Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport
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Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (IATA: CGO, ICAO: ZHCC) is an international airport serving Zhengzhou, the capital of South Central China’s Henan province.
Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport 郑州新郑国际机场 | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Henan Airport Group | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Zhengzhou | ||||||||||||||
Location | Towns of Xuedian and Mengzhuang, Xinzheng, Henan, China | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 28 August 1997; 26 years ago (1997-08-28) | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Cargolux[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 151 m / 495 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°31′11″N 113°50′27″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 郑州新郑国际机场 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鄭州新鄭國際機場 | ||||||
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The airport is located in Xinzheng, 37 kilometres (23 mi) southeast of downtown Zhengzhou. It was opened on 28 August 1997, replacing its predecessor, the now-demolished Dongjiao Airport. The airport is the largest international airport in Henan and serves as a main gateway for the province and the central plain area.
The airport is operated by Henan Airport Group and is a hub for Cargolux,[1] as well as a focus city for China Southern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, West Air, Lucky Air, and Donghai Airlines. According to statistics of 2018, it is the 12th-busiest airport by passenger traffic in the People's Republic of China with 27,334,730 passengers, and the seventh busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic nationwide.[3][4] As of 2018, the airport is the busiest airport in central China in both passenger and cargo traffic.[5]
Its IATA code "CGO" is derived from Zhengzhou's former romanization Chengchow.