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• 2025-03-21

Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport: A New Hub on the "Air Silk Road" and a Major Platform for Opening Up Gansu

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The third-phase expansion project of Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport is designed to handle an annual passenger throughput of 38 million, a cargo and mail throughput of 300,000 tons, and 300,000 aircraft movements. The expansion includes the construction of two new runways, a 400,000-square-meter T3 terminal, a 270,000-square-meter integrated transportation center, as well as supporting air traffic control, aviation fuel, and auxiliary facilities for operations and daily needs.R4tSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours

As Gansu Province’s civil aviation "No. 1 Project," the third-phase expansion deeply integrates digital and smart technologies, leveraging BIM (Building Information Modeling), big data, and other advanced tools. It is the first airport in China to adopt deep geothermal heating technology. With over 60 boarding bridges, it ranks among the domestic airports with the most boarding bridges in a single terminal. It is also the first smart airport in Northwest China to deploy a 5G-A network and the nation’s first comprehensive transportation hub to optimize air-rail transfer processes, achieving seamless "air-rail-land" connectivity where travelers can "switch from high-speed rail to flights" or "from flights to high-speed rail" with zero transfer delays.R4tSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours

The newly built T3 terminal will officially open at 00:00 on March 20. From that time, all domestic, international, and Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan flights at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport will operate from T3, while the original T1 and T2 terminals will be temporarily closed. The completion and operation of the third-phase expansion will inject new momentum into Gansu Province’s efforts to deeply integrate into the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative, expand high-level opening-up, and advance high-quality economic growth.R4tSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours