The Feng River ( simplified Chinese : 枫江 ; traditional Chinese : 楓江 ; pinyin : Fēng jiāng ) is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. It is a tributary of the Rong River . The upper part of the Feng River is also called Xishan Creek ( 西山溪 ). It originates from Beacon Hill ( 筆架山 ) at the junction of Chaozhou City , Jieyang City and Meizhou City , and flows from the northwest to southeast through Dengtang Town, turns southwest at Guxiang Town, and passes through Fengxi District and Fengtang Town of Chaozhou City, Yujiao Town , Denggang Town , Yunlu Town and other places of Jieyang City , and finally flows into the Rongjiang North River in Paotai Town in the south of Jieyang City. The river is 71 kilometers long, with a basin area of 664 square kilometers and an average annual runoff of 229 million cubic meters.
7-684: Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport , the third largest airport in Guangdong, is located on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Feng River. The Feng River used to be badly polluted for quite a long time, smelly and there were many water lilies. On January 11, 2021, the Guangdong Provincial Ecological Environmental Protection Supervision Office implemented listing supervision on the local governments. In 2022,
14-547: Is an international airport serving the cities of Jieyang , Shantou and Chaozhou in South Central China ‘s Guangdong province. It is located in the towns of Paotai and Denggang in Jiedong District , Jieyang, Guangdong. It was part of a relocation plan from the original Shantou Waisha Airport , and the site was chosen to be near the geographic center of Jieyang, Shantou, and Chaozhou. The airport
21-520: The Chinese government officially gave the airport international status, after having operated international flights for a number of years already. The airport covers an area of 113,000 square metres (1,220,000 square feet) after the completion of a terminal expansion project in December 2022, doubling the airport terminal area through the additional of a second terminal wing. This upgrade allowed for
28-413: The construction of the airport due to unauthorized deviations from the approved environmental impact report. The airport authorities submitted a revised environmental impact report, which gained approval from the ministry. Jieyang Chaoshan Airport was opened on 15 December 2011, when all civil flights were transferred from the old Waisha Airport, which remains in use as a military air base. On 10 July 2014,
35-432: The terminal design capacity to increase from 4.5 million to 14.5 million passengers annually. A previous airport expansion extended the length of the runway from 2,800 to 3,200 metres (9,200 to 10,500 ft) in order to upgrade it to a code 4E runway. The passenger terminal has 26 jetways with 22 allocated to domestic flights, two allocated to international flights and two dual-use jetways. A second check-in terminal
42-607: The water quality of the Feng River Shenkeng National Examination Section reached the national surface water Class V water quality standard, realizing the transformation from dirty to clean, and from clean to clear. This article related to a river in China is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport ( IATA : SWA , ICAO : ZGOW )
49-487: Was put into service on 15 December 2011, with the simultaneous shut-down of Shantou Waisha Airport as a commercial airport. The city of Shantou was formerly served by Shantou Waisha Airport , a dual-use military and civil airport. Construction of Jieyang Chaoshan Airport began on 16 June 2009 with a total investment of 3.8 billion yuan. In November 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection halted
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