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Shihezi Huayuan Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Opened
  
26 December 2015

2,400
  
7,874

Shihezi Huayuan Airport

Location
  
Shihezi, Xinjiang, China

Shihezi Huayuan Airport (Chinese: 石河子花园机场) (IATA: SHF, ICAO: ZWHZ) is an airport serving the city of Shihezi in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It was moved and rebuilt at a new location 15 kilometers southwest of the city center. Construction began on May 24, 2012, after the project received final approval in April 2012. The airport is budgeted to cost 515 million yuan to rebuild. The airport reopened on 26 December 2015.

Facilities

Shihezi Airport has a runway that is 2,400 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4C), a 3,000 square-meter terminal building, three parking aprons for commercial aircraft, and 40 parking spaces for general aviation aircraft. It is designed to handle 180,000 passengers and 270 tons of cargo per year by 2020.

References

Shihezi Huayuan Airport Wikipedia