Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, IATA: DLC, ICAO: ZYTL), located in Ganjingzi District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China, is a 4E-level civil transport airport. One of the important airports, it is a national first-class civil international airport, a major domestic trunk line airport and an international scheduled flight airport.
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport was opened to traffic on October 6, 1972. In 1984, 1992, 1999 and 2005, the airport was expanded and upgraded successively.
On September 6, 2011, the third-phase terminal building of the airport was completed and put into use, and the annual passenger handling capacity of the airport rose to 16 million to 20 million passengers.
According to the official website of Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport in November 2017, the airport covers an area of 3.45 million square meters and has a 3300-meter-long runway; the area of the apron is 660,000 square meters, and there are 42 parking spaces (including 18 corridor bridges); The total area of the terminal building is 135,000 square meters; a total of 88 cities and 146 domestic and overseas routes have been opened.
In 2016, the passenger throughput of Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport was 15,258,200 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%, exceeding 15 million passengers for the first time.
In 2017, the passenger throughput of Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport was 17.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%, the largest increase since 2014. The cargo and mail throughput was 166,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 12.1%; the number of takeoffs and landings was 141,000, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%; they ranked 23rd, 17th, and 21st in mainland China respectively.
