Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport guide

Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport (ICAO ZBXZ) is a joint civilian and military airport in Hongdao Town, Dingxiang County, Shanxi Province. It was formerly known as Dingxiang Airport and grew out of an existing military airfield. Construction began in June 2010 with a total investment of 476 million yuan, and the airport opened to traffic in December 2015.

The airport serves Wutaishan, a Buddhist sacred mountain and World Heritage Site. It handled 518,692 passengers and 4,714 aircraft movements in 2025, plus about 129 tonnes of cargo. The single concrete runway, 08/26, is 2,600 metres long and 45 metres wide. It was closed for 30 days in April 2025 for repairs and maintenance.

Scheduled flights are domestic and run on a small network. 9 Air, Air Guilin, Chengdu Airlines, Ruili Airlines, Shanghai Airlines and XiamenAir fly to cities such as Guangzhou, Harbin, Chengdu, Kunming, Shanghai, Wuhan and Xiamen. A temporary international aviation port opened in July 2019 with a route to Bangkok.