The planned area of Lishui Airport [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Lishui Airport is positioned as a domestic feeder-line airport, with a 4C flight zone, a newly built 2,800-meter-long, 45-meter-wide runway, a 12,000-square-meter terminal and 8 (8C) landing areas.

In the first phase of construction, the airport is being built to achieve a target of 1 million passenger throughput person-times per year and cargo throughput of 4,000 tons.

The near- and long-term development of the airport has been planned according to economic and social development trends in Lishui.

By 2030, the airport will be upgraded to meet annual passenger throughput of 1.8 million person-times and cargo throughput of 10,000 tons. The terminal will be expanded to 20,000 sq m, and landing areas will be expanded to 9 (9C).

In 2050, the airport will be upgraded to meet an expected annual passenger throughput of five million person-times and cargo throughput of 30,000 tons, a 2,800-meter-long parallel taxiway will be built, the terminal will be increased to 54,000 sq m, an international terminal will be added, and the landing areas will be expanded to 23 (23C).