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Fuzhou Changle International Airport

Fuzhou Changle International Airport
福州长乐国际机场
Fúzhōu Chánglè Guójì Jīchǎng
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Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Xiamen International Airport Group
Serves Fuzhou
Location Zhanggang Subdistrict, Changle, Fujian
Hub for Fuzhou Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
Elevation AMSL 14 m / 46 ft
Coordinates 25°56′06″N 119°39′48″E / 25.93500°N 119.66333°E / 25.93500; 119.66333Coordinates: 25°56′06″N 119°39′48″E / 25.93500°N 119.66333°E / 25.93500; 119.66333
Website xiafz.com.cn
Map
FOC is located in Fujian
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FOC is located in China
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,609 11,841 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 10,887,292
Aircraft movements 96,127
Tonnes of cargo 116,497.5
Passengers 10,887,292
Aircraft movements 96,127
Tonnes of cargo 116,497.5
Fuzhou Changle International Airport
Traditional Chinese 福州長樂國際機場
Simplified Chinese 福州长乐国际机场

Fuzhou Changle International Airport (IATA: FOCICAO: ZSFZ) is an airport serving Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, China. The airport was inaugurated on June 23, 1997, after being approved to start constructing in 1992. The current handling capacity is approximately 6.5 million people annually.

The airport is located near the shore of the Taiwan Strait in Zhanggang Subdistrict, Changle, about 50 km (31 mi) east of Fuzhou's city center.

In 2010, Fuzhou airport handled 6,476,773 passengers. It was 25th busiest airport in China. In addition, in 2009 the airport was the 22nd busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 25th busiest airport by traffic movements.

Changle Airport was built to replace the old Fuzhou Yixu Airport(福州义序机场), a dual-use military and civil airport located in Cangshan District, and prepared for the base of the direct flights to Taiwan across the straits. The airport was designed by Singaporean RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Pte Ltd. The government of Fujian province hoped that the new airport could reach the standard of Singapore Changi Airport, but they soon realized it was too big, and shrank the scale of the airport. However, the scale of the airport was still much bigger than the norm that central government approved. Changle Airport was opened in 1997. Due to the lack of Passenger flow, the airport had a great deficit in early years of operation. In 2003, the management of the airport was taken over by Xiamen International Airport Group, and began profiting from 2005.

The airport opened its international flights to Singapore and Osaka on November 2003.


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