Sanya Phoenix International Airport (IATA: SYX, ICAO: ZJSY) is an airport serving the city of Sanya in Hainan, the southernmost province of China. It is located about 15 km (9 mi) northwest of the city center.
Sanya Phoenix International Airport 三亚凤凰国际机场 | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | HNA Infrastructure Investment Group | ||||||||||
Serves | Sanya, Hainan | ||||||||||
Location | Tianya District, Sanya | ||||||||||
Opened | 1 July 1994 (28 years ago) (1994-07-01) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 27 m / 89 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°18′10.43″N 109°24′44.18″E | ||||||||||
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SYX Location in Hainan Show map of HainanSYX SYX (China) Show map of China | |||||||||||
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Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China |
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Simplified Chinese | 三亚凤凰国际机场 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 三亞鳳凰國際機場 | ||||||
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Sanya Phoenix International Airport is a main airport hub and comprises close to ten thousand acres. The runway is about 3,400 metres (11,200 feet) long and 60 metres (200 feet) wide, which satisfies the take off and landing requirements of a fully weighted Boeing 747, Airbus A340 or other large aircraft.[1]
It is the second busiest airport in Hainan, the busiest being Haikou Meilan International Airport. However, it was the first airport in Hainan to launch transcontinental air service, when Transaero Airlines started operating non-stop to Sanya from Moscow as early as 2007.[citation needed] The service was discontinued after Transaero ceased operations in 2015. Since 2017, several Russian airlines including IrAero,[2] Alrosa[3] and Azur Air have begun operating from various Russian cities, fueling the growth of tourism from Russia in Hainan.
In 2017, it was the 20th busiest airport in China.
Sanya Phoenix Airport Railway Station of the Hainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway, opened on 30 December 2015, is located just north of the airport. Initially, it connects on the Sanya Railway Station on the Hainan Eastern Ring High-Speed Railway (10 km to the east),[36] and provides frequent high-speed rail service to a number of points along Hainan's eastern coast.
With the construction of the rest of the Hainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway, from Sanya Phoenix Airport to Haikou, rail service from Sanya Station become available to stations on the island's west coast as well.