Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (simplified Chinese: 西安咸阳国际机场; traditional Chinese: 西安咸陽國際機場; pinyin: Xī'ān Xiányáng Guójì Jīchǎng) (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY) serves Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China. Covering 5 square kilometres, it is the largest airport in China's northwest. Due to the Chinese western expansion, visitor and cargo flow are rapidly increasing. The airport was the hub for China Northwest Airlines until the company was ...
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Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (simplified Chinese: 西安咸阳国际机场; traditional Chinese: 西安咸陽國際機場; pinyin: Xī'ān Xiányáng Guójì Jīchǎng) (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY) serves Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China. Covering 5 square kilometres, it is the largest airport in China's northwest. Due to the Chinese western expansion, visitor and cargo flow are rapidly increasing. The airport was the hub for China Northwest Airlines until the company was merged into China Eastern Airlines in 2002. Currently, the airport connects to 79 other cities domestically and internationally.
In 2008, the airport handled 11,921,919 passengers, which made itself the busiest airport in northwest China and the 9th busiest nationwide. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport was also the 15th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 9th busiest airport by traffic movements.
Before Xi'an Xianyang International Airport was built, Xi'an was served by Xi'an Xiguan Airport (IATA: SIA, ICAO: ZLSN). In 1984,...
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