Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport

"Lanzhou Airport" redirects here. For the old airport, see Gongxingdun Airport.

Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (IATA: LHW, ICAO: ZLLL) is an airport serving Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, China. It is located 71 kilometres (44 mi) northwest of downtown Lanzhou. It was opened in 1970^[1] and serves as a major air hub for the province of Gansu and western China. There are eight gates served by aerobridges in the terminal. A new larger (61,000 m²) Terminal 2 is located to the South, adjacent to the existing terminal.^[2] The new terminal adds nine aerobridges.

Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport 兰州中川国际机场
IATA: LHW ICAO: ZLLL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Gansu Airport Group
Serves	Lanzhou
Location	Zhongchuan, Lanzhou New Area, Gansu
Opened	26 July 1970; 52 years ago (1970-07-26)
Elevation AMSL	1,947 m / 6,388 ft
Coordinates	36°30′54″N 103°37′12″E / 36.51500°N 103.62000°E / 36.51500; 103.62000Coordinates: 36°30′54″N 103°37′12″E / 36.51500°N 103.62000°E / 36.51500; 103.62000
Maps
CAAC airport chart
LHW Show map of Gansu LHW Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 12,171,160 Cargo 73,108.3 tons Aircraft movements 102,288
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
Simplified Chinese	兰州中川国际机场
Traditional Chinese	蘭州中川國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lánzhōu Zhōngchuān Guójì Jīchǎng

Lanzhou Airport is a focus city for Hainan Airlines. Passenger traffic at Lanzhou Airport in 2014 was 6.58 million, with 10 million passengers per year projected for 2020.^[3]

History

Lanzhou's first airport, Gongxingdun Airport, was located just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the city centre. By 1957, the Civil Aviation Administration of China decided that Gongxingun Airport's location was too restrictive for the aviation needs of Lanzhou and designated a new site near Zhongchuan town. Due to the geography of Lanzhou, this closest suitable location is 71 km (44 mi) from downtown Lanzhou, which makes it the Chinese airport furthest from the center of the city it serves.^[4]

In 1968 construction was started on Lanzhou airport and on July 26, 1970, the maiden flight took place with the first aircraft landing of an Ilyushin Il-14. On June 15, 1997, an expansion project was officially started.^[5]

In 2010, Lanzhou airport's passenger throughput exceeded 3 million people a year.^[6] and the second expansion project started.^[5] Lanzhou Airport Terminal 2 officially started construction in 2010, after preliminary design approval and with an investment budget of 1.488 billion yuan.^[7] In 2013, Lanzhou airport's passenger throughput exceeded 5 million passengers per annum, increasing the official Lanzhou airport ranking among the major airports within China.^[8] Terminal 2 opened in 2015^[7] and later that year the Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway between the airport and Lanzhou's urban area opened.

The third expansion phase started in 2019. At a cost of 31.69 billion Yuan, a new Terminal 3 will be built, two new 4000 meter long runways and facilities will be expanded. Terminal 3 will be four times larger than the current combined terminal floor area.^[9][10] The entirety of adjacent namesake Zhongchuan town and several villages, totaling 10.7 square kilometres (4.1 sq mi), were demolished to make way for the expansion, and residents were relocated to Lanzhou and Lanzhou New Area.^[11][12][13]

Terminal complex

While nominally two terminals, they are connected airside by a lengthy walkway and operate as a single building. Airlines operating from one terminal may use gates at the other.

Terminal 1

Shaped like the letter T, this terminal consisted of eight airbridges. The original terminal had a single airside level for arrivals and departures. Arrivals were segregated by a glass screen from departing passengers. Check-in was handled on the upper level, while the lower level housed the baggage hall.

With the opening of Terminal 2, this terminal's landside facilities have been shut down for refurbishment and parts of the terminal will be mothballed until future growth warrants the reopening of these facilities. Airside lounges, gates and shops remain in use.

Terminal 2

Designed and shaped to resemble the wing of flying geese, at 61,000m², this terminal greatly increased the operational space at Lanzhou Airport. It added an extra two piers to the existing terminal. It houses 30 extra check-in desks, 12 passenger gates, 9 airbridges and separate levels for arriving and departing passengers. The new terminal was opened for travellers in February 2015.^[3]

Terminal 3

Terminal 3 construction preparations started in 2019. It will have a floor area of 400,000 square metres (4,300,000 sq ft), dwarfing T1 and T2.^[10] The terminal will have 87 gates.^[9]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Changsha, Guangzhou, Haikou,^[14] Jinchang^[14]
AirAsia X	Kuala Lumpur–International
Air China	Aksu, Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Hangzhou, Korla, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Wuhan Hajj: Jeddah
Air Guilin	Haikou,^[15] Longnan^[15]
Air Travel	Nanchang
Beijing Capital Airlines	Haikou, Hohhot,^[16] Huaihua,^[16] Nanjing
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu,^[17] Dunhuang,^[17] Jiayuguan,^[18] Jinchang, Zhangye
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Changchun,^[19] Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,^[19] Dunhuang, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei,^[20] Hohhot,^[19] Jiayuguan, Kunming, Nanchang,^[21] Nanjing, Ordos,^[22] Qingdao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Taiyuan,^[19] Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an,^[19] Yantai,^[23] Zhengzhou
China Express Airlines	Dalian,^[24] Longnan, Turpan
China Southern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Changsha, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanning, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Xishuangbanna, Zhuhai
China United Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Yulin (Shaanxi)^[19]
Donghai Airlines	Huaihua,^[25] Qingyang, Shenzhen, Yichang, Zhuhai
GX Airlines	Haikou, Jinan, Longnan, Luzhou, Nanchang, Nanning, Yulin (Shaanxi), Zunyi–Xinzhou
Hainan Airlines	Baotou, Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hanzhong, Linfen, Linyi,^[26] Mianyang, Nanchang, Ningbo, Sanya, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tongren,^[27] Ürümqi, Xiamen
Hebei Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,^[28] Chongqing, Tangshan^[29]
Juneyao Air	Chizhou, Jinchang, Longnan,^[15] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Zhangye
Loong Air	Enshi,^[30] Guangzhou,^[30] Hangzhou, Jingzhou,^[31] Korla,^[30] Wenzhou^[31]
Lucky Air	Kunming, Tianjin, Urumqi
Qingdao Airlines	Aksu,^[32] Baotou,^[32] Hotan,^[32] Jieyang,^[33] Kashgar,^[32] Korla,^[32] Qingdao, Ürümqi, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou^[32]
Ruili Airlines	Hohhot, Jiayuguan,^[18] Kunming, Lijiang, Nanning,^[34] Shenyang, Sihanoukville, Tianjin,^[35] Xishuangbanna
Shandong Airlines	Datong, Guilin, Jinan, Qingdao, Ürümqi, Xiamen, Zhengzhou
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Ürümqi, Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines	Huizhou,^[36] Shenzhen, Zunyi–Maotai
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu,^[17] Chongqing, Dunhuang, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jiayuguan, Jinan,^[37] Kunming, Sanya, Taiyuan,^[38] Tianjin, Ürümqi
Spring Airlines	Altay, Ankang, Bangkok–Don Mueang (begins 26 January 2023),^[39] Beihai,^[40] Changzhou,^[41] Chengdu–Tianfu, Dunhuang,^[42] Fuyang,^[31] Fuzhou, Guangzhou,^[17] Hangzhou, Hefei,^[43] Huai'an, Jiayuguan,^[18] Jieyang, Jinggangshan,^[44] Kashgar, Luoyang,^[31] Nanchang, Nanyang, Ningbo, Qingyang,^[45] Quanzhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shaoyang, Shenyang,^[46] Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Wenzhou,^[43] Xiamen, Yangzhou, Yantai,^[43] Zunyi–Xinzhou
Suparna Airlines	Jinan, Yining
Tianjin Airlines	Bayannur, Hohhot, Qingyang, Tianjin, Wuhai^[47]
Tibet Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu, Hangzhou,^[48] Lhasa, Nyingchi, Shijiazhuang, Xi'an, Yantai
Urumqi Air	Changsha, Hotan,^[16] Kashgar, Lianyungang, Ürümqi, Yancheng, Zhengzhou
XiamenAir	Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Quanzhou, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen, Zhengzhou

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
YTO Cargo Airlines	Lahore^[49]

Ground transportation connections

Rail

 

Zhongchuan Airport Railway Station

The Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway between the airport and the city started operation on 2015-09-30.^[50] It provides fast train services between the Zhongchuan Airport railway station and the new major transportation hub at Lanzhou West railway station then terminates at the older Lanzhou railway station.

Road

Shuttle bus

There are three Airport Express Shuttle Bus services available from the airport. All routes cost 30RMB.

• Line 1 runs to the Lanzhou Eastern Hotel, Tianshui Middle Road, opposite Lanzhou University western gate. The return service leaves from opposite the JJ Sun Hotel (next to CAAC Ticket Office), Donggang West Road. Travel time is about one hour, due to the distant nature of airport from the city centre. This is the closest service to Lanzhou Railway Station.
• Line 2 runs to Golden Lily Hotel, Xijin East Road, via Taohai Market, Anning West Road. This is the closest service to Lanzhou West Railway Station.
• Line 3 runs to Qingshuiqiao in western Lanzhou.

Taxi

Taxi service is relatively expensive due to the long distance to the airport, about 150RMB. Many taxis will be reluctant to use their meter and demand a flat 200RMB fare to downtown Lanzhou despite being illegal to do so. Overall there is little time travel advantage over using the Airport Express bus.

Departure Hall of Lanzhou Airport Terminal 1

Existing terminal as seen from the south.

New terminal at Lanzhou Airport under construction to the immediate south of the existing terminal.

See also

• List of airports in China

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