Fuzhou Changle International Airport (simplified Chinese: 福州长乐国际机场; traditional Chinese: 福州長樂國際機場) (IATA: FOC, ICAO: ZSFZ) is an airport in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. The airport was inaugurated on June 23, 1997, after being approved to start constructing in 1992. The current handling capacity is approximately 6.5 million people annually. It is one of the airports that has flights between mainland China and Taiwan.
The airport is locates near the shore of the Taiwan Strait in Zhanggang Subdistrict, Changle, about 50 km (31 mi) east of Fuzhou's city center.
In 2010, Fuzhou airport handled 6,476,773 passengers. It was 25th busiest airport in China. In addition, in 2009 the airport was the 22nd busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 25th busiest airport by traffic movements.
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