Airport Yichang

Airport Yichang

Yichang Sanxia Airport is also called the Three Gorges Airport and is a commercial airport used for domestic flights in the Chinese Hubei province. Regular scheduled air traffic is operated to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Wuhan, Kunming, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and the capital Beijing.
  • URL: Official website
  • Time zone: GMT 8
  • Service telephone: +86 717-653-2114; +86 717-653-2650
  • Address: Yichang - Sanxia Airport, Xiaoting District, Yichang, Hubei Province, PR China
  • Operating company: Yichang Airport Co. Ltd
  • Parking: Yes, paid short and long term parking lots.
  • Nearby cities: Yichang (16 km), Zhicheng (42 km), Jingzhou (80 km), Jingmen (83 km), Buhe (87 km), Shashi (87 km)
  • Directions by car: The airport is near highway S-107, around 24 km (15 miles) south-east of Yichang.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (13.60%), Tuesday (14.58%), Wednesday (13.75%), Thursday (14.27%), Friday (15.44%), Saturday (14.54%), Sunday (13.82%)
  • Alternative spelling: Nghi Xương, Ічан, Ичан, ييتشانغ, อี้ชาง, 이창 시, 宜昌市

Most popular destinations from Yichang (Flights per week )


Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)

  1. Donghai Airlines (144, 17,35 %)
  2. Shenzhen Airlines (106, 12,77 %)
  3. China Eastern Airlines (80, 9,64 %)
  4. China Southern Airlines (68, 8,19 %)
  5. China United Airlines (48, 5,78 %)
  6. Chengdu Airlines (44, 5,30 %)
  7. Air China (32, 3,86 %)
  8. Hainan Airlines (32, 3,86 %)
  9. Xiamen Airlines (32, 3,86 %)
  10. Lucky Air (32, 3,86 %)
  11. other (25.53 %)

Location
First in use in 1996, Yichang airport is about 24 km or 15 miles south-east of downtown and 55 km or 34 miles from the tourist attraction, Three Gorges Dam. It is easy to reach via the S-107 highway. There is a shuttle bus from Yichang to the airport; taxis are also widely available.