Lijiang Sanyi International Airport
Lijiang Sanyi International Airport is an airport serving Lijiang, Yunnan province, China.
Built in 1995, the civil airport is to the south of the city proper.
The passenger movements of Lijiang Sanyi International Airport were 4,220,618 in 2021, 2,87,8817 in 2022 and 7,440,858 in 2023 respectively.
History
In 1992, Lijiang airport began construction. In April 1995, it was completed, in July 1995, the airport officially opened to the air, with the airport flight area level 4C, and a runway length of 2,500 meters and width of 45m.In 1999, Lijiang airport passenger throughput for the first time exceeded the 500,000 mark, according to the development situation of the airport for the first time the airport was renovated and expanded.
In 2007, the airport carried out a second renovation and expansion. According to the annual passenger throughput of 4.5 million passengers' standard construction, including runway extension of 500 meters, the new runway parallel taxiway, 13 additional parking spaces, the new 33,300 square meters of domestic terminal building, procurement of supporting special facilities and equipment, navigation station construction and other major projects.
On March 6, 2012, Yunnan Lijiang Airport aviation port opening to the outside world officially passed the national acceptance, for the third port airport in Yunnan Province.