Kunming Changshui International Airport
| Kunming Changshui International Airport 昆明长水国际机场 Kūnmíng Chángshuǐ Guójì Jīchǎng | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: KMG – ICAO: ZPPP | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Yunnan Airport Group | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Kunming, Yunnan, China | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Changshui Village, Guandu District, Kunming | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 2,103 m / 6,900 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°06′7″N 102°55′45″E / 25.10194°N 102.92917°ECoordinates: 25°06′7″N 102°55′45″E / 25.10194°N 102.92917°E | ||||||||||||||
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Kunming Changshui International Airport (IATA: KMG, ICAO: ZPPP) is the primary airport serving Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, China. The airport is located 24.5 km (15.2 mi) northeast of the city center in a graded mountainous area about 2,100 m (6,900 ft) above sea level. The airport opened at 08:00 (UTC+8) on June 28, 2012,[1] replacing the old Kunming Wujiaba International Airport, which will be demolished. As a gateway to Southeast and South Asia,[2] Changshui Airport is a hub for China Eastern Airlines, Kunming Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan Airlines and Ruili Airlines.
The new airport has two runways (versus the single runway at Wujiaba), and handled 33,027,694 passengers in 2014. In 2020, it is expected to handle 43 million passengers .
Kunming Changshui International Airport and Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, known as China's two national gateway hub airport. The main terminal was designed by architectural firm SOM with engineering firm Arup.
Terminal
The main 548,300 m2 (5,902,000 sq ft) terminal of Changshui Airport is the second largest terminal building in China.[3] The terminal has 66 gates with jet bridges. Total number of 88 gates are available.
Construction
Construction began in 2009 and at the time was reported to be named the Zheng He International Airport. The very short construction time was marred by two separate incidents. The first incident occurred on January 3, 2010, when 7 construction workers died as an incomplete overpass collapsed.[4] In another incident on June 28, 2011, 11 workers were injured when a tunnel that was under construction collapsed.[5] Construction of the airport's main terminal was completed by July 2011.[6]
Transportation
The airport is the terminus of Line 6 of the Kunming Metro, which opened on the same day as the airport. It is also connected to Kunming by a 13 km toll highway, as well as Provincial Road S101.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Kunming 72-hour visa-free transit policy
Kunming offers transit without visa 72 hours for foreign visitors with third countries visas to transit at Kunming.
Foreign visitors, holders of passports issued by countries on the 72-hour visa-free list of political transit and stay for transit up to 72 hours in Kunming, can apply for a visa-free transit to stay in China with the immigration inspection authority to Kunming Changshui International Airport.
According to the regulations of the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China, foreign visitors who meet all the following conditions may apply for transit without a visa:
- They are people with valid passport in the following list of 51 countries.
- They are in order to transit through Kunming Changshui International Airport to a third country or a third area.
- They travel with valid international travel documents with clear detailed departure information from the Kunming Changshui International Airport within 72 hours, it is required.
(qualified third-country destination entry requirements, valid air tickets to the third country or area)
Notes:
- They can only in the administrative region of Kunming City.
- The enter and the departure airport must be the same one. This policy only applies to foreign visitors who enter, stay and departure of Kunming.
- The 72 hours will be counted from the moment visitors get their transit permits, but not the time when they land at the airport.
- They can not travel with a round trip flights, like Paris(France) - Kunming - Paris(France).
- The stay time cannot extend.
72 hours transit visa-free Policy applies to passport holders of the following countries:
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Brunei, UAE, Qatar
See also
References
- ↑ "Newly-built Kunming Changshui Int'l Airport to be put into operation". 2012-06-08.
- ↑ Shi Guanglin (史广林) (25 November 2008). 投资230亿 昆明将拥有国家大型门户枢纽机场 (in Chinese). Chinanews Yunnan. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ 昆明新机场规划设计创新 (in Chinese). 2010-05-08.
- ↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/03/content_9257535.htm
- ↑ 马玉佳. "Kunming airport collapse injures 11". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ "Main work of terminal project of new Kunming airport to be completed". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ http://news.carnoc.com/list/319/319082.html
- ↑ http://www.anna.aero/2015/07/22/lucky-air-launches-kunming-phuket/
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/17/8l-kmgkos-nov15/
- ↑ "Lucky Air Adds Kunming - Jeju Service Sept/Oct 2015". Airlineroute.net. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ↑ "Vietnam Airlines Adds Nha Tang – China Routes in S15". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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