Harbin Taiping International Airport is the international airport serving
Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. The airport handled 20,431,432 passengers in 2018, making it the
20th busiest airport in mainland China.
History
Harbin Taiping Airport, formerly known as Yanjiagang Airport, is located about southwest of the city of Harbin and was constructed in 1979 with further expansion between 1994 and 1997 at a cost of $960 million RMB. It replaced the old Harbin Majiagou Airport (哈尔滨马家沟机场) that was originally built by the
Japanese
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in 1931. In 1984, Taiping was upgraded to an international airport. Today it serves as an important transportation hub for the northeastern region of China and is the largest airport serving
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
province.
It is capable of handling 6 million passengers annually and has more than 70 air routes, both domestic and international. Currently it has one 3200 m asphalt runway.
By the flight of the
Spring Airlines
Spring Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a low-cost carrier with its headquarters in the Homeyo Hotel () in Changning District, Shanghai, China. While the company adopted the English name "Spring Airlines", the Chinese name literally means "Spring Autum ...
from June 2015, The first LCC international air routes to
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...
, Japan began.
In 2013, Harbin Taiping International Airport handled 10 million passengers. It is the
23rd Chinese airport which reached the level of 10 million passengers per year.
In 2017, Harbin Taiping International Airport handled 18 million passengers, becoming the
21st busiest airport in Mainland China.
To handle the growing number of passengers, the new Terminal 2 opened on 30 April 2018. This terminal is for domestic flights only. All international flights were moved to the old terminal, about 1 mile to the north of Terminal 2, which is being redeveloped to handle international flights.
Description
Harbin Airport was divided into two separate terminals, International and Domestic. On 22 May 2013, in order to build Terminal 2, International Departure and Arrival has been moved to a former terminal.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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List of airports in China
This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by provincial level division and sorted by main city served. It includes airports that are being built or scheduled for construction, but excludes defunct airports and ...
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China's busiest airports by passenger traffic
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2013 Harbin smog
A dense wave of smog began in Northeast China, especially in major cities including Harbin, Changchun and Shenyang, as well as the surrounding Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning Provinces of China, provinces on 20 October 2013. Unseasonably warm t ...
References
External links
Helongjiang Airports Management Group ''(in Chinese)''
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Airports in Heilongjiang
1979 establishments in China
Transport in Harbin
Airports established in 1979