Huai’an Lianshui Airport
Huai’an Lianshui Airport (IATA: HIA, ICAO: ZSSH) is an airport serving the city of Huai’an in Jiangsu, China. It is located in the town of Chenshi in Lianshui County, 22 kilometers northeast of the city center. Construction of the airport started in October 2008 with a total investment of 800 million yuan, and commercial flights began in September 2010.
In 2011, its first full year of operation, Huai’an Airport handled 230,000 passengers to become the 99th busiest airport in China.It also called Huai’an Lianshui International Airport（SC：淮安涟水国际机场）, because it serves flights from Hong Kong, Taiwan Taipei–Taoyuan, Thailand Bangkok–Don Mueang, Vietnam Hanoi and Da Nang, and Japan Osaka–Kansai.
Facilities
The airport has one runway that is 2,800 meters long, and a 14,600 square meter terminal building. It is designed to handle 1,300,000 passengers and 13,000 tons of cargo annually.[2] The airport is also used as a pilot training base for China Eastern Airlines.[3]
Airlines and destinations
Huai’an Lianshui Airport is served by the following airlines:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Chang’an | Fuzhou, Xi’an |
| Air China | Changchun, Chengdu, Chongqing |
| China Eastern Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Chengdu,[5] Dalian,[6] Guangzhou, Kunming,[7] Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Taipei–Taoyuan, Wuhan,[8] Xiamen |
| China Express Airlines | Chongqing |
| China United Airlines | Beijing–Nanyuan |
| JC International Airlines | Siem Reap |
| Juneyao Airlines | Hangzhou, Harbin |
| Loong Air | Hangzhou, Xining |
| New Gen Airways | Charter: Bangkok–Don Mueang |
| Qingdao Airlines | Guiyang, Qingdao |
| Sichuan Airlines | Haikou, Tianjin |
| Spring Airlines | Harbin, Lanzhou, Ningbo, Phuket, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Wenzhou |
| Tianjin Airlines | Guiyang, Qingdao, Zhuhai |
| XiamenAir | Quanzhou, Urumqi |
