<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Lanzhou's first airport, Gongxingdun Airport, was located just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the city centre. By 1957, the Civil Aviation Administration of China decided that Gongxingun Airport's location was too restrictive for the aviation needs of Lanzhou and designated a new site near Zhongchuan town. Due to the geography of Lanzhou, this closest suitable location is 71 km (44 mi) from downtown Lanzhou, which makes it the</p>
<p class="blog-para">Chinese airport furthest from the center of the city it serves.In 1968 construction was started on Lanzhou airport and on July 26, 1970, the maiden flight took place with the first aircraft landing of an Ilyushin Il-14. On June 15, 1997, an expansion project was officially started.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 2010, Lanzhou airport's passenger throughput exceeded 3 million people a year. and the second expansion project started.Lanzhou Airport Terminal 2 officially started construction in 2010, after preliminary design approval and with an investment budget of 1.488 billion yuan. In 2013, Lanzhou airport's passenger throughput exceeded 5 million passengers per annum, increasing the official Lanzhou airport ranking among the major airports within China.Terminal 2 opened in 2015 and later that year the Lanzhou&ndash;Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway between the airport and Lanzhou's urban area opened.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The third expansion phase started in 2019. At a cost of 31.69 billion Yuan, a new Terminal 3 will be built, two new 4000meter long runways and facilities will be expanded. Terminal 3 will be four times larger than the current combined terminal floor area. The entirety of adjacent namesake Zhongchuan town and several villages, totaling 10.7 square kilometres (4.1 sq mi), were demolished to make way for the expansion, and residents were relocated to Lanzhou and Lanzhou New Area.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground Transportation from Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport</h2>
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<p class="blog-para"><strong>Rail:</strong> The Lanzhou&ndash;Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway between the airport and the city started operation on 2015-09-30. It provides fast train services between the Zhongchuan Airport railway station and the new major transportation hub at Lanzhou West railway station then terminates at the older Lanzhou railway station.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Shuttle bus: </strong>There are three Airport Express Shuttle Bus services available from the airport. All routes cost 30RMB. Line 1 runs to the Lanzhou Eastern Hotel, Tianshui Middle Road, opposite Lanzhou University western gate.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Taxi: </strong>Taxi service is relatively expensive due to the long distance to the airport, about 150RMB. Many taxis will be reluctant to use their meter and demand a flat 200RMB fare to downtown Lanzhou despite being illegal to do so. Over all there is little time travel advantage over using the Airport Express bus.</p>
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