Changde Taohuayuan Airport (Changde Taohuayuan Airport, IATA: CGD, ICAO: ZGCD), located in Taohuayuan Road, Doumu Lake Street, Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province, China, 13 kilometers northeast of Changde city center, is a 4D-level domestic feeder airport, and Changsha Huanghua International Airport and Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport are mutually alternate airports
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On December 10, 1959, construction of Changde Doumu Lake Airport started
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; In December 1960, Changde Doumu Lake Airport opened to traffic
; On April 15, 1965, Changde Doumu Lake Airport opened for civil aviation
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; On October 28, 1991, the flight area index of Changde Doumu Lake Airport was changed to 3B
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; On August 30, 1996, Changde Doumhu Airport flight area indicator was changed to 4C
; On August 4, 1999, Changde Doumu Lake Airport was renamed Changde Taohuayuan Airport; in 2015, the flight area indicator of Changde Taohuayuan Airport was changed to 4D
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As of February 2021, the terminal building of Changde Taohuayuan Airport covers an area of 20,165 square meters, including 5,600 square meters for the international terminal area, with a total of 4 boarding bridges; the area of the civil aviation station is about 53,000 square meters, with 4 Class D Aircraft seats and 9 C-class seats; one asphalt runway with a length of 2,600 meters and a width of 45 meters; it can meet the annual passenger throughput of 2.2 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 16,000 tons, and transportation take-off and landing of 21,000 sorties. need
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In 2021, Changde Taohuayuan Airport will handle a total of 1,008,348 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%, ranking 94th in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 458.7 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 12.7%, ranking 151st in the country; Down 9.5%, ranked 51st nationally
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