Cangyuan Washan Airport is an airport serving
Cangyuan Va Autonomous County
Cangyuan Va Autonomous County (; Awa: ) is under the administration of Lincang City, in the southwest of Yunnan province, China. Wa/Va people are the main inhabitants here. Wa language
Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the W ...
in
Lincang
Lincang ( zh, s=临沧 , t=臨滄 , p=Líncāng) is a prefecture-level city located in the southwest of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China.
History
Lincang was previously called Baihuai during the Shang dynasty.
On December 26, 2003, ...
,
Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
province, southwest China. The airport is located in Nuoliang Township and opened in December 2016.
History
Construction of the airport began on 20 December 2013, with an estimated total investment of 1.589 billion
yuan.
Cangyuan Washan Airport opened on 8 December 2016 with the arrival of a
Lucky Air
Lucky Air () is a Chinese low-cost airline based in Kunming, Yunnan, China. The airline started with flights connecting Kunming with Dali and Xishuangbanna, and later expanded to other domestic and international destinations. Its main base i ...
flight from
Kunming
Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II, Kunming was a Ch ...
, the capital of the province.
The airport supports tourism in the county; it is closer than
Lincang Airport
Lincang Boshang Airport is an airport serving the city of Lincang in Yunnan province, China. The airport started operation on March 25, 2001. The airport is 22.5 km from the center of the city in the town of Boshang.
Airlines and destin ...
, originally the only airport in
Lincang
Lincang ( zh, s=临沧 , t=臨滄 , p=Líncāng) is a prefecture-level city located in the southwest of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China.
History
Lincang was previously called Baihuai during the Shang dynasty.
On December 26, 2003, ...
,
to Wengding
Wa village, a popular tourist attraction.
Facilities
The airport has one runway that measures . It can handle 270,000 passengers and of cargo per year.
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 Provinces of China, provincial-level division and sorted by main city or county served. It includes civil airports and certified general airports, but excludes general ...
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List of the busiest airports in China
China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the official ...
References
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Airports in Yunnan
Airports established in 2016
2016 establishments in China
Transport in Lincang