Airport type Public Location Nuoliang Township 8,530 ? | Serves Cangyuan, Yunnan 2,600 8,530 | |
Cangyuan Washan Airport (Chinese: 沧源佤山机场) is an airport being built to serve Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in Lincang, Yunnan province, southwest China. The airport is located in Nuoliang Township and opened in December 2016.
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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 flight from Kunming, the capital of the province. The airport supports tourism in the county; it is closer than Lincang Airport, originally the only airport in Lincang, to Wengding Wa village, a popular tourist attraction.
Facilities
The airport has one runway that measures 2,600 by 45 metres (8,530 ft × 148 ft). It can handle 270,000 passengers and 1,080 tonnes (1,190 short tons) of cargo per year.
Airlines and destinations
Lucky Air provides flights from Kunming three times a week as of December 2016.