Bijie Feixiong Airport

Bijie Feixiong Airport (IATA: BFJ, ICAO: ZUBJ) is an airport serving the city of Bijie in Guizhou Province, China. It is located in Dafang County, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the city center. Construction began in May 2011 with a total investment of 1.05 billion yuan, and the airport was opened on 16 June 2013.

Facilities

The airport has a runway that is 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4C), and a 7,100 square meter terminal building. It is projected to handle 200,000 passengers annually by 2020.

Airlines and destinations

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Bijie

Bijie (simplified Chinese: 毕节; traditional Chinese: 畢節; pinyin: Bìjíe) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and Yunnan to the west.

The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity of 6.5 million cubic meters.

On 10 November 2011, the former Bijie Prefecture (毕节地区) was converted to a prefecture-level city, and the former county-level city of Bijie was rechristened Qixingguan District.

Geography and climate

Bijie borders Zunyi to the east, Anshun and Liupanshui to the south, Zhaotong and Qujing (Yunnan) to the west, and Luzhou (Sichuan) to the north. It spans latitude 26°21′−27°46′ N and longitude 105°36′−106°43′ E, and is marked heavily by the presence of the Wumeng Mountains (乌蒙山) as well as karst topography. The Wu, Beipan, and Chishui Rivers are the most important rivers that originate here. The highest elevation is Jiucaiping (韭菜坪), at 2,900.6 m (9,516 ft), on the border of Hezhang and Weining counties.