Shenyang Taoxian International Airport
Shenyang Taoxian International Airport
Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (IATA: SHE, ICAO: ZYTX) is an international airport serving Shenyang, the capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) south of the city center in Hunnan District. It is a hub for China Southern Airlines and was the 21st busiest airport in China with 24,938,062 passengers in 2025. Lufthansa offered the first intercontinental service out of Shenyang, to Frankfurt, Germany, in April 2012 but discontinued it on 28 October 2016, before relaunching it on 27 March 2018. Later in 2012, Sichuan Airlines launched a service to Vancouver.
Location
41.640°N, 123.484°E · 60 m s. n. m. (198 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 6
Tower
Ground
Clearance delivery
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
Construction started on 1 July 1985, and the airport opened on 16 April 1989, and was the main hub of China Northern Airlines, which started operating a year later.
Shenyang's previous airport, Shenyang Dongta Airport, was the main airport of the city at that time, built in 1921, which served destinations to the USSR, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and hence, domestically. However, although it was expanded several times and had a long enough runway to support narrow-body airliners, it was no longer able to accommodate more tourists and passengers. This was due to the reform and opening up, resulting in the steeply rising number of passenger tourists, whether local or foreign. As a result, Taoxian airport was built and opened on 1989 and Dongta Airport ceased civil operations, and reverted to military use (by the Imperial Japanese from 1936 to 1945 and PLAAF after 1950) until 2013.
Lufthansa offered the first intercontinental service out of Shenyang, to Frankfurt, Germany, in April 2012 but discontinued it on 28 October 2016, before relaunching it on 27 March 2018. Later in 2012, Sichuan Airlines launched a service to Vancouver.
Airlines operating here · 37
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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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (SHE). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SHE
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“Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (SHE).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SHE. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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BibTeX
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title = {{Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (SHE)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SHE}},
urldate = {2026-10-18},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}Wikipedia
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