Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
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Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport is the airport serving the city of Dalian
Dalian
Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It faces Shandong to the south, the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, Dalian is the southernmost city of Northeast China and China's...

 in Liaoning Province, China
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. It is located in Ganjingzi District
Ganjingzi District
Ganjingzi is a District of the city of Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. Its area is 491 square kilometres, population 580,000, and postal code 116033.-Administrative Divisions:There are 14 subdistricts in the district.Subdistricts:...

, about 10 km (6 mi) northwest of the city center. In 2010 the airport handled 10,703,640 passengers, making it the busiest airport in Northeast China
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 and the 16th busiest nationwide.

Facilities

The airport has one 3,300 meter runway (class 4E), and a 65,000 square-meter terminal building. In September 2011, a new 71,000 square-meter terminal building was completed as part of the 2.2 billion yuan third-phase expansion project of the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Dalian Airport is a base for China Southern Airlines
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, most of China Southern Airlines
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' Japanese destinations are origined from Dalian. China's flag carrier, Air China
Air China
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, also makes a stop-over at Dalian on its flights from Beijing
Beijing
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 to Japan
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. Dalian Airport has the largest number of destinations among Chinese airports to Russia
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, and second largest to Japan(after Shanghai
Shanghai
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). Due to the tight connection and high demand between Dalian and Japan, Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines
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 still operates daily direct flight from Narita Airport in Tokyo
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 to Dalian even though it's suffering from financial difficulties and is terminating services to many major cities in China and other countries. Two major Korean Airlines, Korean Air
Korean Air
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 and Asiana Airlines
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 operates daily flight to Dalian from Incheon Airport in Seoul. Several Russian carriers also operates scheduled and chartered flights between far-eastern Russian cities and Dalian. International flights majorly operated by China Southern Airlines, Air China, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways
All Nippon Airways
, also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...

, Asiana Airlines
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, Korean Air
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, Transasia Airways
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, Uni Air
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, and SAT Airlines
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.

The following airlines have scheduled services to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport:

Cargo Airlines

ANA Cargo operates daily cargo flight to Dalian from Narita Airport in Tokyo and Kansai Airport in Osaka, Japan Airlines Cargo also operated these flights before it ceased operation. On April 15, 2011, Air China Cargo, the Cargo division of Air China, started cargo operation between Dalian and Frankfurt Airport
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, Germany, with a stopover in Shanghai.

Incidents and accidents

On May 7, 2002, China Northern flight 6136
China Northern Flight 6136
China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 was a flight from Beijing Capital International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, a coastal city in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China....

 was en route from Beijing to Dalian when it crashed into a bay near Dalian, killing everyone aboard.

See also


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