Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport

Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport 大连周水子国际机场 Dàlián Zhōushuǐzi Guójì Jīchǎng
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
IATA: DLC ICAO: ZYTL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport Co., Ltd.
Location	Dalian
Elevation AMSL	33 m / 108 ft
Coordinates	38°57′56″N 121°32′18″E / 38.96556°N 121.53833°E / 38.96556; 121.53833
Website	www.dlairport.com
Map
DLC Location of the airport in Liaoning province
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 3,300 10,827 Concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 17,203,640
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
Simplified Chinese	大连周水子国际机场
Traditional Chinese	大連周水子國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàlián Zhōushuǐzi Guójì Jīchǎng

Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (IATA: DLC, ICAO: ZYTL) is the airport serving the city of Dalian in Liaoning Province, China. It is located in Ganjingzi District, about 10 km (6 mi) northwest of the city center. In 2014 the airport handled 17,203,640 passengers, making it the busiest airport in Northeast China and the 16th 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.

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").

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. 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. 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. The Zhoushuizi airport at that time was about 800 meters long and 400 meters wide.