Qionghai Bo'ao Airport

Qionghai Bo'ao Airport (IATA: BAR, ICAO: ZJQH) is an airport serving the city of Qionghai in Hainan Province, China. The airport received approval from the national government in January 2013,^[1][2] and was opened on 17 March 2016 after three years of construction.^[3]

Qionghai Bo'ao Airport 琼海博鳌机场
IATA: BAR ICAO: ZJQH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Qionghai, Hainan
Location	Zhongyuan, Qionghai
Opened	17 March 2016
Coordinates	19°8′26″N 110°27′32″E / 19.14056°N 110.45889°E / 19.14056; 110.45889Coordinates: 19°8′26″N 110°27′32″E / 19.14056°N 110.45889°E / 19.14056; 110.45889
Map
BAR
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 3,200 10,499
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 702,609 Aircraft movements 16,952 Cargo (metric tons) 1,337.4
Sources:^[1]

Qionghai Bo'ao Airport
Simplified Chinese	琼海博鳌机场
Traditional Chinese	瓊海博鰲機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qiónghǎi Bó'áo Jīchǎng

History

The Qionghai airport was built to facilitate travel to the Boao Forum for Asia, an annual political event held 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away in Boao.^[4][5] The airport also serves rising tourism to the province of Hainan.^[5] A feasibility study on the airport was approved by government officials in December 2012,^[6] followed by the master plan in May 2013.^[7] A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 17 March 2015.^[4]

After a test flight in March 2016,^[8] the airport received its first commercial flight – a Hainan Airlines Boeing 737 from Beijing – on 17 March 2016.^[9] For a short period thereafter, the airport remained open to domestic charter flights carrying Boao Forum attendees.^[10][11] After the forum, the Qionghai airport closed so that a new international terminal and a 600-metre (2,000 ft) runway extension could be completed before the next forum. The airport reopened on 29 December 2016, receiving an Air Guilin flight from Guilin.^[11]

Facilities

Qionghai Airport has a 3,200-meter runway capable of handling large jet aircraft, a 9,000 square-meter terminal building, and 26 aircraft parking aprons. It is designed to handle 480,000 passengers and 1,440 tons of cargo annually by 2020.^[1][2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Guangzhou^[12]
Air China	Chengdu–Tianfu, Tianjin
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,^[13] Hangzhou,^[14] Hefei,^[15] Jinan,^[14] Lanzhou,^[14] Shenyang,^[15] Taiyuan,^[14] Wuyishan^[14]
China Southern Airlines	Xi'an
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Beihai, Guiyang
Hainan Airlines	Beijing–Capital,^[16] Chengdu–Shuangliu,^[17] Guangzhou,^[18] Shenzhen,^[17] Wenzhou^[19]
Hebei Airlines	Nanchang,^[20] Shenyang,^[20] Shijiazhuang,^[20] Zunyi–Xinzhou^[20]
Loong Air	Hangzhou
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai–Hongqiao,^[19] Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou^[19]
Shenzhen Airlines	Shenyang
Spring Airlines	Jieyang, Nanchang, Quanzhou,^[21] Yangzhou^[22]
Urumqi Air	Karamay, Lanzhou, Urumqi, Yan'an,^[23] Zhengzhou

References

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