Longnan Chengxian Airport
airport in Cheng County, People's Republic of China
Longnan Chengxian Airport (IATA: LNL, ICAO: ZLLN) also known as Longnan Chengzhou Airport is an airport serving the city of Longnan in southern Gansu Province, China. It is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the seat of Cheng County, which is under the administration of Longnan city. The airport received approval from the State Council of China in July 2012, with a construction budget of 1.2 billion yuan. It was opened on 25 March 2018.
History
On May 30, 2012, the State Council approved the construction of Longnan Chengxian Airport.
On September 13, 2017, the airport passed the flight inspection by the Civil Aviation Administration of China; on October 13, the airport's verification test flight was completed; it passed the final acceptance inspection on December 15–16. From December 20th to 22nd, 2017, the Northwest Regional Administration of Civil Aviation, together with the Gansu Regulatory Bureau, organized and completed the industry acceptance inspection.
On March 24, 2018, the Northwest Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued a civil airport operating license to Longnan Airport. The airport operating permit includes: Flight area rating 4C; runway length 2800 meters, width 45 meters; airport elevation 1130.8 meters; pavement grade PCN 62/R/B/W/T; maximum permitted aircraft types: B737-800, A321-200; fire and rescue level 6, etc. On March 25, 2018, a Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft operated by China Express Airlines, took off from Chongqing Jiangbei Airport and landed at Longnan Chengxian Airport, completing the airport's maiden voyage.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Longnan Chengxian Airport” as airport in Cheng County, People's Republic of China. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as airport in Cheng County, People's Republic of China. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6674148. Authority coordinates are 33.788, 105.797. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012, 2018, 2017 and 1130.
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This entry incorporates text from “Longnan Chengxian Airport” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.