Fuzhou Changle International Airport, referred to as Fuzhou Airport (IATA code: FOC; ICAO code: ZSFZ), is located on the Changle Zhanggang seaside in the southeast of Fuzhou City, about 45 kilometers from the center of Fuzhou. A number of airport buses shuttle between the city and the airport around the clock, and the journey takes about 50 minutes. Fuzhou Changle International Airport was put into use on June 23, 1997. It is the first large-scale modern aviation airport in China built entirely with self-financing by local governments.

Changle Airport is the second international airport in Fujian Province and the second largest airport in Fujian Province after Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport. It is one of the important aviation international ports in East China and a busy airport on the southeast coast of China. It is also an important aviation passenger and cargo distribution center. The flight area is grade 4E and the apron area is 320,000 square meters. Fuzhou Airport has been designated as the gateway hub airport of the "Maritime Silk Road" by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. This means that Fuzhou Airport has been upgraded from a general hub airport to a national gateway hub airport, making it the core of the interconnection of airport facilities and the creation of air traffic corridors. node.

Geographical location

Fuzhou Changle International Airport is located on the seaside of Zhanggang Town, Changle, Fuzhou. It is an important trunk airport in China’s aviation trunk network. It is also an important airport in the southeastern coastal areas and to Taiwan and the outside world. International airport. Fuzhou Airport was officially opened to traffic on June 23, 1997. It is about 39 kilometers away from Fuzhou city and takes about 40 minutes from the airport to the city.

Construction History

1991: The government proposed to build a dedicated civilian airport in Fuzhou City to replace the civil-military Fuzhou Yixu Airport, which had insufficient runway length and design capacity. Function

August 1991: Submission of new airport project report

June 3, 1992: New airport construction approved

November 14, 1992 : The feasibility study report of the new airport project was approved

January 1, 1993: The preliminary design of the new airport project was completed, and the groundbreaking ceremony was held

1994: Clearance treatment and drainage were completed , terminal pile foundation, south approach road, seawall reinforcement and other construction projects

1995: Entering the large-scale civil construction stage, the project was included in the national new construction project

1996 : Entering the installation and decoration stage

January 1997: Flight calibration

May 1997: Passed preliminary acceptance

June 1997: Passed general acceptance .

June 23, 1997: With the approval of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Fuzhou Changle International Airport was officially opened to traffic.

In 2003, Fuzhou International Airport won the second place in the national "Passenger Talks Civil Aviation" airport competition with 2 to 4 million passengers.

In 2000, Fuzhou International Airport was awarded the "Civil Aviation East China Administration Level Civilized Airport".

In 2014, Fuzhou Airport achieved an annual passenger throughput of 9.35 million.

For the whole year of 2015, Fuzhou Airport achieved an annual passenger throughput of 10.88 million, ranking among the large hub airports with tens of millions of passengers.

Hardware facilities

The flight area of ??Fuzhou Changle International Airport is Level 4E. It has a concrete runway 3,600 meters long and 45 meters wide. The runway magnetic declination number is 03/21. In winter, Runway 03 is mostly used for takeoffs to the north, and runway 21 is used for takeoffs to the south in summer. The Google Maps location is located at 25.931736 degrees north latitude and 119.667957 degrees east longitude. The airport runway is 14 meters above sea level.

The southeastern part of the terminal building near the sea is reserved for the construction of a second runway. There are also 360,000 square meters of apron, a terminal building with a total area of ??137,000 square meters, and an air cargo station with a construction area of ??17,500 square meters, as well as corresponding communications, fuel supply, water supply, power supply, fire protection, meteorology, environmental protection, etc. The facility can take off and land large aircraft such as Boeing 747-400 or MD11. The airport's designed annual passenger throughput is 6.5 million (has been reached), the designed annual cargo and mail throughput is 180,000 tons, the peak hourly passenger throughput is 3,000 passengers, and the peak hourly cargo throughput is 60 tons.

The Fuzhou Airport Command Center is also responsible for the ground control business of the Fuzhou Air Traffic Control Department, and is mainly responsible for controlling the launch, driving and taxiing of aircraft. Among the national airport command centers, Fuzhou Airport is the only unit with ground control functions. The ground control carried out by the airport can provide visual command and can directly give instructions to the airport flight support unit. Compared with the air traffic control department, it has the characteristics of more direct, safer and more effective aircraft ground control.

Development Plan

Recent Development

Changle Airport was first built in 1993. The design capacity at that time was only 6.5 million passengers, which has greatly exceeded the design capacity. In 2015, Fuzhou Airport achieved a passenger throughput of 10.88 million, ranking among the tens of millions of large airports. It is expected that the passenger throughput of Changle Airport will reach nearly 15 million by 2018, so a second phase of construction is required.

In February 2014, Changle Airport invested 1.95 billion to start the second phase of the expansion project, which will expand the existing terminal. The new terminal area will be 76,900 square meters, and the renovation area will be 27,100 square meters. The total building area will reach 214,000 square meters; the new platform and taxiway area will be 183,000 square meters; 17 new aircraft seats will be added (14 C-class aircraft seats, 3 E-class aircraft seats); the total number of aircraft seats will reach 53 indivual. In addition, it also includes supporting projects such as related platform lighting, aviation fuel supply, new fences, and special vehicle parking lots. The project will be completed in 2015. In 2016, construction of a new runway and a new second terminal began. By then, it will meet the annual throughput demand of 23 million passengers. In addition, rail transit Line 6 will be planned and constructed from Fuzhou city to Fuzhou Changle Airport and the Changle Airport intercity railway will also be put into use.

Rail Transit Line 6 starts from Lianjiangcun Station, passes through the Strait Center and the Eastern New Town, then crosses the Wulong River to Changle, and is introduced into Fuzhou Changle Airport, with a total length of 38.45 kilometers and 19 stations; Changle Airport The intercity railway leads from the large mileage end of the reserved Lianhuashan Station of the Fuping Railway, and passes through the planned Binhai New Area to Fuzhou Changle Airport. This section of the line will also use the Fuping Railway to enter the urban area.

Medium and long-term planning

The Fuzhou Changle International Airport Master Plan (2013 version) has recently been jointly approved by the National Civil Aviation Administration and the Fujian Provincial People's Government. According to the plan, Fuzhou Airport will be positioned in the future as a modern large-scale hub airport in East my country and an important hub airport on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. The planned flight area level is 4F (the existing airport flight area level is 4E). It is predicted that the passenger throughput in 2025 (target year) and 2045 (target year) will be 28.5 million and 56.5 million respectively; the total planned land area is 1,262 hectares, and the total planned land area is 1,832 hectares; two long-distance parallel runways will be built, and the planned Construct three parallel runways (two of which are long-distance runways and one short-distance runway).

Fuzhou Changle International Airport Panorama

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