuan was already spent.[3][4] Construction resumed in 2005 with private investment, and the airport was declared the first privately owned airport in China,[3] but soon stopped again for undisclosed reasons. In 2009, construction started for the third time, back with government funding worth 1.447 billion yuan.[1] The airport was opened on 7 March 2016.[2]

Facilities

The airport has one runway that is 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) long (extendable to 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) in the future) and 45 metres (148 ft) wide (class 4C), and a 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) terminal building. It is designed to handle 430,000 passengers annually by 2020.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
China Eastern Airlines Kunming, Qingdao (both begin 29 November 2023)[5]
China Express Airlines Chongqing
Hainan Airlines Guangzhou[5]
Juneyao Air Shanghai–Pudong
Tibet Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu,[6] Xi'an[5]
XiamenAir Beijing–Daxing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "三明沙县机场". Sanming City Government. 2011-03-22.
  2. 1 2 "三明沙县机场7日首航 定位为民航支线机场". Carnoc. 2016-03-07.
  3. 1 2 "福建省三明机场续建开工典礼在沙县隆重举行". Carnoc. 2005-12-27.
  4. ↑ "福建三明机场今天开工建设". Xinhua Net. 2005-12-28. Archived from the original on June 29, 2008.
  5. 1 2 3 "新航季新出发！昆明=三明=青岛航线即将开通！". Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "2022年冬航季三明沙县机场航班时刻表来啦！". Retrieved January 21, 2023.
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