Qinhuangdao Beidaihe Airport

Qinhuangdao Beidaihe Airport (IATA: BPE, ICAO: ZBDH) is an airport serving the city of Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, China. It is located in Longjiadian Town, Changli County, 47 kilometres (29 mi) from the city center and 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Beidaihe.[2]

History

The Beidaihe Airport project was started in 2004, and received approval from the State Council in July 2009. The construction feasibility report was approved in May 2011, and construction officially began in April 2012. The airport was opened on 31 March 2016, replacing the old Shanhaiguan Airport, which was shared with the military, as Qinhuangdao’s main airport. Shanhaiguan Airport reverted to sole military use.[2]

Facilities

The airport occupies an area of 2,195 mu. It has a runway that is 2,600 meters long and 60 meters wide, and a 10,592-square-metre (114,010 sq ft) terminal building. It is designed to handle 500,000 passengers and 1,200 tons of cargo annually.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Chang’an Mudanjiang, Xi’an
China Southern Airlines Shenzhen, Zhengzhou
Hainan Airlines Guangzhou, Nanjing
Hebei Airlines Qingdao, Shijiazhuang
Loong Air Datong, Hangzhou, Yanji[3]
Ruili Airlines Chengdu, Harbin
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Pudong