Lvliang Dawu Airport or Lüliang Dawu Airport (IATA: LLV, ICAO: ZBLL) is an airport serving the city of Lüliang in Shanxi Province, China. It is located near the town of Dawu in Fangshan County, 20.5 kilometers from the city center. Construction of the airport began on 21 February 2009 with an investment of 764 million yuan, and was originally projected to be finished in 2011.[4] The actual completion time was late 2013, and the airport was opened on 26 January 2014.[1]

Lüliang Dawu Airport

吕梁大武机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesLüliang, Shanxi, China
LocationDawu, Fangshan County
Opened26 January 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-26)
Coordinates37°41′00″N 111°08′34″E / 37.68333°N 111.14278°E / 37.68333; 111.14278
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LLV is located in Shanxi
LLV
LLV
Location of airport in Shanxi
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers379,659
Aircraft movements6,381
Cargo (metric tons)682.2
Source:[1][2][3]
Lüliang Dawu Airport
Simplified Chinese吕梁大武机场
Traditional Chinese呂梁大武機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǚliáng Dàwǔ Jīchǎng

It was a notorious "ghost airport" around 2015; despite its size and cost, it handled just three to five flights per day.[5] By 2019, this number had grown to more than 17 flights per day.

Facilities

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The airport will have one runway that is 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4C), and a 13,000 square meter terminal building. It is projected to handle 200,000 passengers and 900 tons of cargo annually by 2020.[1]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital
Chengdu Airlines Guiyang,[6] Shenyang
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
China Express Airlines Chongqing, Tianjin
China Southern Airlines Shenzhen,[7] Wuhan[7]
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Kunming[8]
Loong Air Hangzhou,[8] Lanzhou,[7] Yinchuan[9]
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 吕梁机场正式通航 至北京1个多小时可到达 (in Chinese). Huanghe News. 2014-01-26. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  2. ^ "VariFlight". www.variflight.com.
  3. ^ Airport information for Lüliang Airport at Transport Search website.
  4. ^ 山西吕梁民用机场开工奠基 项目总投资7.64亿元 Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Watts, Jonathan (25 February 2019). "Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. ^ "贵阳机场新开"贵阳=吕梁=大连"航线". Sohu. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "吕梁机场开通丽江、九寨、乌鲁木齐的中转航班". Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b "【健康常识】2023年吕梁机场冬春航季航班时刻表". Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  9. ^ "长龙航空2024夏航季航线&产品惊喜发布!". Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  10. ^ "2023年新航季川航最新航线出炉,附国际/地区航线新消息". Retrieved 16 March 2023.