Yantai Penglai International Airport
Airport serving Yantai, Shandong, China
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Yantai Penglai International Airport (IATA: YNT, ICAO: ZSYT) is an international airport serving the city of Yantai in East China's Shandong province. It is located 43 kilometres (27 mi) from the city center, near the Chaoshui town in Penglai District, a district in Yantai city.[2] The airport is rated 3-star domestic airport for facilities, comfort, cleanliness, shopping, foods and staff service by Skytrax.[3]
Yantai Penglai International Airport 烟台蓬莱国际机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Yantai International Airport Group | ||||||||||
| Serves | Yantai | ||||||||||
| Location | Chaoshui, Penglai, Yantai, Shandong, China | ||||||||||
| Opened | 28 May 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Time zone | CST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 47 m (154 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°39′26″N 120°59′14″E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  YNT/ZSYT Location in Shandong  YNT/ZSYT Location in China | |||||||||||
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| Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China[1] | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 烟台蓬莱国际机场 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 煙台蓬萊國際機場 | ||||||||
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Construction officially started on 26 December 2009,[4] and the airport was opened on 28 May 2015, when all flights serving Yantai were transferred from the old Laishan Airport. The first flight, China Eastern Airlines MU5136, landed at the airport from Beijing at 00:05 on 28 May.[2] Originally called Yantai Chaoshui International Airport (Chinese: 烟台潮水国际机场), the airport adopted the current name in April 2014.[5]
Facilities
The airport has a runway that is 3,400 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4D), and an 80,000-square-meter terminal building. It is projected to serve 12 million passengers and 90,000 tons of cargo annually by 2020.[4] However, in 2025, the actual number of passenger movements was only 8,036,554 while the actual cargo movements were 72,622.4 tons,[1] way below the projected numbers.