Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport

Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport (IATA: DYG, ICAO: ZGDY) is an international airport serving the city of Zhangjiajie in South Central China’s Hunan province. It is located in Huhua village in Yongding District of Zhangjiajie. It is the second largest airport in Hunan, after Changsha Huanghua International Airport, and the only international airport in the Wuling Mountains region.^[2][3] As of 2019 it has a capacity of 5 million passengers, 19,000 tons of cargo and 45,000 aircraft movements.^[2]

Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport 张家界荷花国际机场
IATA: DYG ICAO: ZGDY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Zhangjiajie
Location	Huhua, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
Opened	18 August 1994; 30 years ago (1994-08-18)
Elevation AMSL	217 m / 712 ft
Coordinates	29°06′11″N 110°26′36″E
Map
DYG/ZGDY Location in Hunan Show map of Hunan DYG/ZGDY DYG/ZGDY (China) Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,600 8,530 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 1,501,630 Aircraft movements 12,704 Cargo (metric tons) 119.3
Source: CAAC[1]

Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport
Simplified Chinese	张家界荷花国际机场
Traditional Chinese	張家界荷花國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāngjiājiè Héhuā Guójì Jīchǎng

History

In 1991 construction started on Dayong Airport, which had its first test flight in December 1993 (Dayong is the former name of Zhangjiajie City).^[3]

The airport eventually opened for commercial flights under the name Dayong Zhangjiajie Airport on 18 August 1994.^[4] In 1995 it was renamed Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport. In 1999 it served 500,000 passengers annually.^[5]

In 2011 the first international flight (excluding Macao and Hong Kong) arrived from Seoul's Incheon International Airport.^[3]

In 2015 the second terminal opened after an 18-month construction period.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Guangzhou,[6] Shenyang[6]
Air Busan	Busan
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu[6]
Air Guilin	Kunming,[6] Linyi,[6] Xuzhou[6]
Air Seoul	Seoul–Incheon[7]
Air Travel	Wuxi[6]
Batik Air Malaysia	Kota Kinabalu,[6] Kuala Lumpur–International,[8] Penang[6]
China Eastern Airlines	Lanzhou,[6] Nanjing,[6] Xi'an,[6] Yantai[9]
China Express Airlines	Guiyang,[6] Wuhan[6]
China Southern Airlines	Guangzhou
Citilink	Charter: Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta[10]
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[6] Huai'an[6]
Eastar Jet	Cheongju[11]
Fuzhou Airlines	Fuzhou,[12] Xi'an[12]
Greater Bay Airlines	Hong Kong[13]
GX Airlines	Haikou,[6] Jinan[6]
Jeju Air	Busan
Juneyao Air	Dalian,[6] Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon[14]
Loong Air	Cheongju,[15] Daegu,[15] Ningbo[6]
Shandong Airlines	Jinan,[6] Qingdao,[6] Shenyang[6]
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[16] Cheongju,[17] Daegu,[17] Nanjing,[6] Xi'an[6]
Spring Airlines	Shijiazhuang,[18] Yangzhou[6]
Thai Lion Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang[6]
Tianjin Airlines	Tianjin,[19] Xi'an[6]
T'way Air	Daegu[6]
VietJet Air	Hanoi,[6] Ho Chi Minh City[6]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Central Airlines	Manila

See also

• List of airports in the People's Republic of China