Airport serving Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Shenyang Taoxian International Airport
沈阳桃仙国际机场
Airport type Public Operator Shenyang Taoxian Airport Authority Serves
Shenyang Location Taoxian Town,
Hunnan District , Shenyang,
Liaoning ,
China Opened 16 April 1989; 35 years ago (1989-04-16 )
Focus city for
China Southern Airlines Elevation
AMSL 60 m / 197 ft
Coordinates
41°38′24″N 123°29′01″E / 41.64000°N 123.48361°E / 41.64000; 123.48361
CAAC airport chartLocation in Liaoning
Show map of Liaoning Location in China
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Direction
Length
Surface
m
ft
06/24
3,200
10,499
Concrete
Passengers 13,923,884 Cargo (in tons) 173,871 Aircraft movements 113,051
Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (
IATA : SHE ,
ICAO : ZYTX ) is an
international airport serving
Shenyang , the capital of
Northeast China ’s
Liaoning province. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) south of the city center in
Hunnan District . It is a
focus city for
China Southern Airlines and is the
23rd busiest airport in China with 19,027,398 passengers as of 2018.
Lufthansa offered the first intercontinental service out of Shenyang, to
Frankfurt , Germany, in April 2012 but discontinued it on 28 October 2016,
[1] before relaunching it on 27 March 2018.
[2] Later in 2012, Sichuan Airlines launched a service to
Vancouver .
[3]
History
Construction started on 1 July 1985, and the airport opened on 16 April 1989, and was the main hub of
China Northern Airlines , which started operating a year later.
Before the airport existed,
Shenyang Dongta Airport [
zh ] , was the main airport of Shenyang, built in 1921, which served destinations to the
USSR ,
Mongolia , Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and hence, domestically. However, although it was expanded several times and had a long enough runway to support narrow-body airliners, it was no longer able to accommodate more tourists and passengers. This was due to the
reform and opening up , resulting in the steeply rising number of passenger tourists, whether local or foreign. As a result, Taoxian airport was built and opened on 1989 and Dongta Airport ceased civil operations, and reverted to military use (by the Imperial Japanese from 1936 to 1945 and
PLAAF after 1950) until 2013.
Airlines and destinations
Apron view
Main hall interior
Terminal interior in 2023
Passenger
Airlines Destinations
9 Air
Guangzhou ,
[4]
Guiyang ,
[4]
Ningbo ,
Wuxi
Air Chang'an
Xi'an
Air China
Beijing–Capital ,
Beijing–Daxing ,
[5]
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
Chongqing ,
Hohhot ,
[6]
Kunming ,
Wuhan ,
Yuncheng
Air Guilin
Guilin
Air Koryo
Pyongyang
Air Travel
Changsha ,
[7]
Kunming
Beijing Capital Airlines
Fuzhou ,
Haikou ,
Hengyang ,
[8]
Heze ,
[9]
Kunming ,
Lanzhou ,
Lijiang ,
[10]
Linyi ,
Qingdao ,
[11]
Sanya ,
Shijiazhuang ,
[10]
Wuhan ,
Xuzhou
Chengdu Airlines
Baotou ,
Beihai ,
[12]
Changsha ,
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
[13]
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
Fuzhou ,
[14]
Guiyang ,
Haikou ,
[13]
Hengyang ,
[13]
Jining ,
Lianyungang ,
Luliang ,
[13]
Sanya ,
[15]
Wuhan ,
[12]
Yancheng ,
[16]
Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines
Changzhou ,
[17]
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
Hangzhou ,
[18]
Hefei ,
[15]
Huai'an ,
Kunming ,
Moscow–Sheremetyevo ,
[19]
Nanchang ,
Nanjing ,
Ningbo ,
Ordos ,
[20]
Qingdao ,
Shanghai–Hongqiao ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Tengchong ,
[21]
Wuhan ,
Wuxi ,
Xi'an ,
Xining ,
[22]
Xinyang ,
[23]
Yancheng ,
Yinchuan ,
Zhanjiang
China Express Airlines
Baotou ,
[24]
Chongqing ,
Ulanhot ,
Yan'an
[25]
China Southern Airlines
Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi ,
Beijing–Daxing ,
Busan ,
[26]
Changsha ,
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
Chongqing ,
Frankfurt ,
[27]
Guangzhou ,
Guilin ,
Guiyang ,
Haikou ,
Hangzhou ,
Hohhot ,
[28]
Hong Kong ,
Jiamusi ,
[29]
Jinan ,
Jixi ,
Kunming ,
Lanzhou ,
Mudanjiang ,
Nagoya–Centrair ,
Nanjing ,
Nanning ,
Ningbo ,
[30]
Osaka–Kansai ,
Qingdao ,
Rizhao ,
[31]
Sanya ,
Seoul–Incheon ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Shenzhen ,
Shihezi ,
[32]
Tacheng ,
[32]
Taipei–Taoyuan ,
Tokyo–Narita ,
Urumqi ,
Wuhan ,
Xiamen ,
Xi'an ,
Xining ,
[28]
Yan'an ,
Yichun (Heilongjiang) ,
Yiwu ,
Zhengzhou ,
Zhuhai Seasonal:
Vladivostok
[33]
Donghai Airlines
Shenzhen ,
[34]
Zhoushan
[35]
Garuda Indonesia Charter:
Denpasar
GX Airlines
Fuyang ,
[36]
Yichang
[37]
Hainan Airlines
Changsha ,
Guangzhou ,
Haikou ,
Hangzhou ,
Hefei ,
[38]
Jinan ,
[39]
Sanya ,
Shenzhen ,
Taiyuan ,
[40]
Urumqi ,
[39]
Weifang ,
Wuhan ,
Xiamen ,
Xi'an ,
Yichun (Jiangxi)
Hebei Airlines
Changsha ,
Chongqing ,
[41]
Nanjing ,
[42]
Shijiazhuang
[41]
IrAero Charter:
Irkutsk
[43]
Jiangxi Air
Haikou ,
[44]
Hangzhou ,
[45]
Jinan ,
Nanchang
Juneyao Air
Hailar ,
[46]
Nanjing ,
Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air
Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines
Changsha
[47]
Lanmei Airlines
Sihanoukville
[48]
Loong Air
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[49]
Hangzhou ,
[50]
Kunming ,
[51]
Ningbo ,
[52]
Taiyuan ,
[49]
Weihai ,
[52]
Xuzhou
[53]
Mandarin Airlines
Taipei–Taoyuan
Okay Airways
Changsha ,
Qingdao ,
Taiyuan
Qingdao Airlines
Changzhou ,
[54]
Chongqing ,
[55]
Guiyang ,
[56]
Haikou ,
[54]
Luoyang ,
[56]
Qingdao ,
Yangzhou
[57]
Ruili Airlines
Changsha ,
[58]
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[59]
Datong ,
[58]
Hailar ,
[60]
Hohhot ,
Holingol ,
[6]
Kunming ,
Tangshan ,
[59]
Wuhu ,
[60]
Xi'an ,
[6]
Xiangxi ,
[60]
Xinzhou
[61]
Scoot
Singapore
[62]
Shandong Airlines
Chongqing ,
Dongying ,
[63]
Guiyang ,
[40]
Hefei ,
[64]
Jinan ,
Kunming ,
Qingdao ,
Shenzhen ,
Taiyuan ,
[40]
Xiamen ,
Xuzhou ,
[65]
Yantai
Shanghai Airlines
Jining ,
Shanghai–Hongqiao ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Weihai
[52]
Shenzhen Airlines
Changsha ,
Changzhou ,
Fuzhou ,
Guangzhou ,
Guilin ,
Guiyang ,
Haikou ,
Hefei ,
Hohhot ,
Huizhou ,
[66]
Linyi ,
Nanchang ,
Nanjing ,
Nanning ,
Nantong ,
Quanzhou ,
Sanya ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Shenzhen ,
Taipei–Taoyuan ,
Taiyuan ,
[40]
Taizhou ,
[67]
Wenzhou ,
Wuhan ,
Wuxi ,
Xiamen ,
Xi'an ,
Xiangyang ,
[68]
Xining ,
[22]
Yangzhou ,
Yantai ,
Yichang ,
[40]
Zhengzhou ,
Zhuhai
Sichuan Airlines
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[69]
Chongqing ,
Kunming ,
Sanya ,
Taiyuan ,
Xi'an ,
[70]
Xichang ,
[70]
Xuzhou
Sky Angkor Airlines Charter:
Siem Reap
Spring Airlines
Beihai ,
Changzhou ,
[71]
Chongqing ,
Fuzhou ,
[72]
Guilin ,
Handan ,
Hangzhou ,
Hefei ,
[15]
Jeju ,
[73]
Jieyang ,
[71]
Jinan ,
[74]
Lanzhou ,
[75]
Linyi ,
[76]
Luoyang ,
Nanchang ,
[77]
Nanjing ,
Ningbo ,
Osaka–Kansai ,
[78]
Sanya ,
Seoul–Incheon ,
[79]
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Shaoyang ,
Shenzhen ,
Shijiazhuang ,
Weihai ,
Xiamen ,
Xi'an ,
Yangzhou ,
Zhanjiang ,
[80]
Zhengzhou ,
Zhuhai
[81]
Tianjin Airlines
Xi'an ,
Yulin (Shaanxi)
[82]
Thai Vietjet Air
Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
[83]
Tibet Airlines
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
Xi'an
[84]
T'way Air
Seoul–Incheon
[85]
Uni Air
Taipei–Taoyuan
VietJet Air
Nha Trang
Vietnam Airlines Charter:
Nha Trang ,
[86]
Hanoi
West Air
Chongqing ,
Rizhao
[31]
XiamenAir
Changsha ,
Fuzhou ,
Hangzhou ,
Huai'an ,
[45]
Qingdao ,
Quanzhou ,
Shenzhen ,
Xiamen
Cargo
Ground transportation
Taoxian Airport Station
The airport is served by the
Shenyang Tram line 2 and line 6.
See also
References
External links
Note: bold indicates international airports.
Public transportation in Liaozhongnan Metropolitan Region (LN)
Shenyang Metro
Lines in operation Under construction
1 (Eastern extension )
3
6
9 (phase II)
10 (phase II)
Planned
Dalian Metro
Lines in operation Under construction Planned
Shenyang Trams
Dalian Trams
CR intercity railways
Transportation hubs
Int'l airports
Railway stations