Fuyang Airport

Fuyang Airport (Chinese: 阜阳机场) (IATA: FUG, ICAO: ZSFY) is an airport serving the city of Fuyang in Anhui Province, China.[2] Usually unofficially called "Fuyang Xiguan Airport (阜阳西关机场)".

Fuyang Airport

阜阳机场

Fùyáng Jīchǎng
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationFuyang, Anhui, China
Opened26 December 1998
13 November 2007
Closed21 November 2004
Coordinates32°52′55″N 115°44′4″E
Map
FUG is located in Anhui
FUG
FUG
Location of airport in Anhui
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,400 7,874 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers853,063
Aircraft movements16,596
Cargo (metric tons)1,309.2
Source: CAAC[1]

History

In August 1935, Fuyang Jiuligou Airport was built in the south of Fuyang City. After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Jiuligou Airport was abandoned because of its proximity to Bengbu Airport.

In the spring of 1942, Fuyang Xiguan Airport was built southwest of Fuyang City. In 1961, the airport was expanded to a total area of 233,000 square meters.

In June 1992, Fuyang planned construction of a new airport. The new airport would be located in the southwest of Fuyang City, 8.5 km from the city center at that time. In the name of "relocation and expansion", the Fuyang New Airport was completed in early 1994. The first flight was made on December 26, 1998.

The construction of the new airport was controversial as it was instigated by a corrupt official. The construction costs of the airport are reported to be 390 million Yuan, but in 2002, only 920 passengers travelled through the airport.[3]

In 2003 the airport stopped operating due to the SARS outbreak. On November 21, 2004, as a result of pending investigations on China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210, involving the crash of a small jet at Baotou Airport, flights at Fuyang Airport were suspended for nearly three years. On November 13, 2007, the airport officially resumed operation, starting with the Fuyang-Hefei-Shanghai round-trip route.[4]

In 2017 the airport was expanded, a new terminal was built and the runway was extended by 400 m to 2,400 m.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu
China Eastern Airlines Kunming, Shanghai–Pudong
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou
China United Airlines Foshan, Guilin,[5] Ordos[5]
GX Airlines Changsha, Dalian,[6] Haikou,[7] Nanning[7]
Hainan Airlines Shenzhen
Okay Airways Chongqing,[7] Zhoushan[7]
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
Spring Airlines Lanzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou,[8] Yinchuan
Tianjin Airlines Tianjin, Xiamen

See also

References
  1. "2015年民航机场吞吐量排名". www.caac.gov.cn.
  2. "(FUG) Fuyang Airport Current Conditions". FlightStats. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  3. "Former provincial vice-governor sentenced to death". The Age. 2003-12-30. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  4. "阜陽民航局" [Fuyang Civil Aviation Administration].
  5. "阜阳机场2023夏航季航班时刻来啦！". Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  6. "Hainan Airlines / HNA Group Carriers NW22 Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. "阜阳机场明天（30日）开始执行冬航季航班时刻". Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  8. "温州机场2022年冬春航季航班计划来了！". Retrieved December 28, 2022.


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