ZYLD
Yichun Lindu Airport
VFR
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Name
Yichun Lindu Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
ZYLD / LDS / ZYLD
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
8:14 pm (CST)
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Municipality
Yichun
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Coordinates
47° 45′ 7″ N 129° 1′ 8″ E
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Elevation
791 ft (241 m MSL)
About Yichun Lindu Airport
Yichun Lindu Airport (IATA: LDS, ICAO: ZYLD) is an airport serving the city of Yichun in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. It started operations in August 2009, and is capable of serving 142,000 passengers a year. It is located in a forest approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from downtown Yichun. It replaced the old airport (ZYYC) which was near the center of Yichun (47°43'00.0"N 128°49'55.0"E).
In August 2010, the crash of Henan Airlines Flight 8387 occurred at the airport which killed 44.