Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport

Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport 大连周水子国际机场 Dàlián Zhōushuǐzǐ Guójì Jīchǎng
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
IATA: DLC – ICAO: ZYTL DLC Location of the airport in Liaoning province
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport Co., Ltd.
Location		Dalian
Elevation AMSL		33 m / 108 ft
Coordinates		38°57′56″N 121°32′18″E / 38.96556°N 121.53833°E / 38.96556; 121.53833
Website		www.dlairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	3,300	10,827	Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Passengers			10,703,640
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (simplified Chinese: 大连周水子国际机场; traditional Chinese: 大連周水子國際機場) (IATA: DLC, ICAO: ZYTL) is the airport serving the city of Dalian in Liaoning Province, China. It is located in Ganjingzi District, about 10 km (6 mi) northwest of the city center. In 2010 the airport handled 10,703,640 passengers, making it the busiest airport in Northeast China and the 16th busiest nationwide.

Facilities

The airport has one 3,300 meter runway (class 4E), and a 65,000 square-meter terminal building.^[1] In September 2011, a new 71,000 square-meter terminal building was completed as part of the 2.2 billion yuan third-phase expansion project of the airport.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Dalian Airport is a base for China Southern Airlines, most of China Southern Airlines' Japanese destinations are origined from Dalian. China's flag carrier, Air China, also makes a stop-over at Dalian on its flights from Beijing to Japan. Dalian Airport has the largest number of destinations among Chinese airports to Russia, and second largest to Japan(after Shanghai). Due to the tight connection and high demand between Dalian and Japan, Japan Airlines still operates daily direct flight from Narita Airport in Tokyo to Dalian even though it's suffering from financial difficulties and is terminating services to many major cities in China and other countries. Two major Korean Airlines, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines operates daily flight to Dalian from Incheon Airport in Seoul. Several Russian carriers also operates scheduled and chartered flights between far-eastern Russian cities and Dalian. International flights majorly operated by China Southern Airlines, Air China, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Transasia Airways, Uni Air, and SAT Airlines.

The following airlines have scheduled services to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Fukuoka, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hiroshima, Hong Kong, Osaka-Kansai, Sendai, Tokyo-Narita, Wuhan
Air Koryo	Pyongyang
All Nippon Airways	Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita
Asiana Airlines	Seoul-Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines	Haikou, Ningbo
China Airlines	Taipei-Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Kunming, Linyi, Lianyungang, Mudanjiang, Nanjing, Okayama, Qingdao, Shanghai-Pudong, Wuhan, Xi'an
China Express Airlines	Chongqing, Dongying, Handan
China Southern Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Baotou, Changchun, Changzhou, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hiroshima, Hohhot, Irkutsk, Jeju, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Manzhouli, Nagoya-Centrair, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Osaka-Kansai, Qingdao, Sapporo-Chitose, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijazhuang, Taipei-Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo-Narita, Toyama, Vladivostok, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, Xiamen, Yanji, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou Seasonal: Irkutsk, Khabarovsk[3]
China United Airlines	Beijing-Nanyuan
Dalavia	Seasonal: Khabarovsk
Grand China Air	Beijing-Capital
Hainan Airlines	Changsha, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Shenzhen, Singapore, Taipei-Taoyuan, Urumqi, Xi'an, Xiamen, Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines	Qinhuangdao, Shijiangzhuang
Japan Airlines	Tokyo-Narita
Juneyao Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Lucky Air	Jinan, Kunming, Wuhan
Korean Air	Seoul-Incheon
Okay Airlines	Jinzhou, Shenyang, Weihai, Yantai
SAT Airlines	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Shandong Airlines	Harbin, Jinan, Qingdao, Wuhan, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines	Changchun, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Jinan, Nanjing, Nanning, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Wuxi, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chongqing, Harbin, Hangzhou, Jinan, Kunming, Xuzhou
Spring Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
S7 Airlines	Seasonal: Irkutsk
Tianjin Airlines	Chifeng, Ordos, Hohhot, Nanning, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Tongliao, Weihai, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
Uni Air	Taipei-Taoyuan
Vladivostok Air	Seasonal: Khabarovsk, Vladivostok
West Air (China)	Chongqing, Qingdao
Xiamen Airlines	Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Nanchang, Ningbo, Qingdao, Xiamen
Yakutia Airlines	Seasonal: Yakutsk

Cargo Airlines

ANA Cargo operates daily cargo flight to Dalian from Narita Airport in Tokyo and Kansai Airport in Osaka, Japan Airlines Cargo also operated these flights before it ceased operation. On April 15, 2011, Air China Cargo, the Cargo division of Air China, started cargo operation between Dalian and Frankfurt Airport, Germany, with a stopover in Shanghai.

Airlines	Destinations
Air China Cargo	Frankurt, Shanghai-Pudong
ANA Cargo	Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita
JAL Cargo	Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita
Emirates SkyCargo	Dubai

Incidents and accidents

On May 7, 2002, China Northern flight 6136 was en route from Beijing to Dalian when it crashed into a bay near Dalian, killing everyone aboard.

See also

• List of airports in the People's Republic of China
• List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

References

1. ^ Airport information
2. ^ 大连国际机场三期扩建工程航站楼竣工
3. ^ [1]

External links

• Official site
• Airport information for ZYTL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.