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Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (IATA: SHE, ICAO: ZYTX) is an airport serving Shenyang – the capital city of Liaoning Province – and cities in the vicinity such as Fushun, Benxi, Anshan, Tieling, and Liaoyang. The airport is one of the eight aviation hubs of China and is the hub for the Northeast area aviation traffic. It is located in Hunnan District and is about 20 km (12 mi) south of the city center. The airport is a focus city for China Southern Airlines and 24th busiest airport of China with 17,340,000 passenger traffic in 2017 which represents an 11.8 increase compared with the previous year. In the year of 2017, there were 115,100 planes took off and landed at the airport.

The airport commenced on April 16th, 1989 with a name of Shenyang Taoxian Airport, and changed its name to Shenyang Taoxian International Airport on November 28th, 1994. As of the end of the year 2016, the airport has a 3200-meter runway rated as IATA 4E standard, and 47 parking stands. As of August 2017, there are 149 routes originating from Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, among which 23 are international and Hong Kong, Macau Special Administrative Area routes.

There are 3 passenger terminal buildings in the airport with a total designed capacity of 25 million passengers and 420 metric tons of cargo per year: terminal 1 was designed to accommodate 1.8 million passengers annually with 16,000 metric square meters of floor area; terminal 2 was designed to accommodate 6.06 million passengers annually with 70,000 square metric meters; terminal 3 was designed to accommodate 17.5 million annual passengers with a floor area of 248,000 square meters. Currently, only Terminal 3 is being used, whereas Terminal 1 and 2 are stored as reserves for the future capacity expansion.

Future Plans

The strategic goals of the airport are to:

1.    To serve the Shenyang Metropolitan area that encompasses Shenyang and seven cities in the vicinity;

2.    To grow to a major airport in China;

3.    To gradually develop to the central airport of the northeast region of China;

4.    To endeavor to be the most influential airport in northeast Asia.

According to the master plan from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Shenyang Taoxian International Airport should be the hub airport of the northeastern China area, and the gateway of northeast Asia. It is projected that the annual passenger in 2020 would be 25 million, and 47 million in 2030, and 70 million in 2040. To cope with the projected demand for travel, plans for constructing three additional runways has been initiated. The preparation tasks of constructing the second runway have been initiated in the year 2018.

Transit:

There are multiple public transit services could be utilized when traveling to or from the airport.

1.     Express bus

There are multiple express bus lines between the airport and Shenyang and other cities. For the buses to the Shenyang city, there are three bus lines ending in Shenyang Railway Station, Shenyang North Railway Station, and Shenyang Long-distance Bus Terminal. These buses costs 17RMB (approximately $2.5 USD as of November 2018), and takes 60 minutes to travel. The headways for these bus lines varies from 20 minutes to half an hour throughout the day. For the bus connecting other cities and the airport, the costs varies from 43 RMB to 90 RMB, and the trip time varies from 60 minutes to 205 minutes.

2.     Tram

Hunnan District Tram Line 2 terminates at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, and connect the airport with the Nunnan District with the possibility of transferring to another subway/bus/trams going further to the city center. The fare for the tram is ￥2 RMB, which converts to 29 US cents as of November 2018. Discounted fares are available if a reloadable transit card, rather than a one-way ticket, is used. The first train towards the airport departs at 5:30 am, and the last train departs at 21:20 pm; the first train towards the city departs at 6:30 am, and the last train departs at 22:30 pm. The headway of the tram is approximately 20 minutes, and the journey takes approximately 50 minutes between the two terminus.

3.     Taxis

Passengers can also choose to use the taxi services to travel to the Shenyang City. As of November 2018, the base fares of the taxis are 8 RMB in the day, and 9 RMB in the night. A milage based fee of 1.82 RMB per kilometer and a time based fee of 1RMB per minutes would be added to the total cost of trip. The pricing schemes are also sticked to the windows of the taxis.

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