Airport Yichang
- URL: Yichang (YIH)
- 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 )
- Shenzhen (33, 7,95 %)
- Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (24, 5,78 %)
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport (24, 5,78 %)
- Kunming (24, 5,78 %)
- Taiyuan (20, 4,82 %)
- Beijing Capital International Airport (16, 3,86 %)
- Beijing Daxing (16, 3,86 %)
- Haikou (16, 3,86 %)
- Jinan (12, 2,89 %)
- Nantong (8, 1,93 %)
- other (53.49 %)
Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)
- Donghai Airlines (144, 17,35 %)
- Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines (124, 14,94 %)
- Shenzhen Airlines (106, 12,77 %)
- China Eastern Airlines (80, 9,64 %)
- China Southern Airlines (68, 8,19 %)
- China United Airlines (48, 5,78 %)
- Chengdu Airlines (44, 5,30 %)
- Air China (32, 3,86 %)
- Hainan Airlines (32, 3,86 %)
- Xiamen Airlines (32, 3,86 %)
- other (14.45 %)
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.