Kunming Wujiaba International Airport

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Kunming Wujiaba International Airport (IATA: KMG, ICAO: ZPPP) is an airport located in Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China. Runway alignment: 21, 03. Runway Elevation 1840m above mean sea level. Runway length: 3800m. The airport is located 4 km southeast of metropolitan Kunming.

The airport is among the oldest airports in China, with a history which can be traced back over 100 years to the early 1900s, when Wujiba Airport was first built under the supervision of local warlord, General Tang Jiyao. During World War II, the airport was expanded to accomomdate the operations of the legendary "Flying Tiger" squadron led by U.S. Air Force Lieutenant (and later General) Claire Lee Chennault.

It is currently ranked 7th among China's civil airports in terms of annual aircraft movements, annual passenger flow, and cargo operations. By the end of 2006, the annual passenger flow at Kunming Wujiaba International Airport has reached a new record high of 14 million passengers.

Due to fast expansion of the metropolitan area and limited land availability, the growth of Kunming Wujiaba International Airport is likely to see major constraints in near future. Local government and the local airport authority have decided to move all operations to a new airport site, which is under planning, within 5 years.[1]

[edit] Airlines and Destinations

The following destinations are served from Kunming (as of February 2007):

Air China (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Jinghong, Lijiang City, Luxi, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Yangon)
Cathay Pacific
- Dragonair (Hong Kong)
China Eastern Airlines (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Baoshan, Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dali City, Dhaka, Diqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hong Kong, Jinan, Jinghong, Lijiang City, Lincang, Luxi, Luzhou, Mandalay, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Osaka-Kansai, Pan Zhi Hua, Sanya, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Siem Reap, Singapore, Vientiane, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xiamen, Yibin, Zhaotong, Zhengzhou)
China Southern Airlines (An Shun, Baoshan, Beijing, Changsha, Chongqing, Dali City, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Jinghong, Lijiang City, Nanning, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Wenshan, Zhengzhou)
Deer Air (Shanghai-Hongqiao)
Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Haikou, Ningbo, Xi'an)
Hong Kong Airlines (Hong Kong)
Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur)
Lao Airlines (Vientiane)
Okay Airways (Changsha)
Shandong Airlines (Chongqing, Jinghong, Nanjing, Simao)
Shanghai Airlines (Diqing, Jinghong, Lijiang City, Shanghai-Hongqiao)
Shenzhen Airlines (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuxi)
Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu, Chongqing, Jinghong, Lijiang City, Wanxian)
Silk Air (Singapore)
Spring Airlines (Changde, Nanchang)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai)
United Eagle Airlines (Chengdu, Zhanjiang)
Vietnam Airlines (Hanoi)
Xiamen Airlines (Fuzhou, Xiamen)