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Yichun Mingyueshan Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Yuanzhou District

06/24
  
2,400

Code
  
YIC

Passenger count
  
407,148

Serves
  
Yichun, Jiangxi, China

Elevation AMSL
  
131 m / 430 ft

2,400
  
7,874

Yearly aircraft movements
  
4,604

Yichun Mingyueshan Airport

Yichun Mingyueshan Airport (IATA: YIC, ICAO: ZSYC) is an airport serving the city of Yichun in Jiangxi Province, China. It is located in Hutian Town, Yuanzhou District. As the only airport in western Jiangxi, it also serves the nearby cities of Pingxiang and Xinyu in addition to Yichun, with a total population of 10 million. It is named after Mingyueshan (Moon Mountain), a national forest park near Yichun. Construction of the airport began on 26 July 2009. Originally scheduled to open in 2011, the airport opened on 26 June 2013.

Facilities

The airport has a runway that is 2,400 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4C), and a 6,000 square-meter terminal building. It is projected to handle 200,000 passengers and 1,200 tons of cargo annually by 2020.

References

Yichun Mingyueshan Airport Wikipedia