Tianshui Maijishan Airport

Tianshui Maijishan Airport
Tianshui Maijishan Airport
Simplified Chinese	天水麦积山机场
Traditional Chinese	天水麥積山機場
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tiānshuǐ Màijīshān Jīchǎng

Tianshui Maijishan Airport

天水麦积山机场
Tianshui Maijishan Airport; 天水麦积山机场
	IATA: THQ; ICAO: ZLTS;
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Serves	Tianshui, Gansu
Location	Maiji District, Tianshui, Gansu
Coordinates	34°33′30″N 105°51′40″E / 34.55833°N 105.86111°E
Map
	THQ Location of airport in Gansu
Runways
Statistics (2021)
Passengers
Passengers	170,351
Aircraft movements	3,102
Cargo (metric tons)	241
	Source:

Tianshui Maijishan Airport (IATA: THQ, ICAO: ZLTS), or Tianshui Air Base, is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Tianshui in Gansu Province, China. It is located in Maiji District of Tianshui, 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the tourist destination of Maijishan after which it is named.^[1]

Originally a military airfield, it was converted in 2008 to a dual-use military and civil airport with an investment of 64 million yuan. The airport was opened to commercial flights on September 28, 2008.^[2]

The airport, which is restricted between the two urban cores of the city,^[3] will be replaced by a new dual-use airport, to be located 20 km west, near Zhongliang Town.^[4] The new airport will measure 4 km², and have a 3,200 m (10,500 ft) runway.^[5]^[6] Construction of the new airport started on 26 September 2020.^[6]

Facilities

Tianshui Airport has one runway that is 2,800 metres (9,200 feet) long and 45 metres (148 feet) wide (class 3C), and a 2,158-square-metre (23,230-square-foot) terminal building.^[1]