# Yichang Sanxia Airport (YIH / ZHYC)

**Yichang Sanxia Airport** (IATA: YIH, ICAO: ZHYC) is a medium airport in Yichang (Xiaoting), Hubei Province, China. It opened in 1996. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by HNA Infrastructure Investment Group. In 2022 it handled 1.3 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhyc

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YIH / ZHYC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: HNA Infrastructure Investment Group
- Serves: Yichang (Xiaoting), Hubei Province, China
- Opened: 1996
- Elevation: 205 m / 673 ft
- Coordinates: 30.5541, 111.4826
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Passengers: 1,252,477 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Website: http://www.sanxiaairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yichang_Sanxia_International_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2233112
- Ident: ZHYC

## Timeline

- 1996: Yichang Sanxia Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 778,004 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 901,366 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 900,076 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,127,093 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,244,275 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,535,707 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,243,812 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,948,668 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 3,263,912 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,846,280 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,201,505 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,252,477 | Wikidata |

## Routes

41 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (39)

- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 502 km / 312 mi · Air Changan
- [KWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgkl.md) Guilin Liangjiang International Airport · China · 610 km / 379 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [KWE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zugy.md) Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport · China · 639 km / 397 mi · Tianjin Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 676 km / 420 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [XUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsxz.md) Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport · China · 691 km / 429 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [CTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuuu.md) Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport · China · 722 km / 449 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [TYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbyn.md) Taiyuan Wusu International Airport · China · 807 km / 501 mi · China Eastern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines
- [YTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsya.md) Yangzhou Taizhou Airport · China · 812 km / 505 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 859 km / 534 mi · Beijing Capital Airlines
- [TNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsjn.md) Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport · China · 879 km / 546 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [HUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zghz.md) Huizhou Pingtan Airport · China · 890 km / 553 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [SJW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbsj.md) Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport · China · 908 km / 564 mi · Beijing Capital Airlines
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 910 km / 565 mi · Donghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines
- [NTG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnt.md) Nantong Xingdong International Airport · China · 918 km / 570 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · China · 935 km / 581 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 948 km / 589 mi · Greater Bay Airlines
- [JJN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqz.md) Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport · China · 948 km / 589 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [FOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsfz.md) Fuzhou Changle International Airport · China · 952 km / 592 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [WNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswz.md) Wenzhou Longwan International Airport · China · 955 km / 593 mi · Air Changan
- [NGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnb.md) Ningbo Lishe International Airport · China · 962 km / 598 mi · Lucky Air
- [ZUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsd.md) Zhuhai Jinwan Airport · China · 969 km / 602 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [INC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlic.md) Yinchuan Hedong International Airport · China · 981 km / 610 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 984 km / 611 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 987 km / 613 mi · China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines
- [BHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgbh.md) Beihai Fucheng Airport · China · 1,026 km / 638 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [TAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqd.md) Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport · China · 1,026 km / 638 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 1,035 km / 643 mi · Lucky Air, China Eastern Airlines
- [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 1,091 km / 678 mi · Donghai Airlines, Air China
- [TSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbtj.md) Tianjin Binhai International Airport · China · 1,092 km / 679 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 1,156 km / 718 mi · Hainan Airlines, Air China
- [YNT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsyt.md) Yantai Penglai International Airport · China · 1,177 km / 731 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [HAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjhk.md) Haikou Meilan International Airport · China · 1,185 km / 736 mi · Hainan Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines
- [SYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjsy.md) Sanya Phoenix International Airport · China · 1,378 km / 856 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [JHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zpjh.md) Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport · China · 1,431 km / 889 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · South Korea · 1,577 km / 980 mi · Jin Air
- [SHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zytx.md) Shenyang Taoxian International Airport · China · 1,634 km / 1,015 mi · Shenzhen Airlines
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 2,577 km / 1,601 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 3,259 km / 2,025 mi · Air Changan
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 3,342 km / 2,077 mi · Hainan Airlines

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [VVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhww.md) Vladivostok International Airport · Russia · 2,315 km / 1,438 mi · Yakutia Airlines
- [KHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhhh.md) Khabarovsk Novy Airport · Russia · 2,828 km / 1,757 mi · Yakutia Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YIH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (14)

- GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 11
- DZ [Donghai Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/donghai-airlines) · 8
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 7
- JD [Beijing Capital Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/beijing-capital-airlines) · 4
- 9H [Air Changan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-changan) · 3
- HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 3
- ZH [Shenzhen Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shenzhen-airlines) · 3
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 2
- 8L [Lucky Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lucky-air) · 2
- R3 [Yakutia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yakutia-airlines) · 2 · seasonal charter
- EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 1
- [Greater Bay Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/greater-bay-airlines) · 1
- LJ [Jin Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jin-air) · 1
- FM [Shanghai Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shanghai-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.3M (2022) | #742 of 3,974 | #217 in Asia | #64 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =245 in Asia | =68 in CN |
| Elevation | 205 m / 673 ft | =23,926 of 43,403 | =1,344 in Asia | #221 in CN |
| Age | Opened 1996 | =10,634 of 15,079 | =510 in Asia | =87 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [CN-0056](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0056.md) Dangyang Air Base · 41 km / 26 mi
- [CN-0241](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0241.md) Jingmen Zhanghe General Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [SHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhjz.md) Jingzhou Shashi Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [CN-0508](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0508.md) Zhongxiang Airbase · 107 km / 67 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Yichang Sanxia International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yichang_Sanxia_International_Airport&oldid=1376051535), revision of 21 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhyc/data