Guilin Qifengling Airport
| Guilin Qifengling Airport 桂林奇峰岭机场 Guìlín Qífēnglǐng Jīchǎng | |||||||||||
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A Civil Aviation Administration of China Ilyushin Il-18 at the airport in 1984 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Guilin, Guangxi, China | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°11′40″N 110°19′11″E / 25.19444°N 110.31972°ECoordinates: 25°11′40″N 110°19′11″E / 25.19444°N 110.31972°E | ||||||||||
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Guilin Qifengling Airport is an airport in Guilin, a city in the Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi. Built in 1958, the airport originally served all commercial traffic to Guilin. It was poorly equipped to handle the rapid increase in tourism to the city during the 1990s. As a result, Liangjiang International Airport was opened in 1996 and all commercial flights shifted to it.
History
Qifengling Airport was built in 1958, serving both civil and military air traffic. During the 1990s, tourism to Guilin rose significantly. The majority of tourists came from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and travelled to Guilin by air. In 1982, Qifengling Airport received 471,200 passengers; in 1991, the airport handled 1,456,000 passengers and was serving 16 airlines.[1] The runway and the small terminal and apron of the airport grew inadequate. Work on a new airport started in 1993 and was completed in 1996.[2] Commercial flights shifted to the new Liangjiang International Airport upon its opening in October 1996.[3]
Airfield
Qifengling Airport has one runway, 18/36,[4] with dimensions 2,300 by 45 metres (7,546 ft × 148 ft).[1]
Accidents and incidents
- On 26 April 1982, a Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E operating CAAC Flight 3303 was on approach to Qifengling Airport when it crashed into a mountain in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Guilin. All 112 passengers and crew on board were killed.[5][6]
- On 14 September 1983, a CAAC Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E was taxiing onto the runway at Qifengling Airport when a Harbin H-5 belonging to the Chinese military crashed into it, leaving a hole in the front right side of the Trident and killing 11 of its passengers.[7]
- On 24 November 1992, a Boeing 737-300 operating China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crashed about 24 kilometres (15 mi) form Guilin while it was approaching Qifengling Airport. The incident killed all 141 occupants of the aircraft.[8][9]
References
- 1 2 "1996 享誉全国的国际空港". Guilinlife.com (in Chinese). 18 September 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ Liu, Chunyuan (23 September 2009). "难忘的1996年国庆". Civil Aviation Administration of China (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "桂林两江国际机场将迎来通航20周年". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 1 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ Google (4 October 2016). "25°11'39.8"N 110°19'11.1"E" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "Deadly plane crashes on Chinese mainland in past three decades". Xinhua News Agency. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E B-266 Yangsuo". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E B-264 Guilin Airport (KWL)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ Kristof, Nicholas (25 November 1992). "Jet Crashes in China, Killing 141; 5th Serious Accident in 4 Months". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-3Y0 B-2523 Guilin Airport (KWL)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
External links
Media related to Guilin Qifengling Airport at Wikimedia Commons