Shenyang Taoxian International Airport

Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (IATA: SHE, ICAO: ZYTX) is an international airport serving Shenyang, the capital of Northeast China’s Liaoning province. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) south of the city center in Hunnan District. It is a hub for China Southern Airlines and is the 23rd busiest airport in China with 19,027,398 passengers as of 2018.

Shenyang Taoxian International Airport 沈阳桃仙国际机场
IATA: SHE ICAO: ZYTX
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Shenyang Taoxian Airport Authority
Serves	Shenyang
Location	Taoxian Town, Hunnan, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Opened	16 April 1989; 36 years ago (1989-04-16)
Hub for	China Southern Airlines
Elevation AMSL	60 m / 197 ft
Coordinates	41°38′24″N 123°29′01″E
Maps
CAAC airport chart
SHE/ZYTX Location in Liaoning Show map of Liaoning SHE/ZYTX Location in China Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2023[1])
Passengers 20,564,385 Cargo (in tons) 198,461.9 Aircraft movements 152,522
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

Shenyang Taoxian International Airport
Simplified Chinese	沈阳桃仙国际机场
Traditional Chinese	瀋陽桃仙國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shěnyáng Táoxiān Guójì Jīchǎng

Lufthansa offered the first intercontinental service out of Shenyang, to Frankfurt, Germany, in April 2012 but discontinued it on 28 October 2016,^[2] before relaunching it on 27 March 2018.^[3] Later in 2012, Sichuan Airlines launched a service to Vancouver.^[4]

History

Construction started on 1 July 1985, and the airport opened on 16 April 1989, and was the main hub of China Northern Airlines, which started operating a year later.

Shenyang’s previous airport, Shenyang Dongta Airport [zh], was the main airport of the city at that time, built in 1921, which served destinations to the USSR, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and hence, domestically. However, although it was expanded several times and had a long enough runway to support narrow-body airliners, it was no longer able to accommodate more tourists and passengers. This was due to the reform and opening up, resulting in the steeply rising number of passenger tourists, whether local or foreign. As a result, Taoxian airport was built and opened on 1989 and Dongta Airport ceased civil operations, and reverted to military use (by the Imperial Japanese from 1936 to 1945 and PLAAF after 1950) until 2013.

Airlines and destinations

Apron view

Main hall interior

Terminal interior in 2023

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Guangzhou,[5] Guiyang,[5] Ningbo, Wuxi, Zhangjiajie[6]
Air Chang'an	Xi'an
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing,[7] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Hohhot,[8] Kunming, Wuhan, Yuncheng
Air Guilin	Guilin, Haikou,[9] Jingzhou,[10] Kunming,[11] Xinzhou[11]
Air Koryo	Pyongyang[12]
Air Travel	Changsha,[13] Kunming, Wuxi[14]
Beijing Capital Airlines	Fuzhou, Haikou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang,[15] Qingdao,[16] Sanya, Shijiazhuang,[17] Shiyan,[18] Wuhan
Chengdu Airlines	Baotou, Beihai,[19] Changsha, Changzhou,[20] Chengdu–Shuangliu,[21] Chengdu–Tianfu, Guiyang, Haikou,[21] Hefei,[22] Jining, Lianyungang, Lüliang,[21] Mianyang,[20] Sanya,[23] Wuhan,[19] Yancheng,[24] Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines	Changzhou,[25] Chengdu–Tianfu,[26] Fuzhou,[27] Guilin,[28] Hefei,[23] Huai'an, Kunming, Moscow–Sheremetyevo,[29] Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Tengchong,[30] Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xinyang,[31] Yancheng, Yantai,[28] Yinchuan, Zhanjiang
China Express Airlines	Baotou,[32] Chongqing, Ulanhot,[33] Yan'an[34]
China Southern Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Daxing, Busan,[35] Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,[36] Chongqing, Dubai–International,[37] Frankfurt,[38] Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Jiamusi,[39] Jixi, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo,[40] Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Qiqihar,[41] Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Shihezi,[42] Tacheng,[42] Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna,[43] Yan'an, Yichun (Heilongjiang), Yinchuan,[44] Yiwu, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai Seasonal: Vladivostok[45]
China United Airlines	Wenzhou[46]
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Lianyungang,[47] Ningbo[47]
Donghai Airlines	Shenzhen,[48] Zhoushan[49]
Eastar Jet	Cheongju
Garuda Indonesia	Charter: Denpasar
Hainan Airlines	Changsha, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei,[50] Sanya, Shenzhen, Taiyuan,[51] Urumqi,[52] Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yichun (Jiangxi)
Hebei Airlines	Changsha, Chongqing,[53] Nanjing,[54] Shijiazhuang[53]
IrAero	Charter: Irkutsk[55]
Jiangxi Air	Haikou,[56] Hangzhou,[57] Jinan, Nanchang, Ordos[58]
Juneyao Air	Guilin,[28] Hailar,[59] Huizhou,[60] Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines	Changsha[61]
Loong Air	Chengdu–Tianfu,[62] Hangzhou,[63] Kunming,[64] Ningbo,[65] Taiyuan,[62] Weihai[65]
Mandarin Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan
Okay Airways	Changsha, Qingdao, Taiyuan
Qingdao Airlines	Changsha,[66] Chongqing,[67] Guiyang,[68] Haikou,[69] Luoyang,[68] Qingdao, Weifang,[66] Wenzhou,[66] Yangzhou[70]
Ruili Airlines	Anyang,[71] Changsha,[72] Chengdu–Tianfu,[73] Datong,[72] Hohhot, Holingol,[8] Kunming, Xi'an,[8] Xiangxi,[74] Xinzhou[75]
Scoot	Singapore[76]
Shandong Airlines	Chongqing, Dongying,[77] Guiyang,[51] Jinan, Kunming, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Taiyuan,[51] Wuhan,[78] Xiamen, Xuzhou,[79] Yantai, Zhangjiajie,[6] Zhengzhou,[78] Zhuhai[78]
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Weihai[65]
Shenzhen Airlines	Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu–Tianfu,[80] Dazhou,[80] Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hefei, Linyi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shenzhen, Taiyuan,[51] Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xiangyang,[81] Yangzhou, Yantai, Yichang,[51] Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu,[82] Chongqing, Kunming, Sanya, Taiyuan, Xi'an,[83] Xichang,[83] Xuzhou
Sky Angkor Airlines	Charter: Siem Reap
Spring Airlines	Beihai, Changzhou,[84] Chongqing, Fuzhou,[85] Guilin, Handan, Hangzhou, Hefei,[23] Hohhot,[86] Jeju,[87] Jieyang,[84] Lanzhou,[88] Linyi,[89] Nanjing, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai,[90] Sanya, Seoul–Incheon,[91] Shanghai–Pudong, Shaoyang, Shenzhen, Weihai, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yangzhou, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai[92]
Tianjin Airlines	Xi'an, Yulin (Shaanxi)[93]
Tibet Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu
T'way Air	Seoul–Incheon[94]
Uni Air	Taipei–Taoyuan
VietJet Air	Nha Trang
Vietnam Airlines	Charter: Hanoi, Nha Trang[95]
West Air	Chongqing, Rizhao[96]
XiamenAir	Changsha, Chongqing,[97] Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Huai'an,[57] Nanjing,[85] Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan,[97] Xiamen

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
China Postal Airlines	Dalian, Dandong, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Weifang
Lufthansa Cargo	Frankfurt, Krasnoyarsk, Tokyo–Narita
Cargojet Airways	Tokyo–Narita, Vancouver

Ground transportation

Taoxian Airport Station

The airport is served by the Shenyang Tram line 2 and line 6.

See also

• List of airports in China
• China's busiest airports by passenger traffic