Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport

Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (IATA: XMN, ICAO: ZSAM) is an international airport serving the city of Xiamen in East China’s Fujian province. It is the main base of XiamenAir and TAECO, an aircraft maintenance provider. The airport is located on the north side of Xiamen Island. Construction of a new terminal (Terminal 4) started in October 2011 and was completed in 2014.[2]

Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport

厦门高崎国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorXiamen International Airport Group Co., Ltd.(XIAGC)
LocationHuli, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Opened22 October 1983; 40 years ago (1983-10-22)
Hub forXiamenAir
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL18 m / 59 ft
Coordinates24°32′39″N 118°07′40″E / 24.54417°N 118.12778°E / 24.54417; 118.12778
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
XMN is located in Fujian
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Location in Fujian
XMN is located in China
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Location in China
Runways
DirectionLengthSurface
mft
05/233,40011,155Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers14,952,064
Aircraft movements128,057
Cargo297,836.5
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
Simplified Chinese厦门高崎国际机场
Traditional Chinese廈門高崎國際機場
Hokkien POJĒ-mn̂g Kò-kiâ Kok-chè Ki-tiû
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport Terminal 3
Aerial view of Xiamen Island. Gaoqi Airport can be seen in the bottom left of the island.
Baggage Claim Area of T4 in 2017
Boeing 787 of Xiamen Airlines at Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport

In 2012, Xiamen airport was the 8th busiest airport in China in terms of cargo traffic, and the 11th busiest in terms of passenger traffic with 17,354,076 passengers and the 10th busiest airport by traffic movements.

Development

New destinations

KLM began the first intercontinental air route out of Xiamen, to Amsterdam, on 27 March 2011.[3] Since then, long-haul traffic has expanded, with XiamenAir launching flights to Sydney, Vancouver and Los Angeles after taking delivery of the Boeing 787.

New airport

Following the opening of Terminal 4 in 2014, Gaoqi airport had little room to expand. As such, a new airport is currently under construction on Dadeng Island, Xiang'an District, currently known as Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport. When completed it will have two new runways, a 550,000 sq meter terminal, and be able to handle up to 45 million passengers, and have subway links to Xiamen railway station.[4][5]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guiyang
Air Chang'an Tongren, Xi'an
Air China Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guiyang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Air Guilin Xuzhou
Air Macau Macau
Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Huangshan, Lijiang,[6] Shenyang,[7] Urumqi, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
Cebu Pacific Manila[8]
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu, Jinggangshan
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Changzhou, Chengdu–Shuangliu,[9] Chengdu–Tianfu,[10] Hangzhou, Hefei, Huai'an, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou,[11] Linyi, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shiyan, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Yantai,[9] Yinchuan,[12] Zhengzhou,[11] Zhoushan[9]
China Express Airlines Bijie, Chongqing, Wuhu[13]
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Dalian, Enshi, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Nanning, Shenyang, Urumqi, Weihai, Wuhan, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Jining,[14] Ordos,[14] Ulanhot[9]
Chongqing Airlines Changsha,[15] Chongqing[15]
Dalian Airlines Beijing–Capital[16]
Fuzhou Airlines Harbin,[17] Zhoushan[17]
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chongqing, Haikou, Harbin, Hefei, Lanzhou, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xuzhou, Yan'an, Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines Chengde, Nanjing,[18] Shijiazhuang, Zhangjiakou,[19] Zunyi–Xinzhou[20]
Jiangxi Air Nanchang, Zhengzhou[21]
Juneyao Airlines Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon[22]
Kunming Airlines Changzhi,[23] Kunming, Mangshi[24]
Lucky Air Kunming
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur–International[25]
Mandarin Airlines Kaohsiung, Taipei–Taoyuan
Okay Airways Changsha
Philippine Airlines Manila
Shandong Airlines Baotou, Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu,[26] Chongqing, Dalian, Dongying, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou,[27] Hangzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta,[28] Jinan, Jingdezhen, Kunming, Lanzhou, Linyi, Nanjing, Nantong, Qingdao, Rizhao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shiyan,[29] Taiyuan, Tianjin, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yancheng, Yantai, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines Harbin, Nanning,[30] Nantong, Wuxi, Yangzhou
Sichuan Airlines Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Kunming, Yichun (Jiangxi)
Singapore Airlines Singapore[31]
Spring Airlines Bangkok–Don Mueang, Changchun, Handan, Lanzhou, Nanyang, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Yangzhou
Tianjin Airlines Fuyang, Haikou, Lianyungang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yulin (Shaanxi),[32] Zunyi–Xinzhou
Tibet Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu
Uni Air Taipei–Songshan
West Air Chongqing, Jinggangshan, Zhengzhou[33]
XiamenAir Amsterdam, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dalian, Denpasar, Doha,[34] Ezhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harbin, Hefei, Hengyang, Ho Chi Minh City, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Jinan, Jingzhou,[35] Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Lijiang, Liuzhou, Los Angeles, Luzhou, Macau, Manila, Melbourne, Mianyang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Penang,[36] Phnom Penh, Qingdao, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei–Songshan, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo–Narita,[37] Ürümqi, Vancouver, Wanzhou, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xi'an, Xining, Xinzhou, Xishuangbanna,[38] Yancheng, Yangon, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Maotai

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
ANA Cargo Tokyo–Narita
Cargolux Beijing–Capital, Luxembourg
Cathay Cargo Hong Kong, Shanghai–Pudong
Central Airlines Paris–Charles de Gaulle
China Cargo Airlines Osaka–Kansai
Ethiopian Cargo São Paulo–Guarulhos[39]
Hong Kong Air Cargo Hong Kong, Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air Cargo Seoul–Incheon
MSC Air Cargo[40] Anchorage, Seoul-Incheon
Suparna Airlines Cargo Clark, Shanghai–Pudong

See also

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