# Sanming Shaxian Airport (SQJ / ZSSM)

**Sanming Shaxian Airport** (IATA: SQJ, ICAO: ZSSM) is a medium airport in Sanming (Sha), Fujian Province, China. It opened on 7 Mar 2016. It has one runway, 2,600 m (8,530 ft) long. In 2022 it handled 117 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SQJ / ZSSM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sanming (Sha), Fujian Province, China
- Opened: 7 Mar 2016
- Elevation: 253 m / 830 ft
- Coordinates: 26.4263, 117.8336
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 m / 8,530 ft
- Passengers: 116,855 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanming_Shaxian_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8215087
- Ident: ZSSM

## Timeline

- 7 Mar 2016: Sanming Shaxian Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft |  |  |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 69,734 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 198,272 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 204,039 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 255,569 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 249,712 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 273,777 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 116,855 | Wikidata |

## Routes

7 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [SHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsss.md) Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport · China · 631 km / 392 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [TAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqd.md) Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport · China · 1,125 km / 699 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 1,156 km / 718 mi · China Express Airlines
- [CTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuuu.md) Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport · China · 1,432 km / 890 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 1,460 km / 907 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 1,498 km / 931 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [LXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuls.md) Lhasa Gonggar International Airport · China · 2,660 km / 1,653 mi · Tibet Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 3
- TV [Tibet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tibet-airlines) · 2
- G5 [China Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-express-airlines) · 1
- MF [Xiamen Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/xiamen-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 117K (2022) | #1,749 of 3,974 | #570 in Asia | #190 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | =2,041 of 29,858 | =627 in Asia | =138 in CN |
| Elevation | 253 m / 830 ft | =20,783 of 43,403 | =1,209 in Asia | #209 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2016 | =13,341 of 15,079 | =727 in Asia | =190 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [LCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zslo.md) Liancheng Guanzhishan Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [WUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswy.md) Nanping Wuyishan Airport · 143 km / 89 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: “Sanming Shaxian Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanming_Shaxian_Airport&oldid=1368025641), revision of 6 Aug 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/zssm/data