Changde Taohuayuan Airport

Changde Taohuayuan Airport
Summary
ServesChangde, Hunan
Coordinates28°55′08″N 111°38′24″E / 28.91889°N 111.64000°E / 28.91889; 111.64000
Map
CGD is located in Hunan
CGD
CGD
Location of airport in Hunan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,550 8,366
Statistics (2025 [1])
Passengers782,822
Aircraft movements32,862
Cargo (metric tons)0.0
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China
Changde Taohuayuan Airport
Simplified Chinese常德桃花源机场
Traditional Chinese常德桃花源機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChángdé Táohuāyuán Jīchǎng

Changde Taohuayuan Airport (IATA: CGD, ICAO: ZGCD) is an airport in Changde, a city in the Hunan province of China.

History

Changde Taohuayuan Airport is located in the southwest of Changde City (within Doumuhu Town), 12.2 kilometers from the city center. Construction of the airport began in 1958, and in 1964, passenger and cargo flights between Changde and Changsha were launched using Y-5 aircraft.[2]

In 1986, Changde Taohuayuan Airport underwent its first expansion, becoming a 3C-level airport.[3] In 1991, the expansion project was completed, and it became a 3C-level airport. Flights from Changde to Guangzhou and Shenzhen were opened, operated by Y-7 and An-24 aircraft.[2][4][5]

In December 1993, Changde Airport underwent another expansion to meet the standards of a 4C-level airport. The expansion was completed in August 1996, and the airport officially resumed operations on 3 October of the same year, launching its first flight from Changde to Guangzhou using a B737 aircraft.[4][5]

The expansion project of Taohuayuan Airport was launched in 2007. In January 2008, the expansion plan passed industry review. In January 2009, the Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission approved the expansion project. The airport expansion project set 2020 as the target year for construction, with a flight zone rating of 4D, a designed annual passenger throughput of 2.2 million, a cargo and mail throughput of 16,000 tons, and 21,000 aircraft takeoffs and landings. The total investment was 593 million yuan.[6] In 2025, the airport's actual passenger throughput was 782,822, far below the annual passenger throughput of 2.2 million set for 2020 during the expansion.[1]

On 26 February 2011, a new round of airport expansion was launched, specifying that the new terminal building would have a floor area of approximately 20,000 square meters, and the plaza in front of the terminal would have a floor area of approximately 18,000 square meters, with a construction period of two years. Upon completion, Taohuayuan Airport will be upgraded from its current 4C level to a 4D level airport, with 13 parking stands capable of accommodating large aircraft such as the Boeing 767.[6]

On 16 December 2012, the expansion project officially started.[6] After two and a half years of construction, the new terminal building of Changde Taohuayuan Airport passed the completion acceptance on 26 November 2015, with a total investment of nearly 650 million yuan. The new terminal building was officially put into use on 22 December 2015.[7]

After three rounds of expansion, the airport now covers a total area of 2,300 mu (approximately 153 hectares) and has a runway length of 2,600 meters. It has four Class D aircraft parking positions and nine Class C aircraft parking positions, capable of accommodating fully loaded takeoffs and landings of medium-sized passenger aircraft such as the A321 and B737.[8]

On 26 June 2019, the Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission approved the feasibility study report for the Changde Taohuayuan Airport temporary port opening project, with an estimated total investment of 87.24 million yuan.[9] On 11 December 2019, Changde Taohuayuan Airport opened a route to Bangkok, Thailand, successfully achieving temporary opening to the outside world.[10]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
China Southern Airlines Zhuhai[11]
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[12] Hangzhou[13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 中国民航局 (26 February 2026). "2025年全国民用运输机场生产统计公报". 中国民航局. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 "常德桃花源机场三字码 常德桃花源机场四字码 ip138机场查询". www.ip138.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "常德桃花源机场地址 常德桃花源机场电话-常德宝". www.changdebao.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 "常德桃花源(斗姆湖)机场介绍".
  5. 1 2 "机场信息_新浪航空航天_新浪网". skyinfo.news.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 "常德桃花源机场新航站楼暨站前广场破土动工". news.carnoc.com. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "湖南常德桃花源机场新航站楼正式启用". 23 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "常德桃花源机场分公司 - 湖南机场官方网站". www.hunanairport.cn. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "湖南省发展和改革委员会关于常德桃花源机场临时口岸开放建设项目可行性研究报告的批复 - 湖南省发展和改革委员会". fgw.hunan.gov.cn. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "常德桃花源机场对外临时开放并开通至泰国曼谷航线-湖南省商务厅". swt.hunan.gov.cn. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "航班换季 ▏叮咚！珠海机场2024年冬航季航班时刻表，一起看看吧~". Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "10月27日起常德桃花源机场执行冬春航季航班计划". Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "‌3月30日起常德桃花源机场执行2025年夏秋航季航班计划". Retrieved 5 May 2025.


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