Rizhao Shanzihe Airport
Rizhao Shanzihe Airport
Rizhao Shanzihe Airport (IATA: RIZ, ICAO: ZSRZ) is an airport serving the city of Rizhao in Shandong Province, China. The airport received approval from the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission in October 2013. It is located in Houcun Town (???), Donggang District. It was opened on 22 December 2015.
Location
35.405°N, 119.324°E · 37 m s. n. m. (121 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
History
In 2009, the site selection process for Rizhao Shanzhehe Airport commenced. In 2011, the airport was included in the "12th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of Shandong Province" and the "12th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Civil Aviation in China"; on December 14, the Rizhao Shanzhehe Airport Office was established.
On October 16, 2012, the Civil Aviation Administration of China approved the Shanzhehe site in Houchun Town, Donggang District, as the site for Rizhao Airport. On October 10, 2013, the State Council of the People's Republic of China and the Central Military Commission jointly approved the construction of the new Rizhao Civil Airport in Shandong Province. The new airport was positioned as a domestic civil feeder airport with a 4C flight zone rating. The plan included the construction of a 2600×45 meter runway and corresponding supporting facilities.
Construction of the airport officially began on December 10, 2013. On November 28, 2014, the feasibility study of the airport project was passed. The airport passed civil aviation industry acceptance on September 18, 2015, a total of 667 days. It officially opened to traffic on December 22, 2015. Rizhao Shanzhehe Airport was designed to handle 900,000 passengers and 4,500 tons of cargo by 2025.
In 2025, the airport's actual passenger throughput was 784,300 and its cargo throughput was 2,151.8 metric tons, both far below expectations.
Airlines operating here · 5
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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BibTeX
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title = {{Rizhao Shanzihe Airport (RIZ)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RIZ}},
urldate = {2026-10-23},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}Wikipedia
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