合肥新桥机场正式启用36岁骆岗机场谢幕

5 月底，合肥新桥国际机场正式启用，36 岁的骆岗机场谢幕，并举行了简短的关灯仪式。合肥新桥国际机场正式启用后，服役36 年的合肥骆岗机场则同时退役。合肥骆岗机场，1977 年11 月竣工运营。

合肥新桥机场距合肥市中心31.8 公里，首期工程总投资43.05 亿元。按照满足2020 年旅客吞吐量1100 万人次、货邮吞吐量15 万吨的需要设计。货运、航空食品、供油等配套设施按照2015 年需要建设。建成的飞行区技术等级为4E，建有一条长3400 米、宽45 米跑道和一条平行滑行道，航站楼面积10.85 万平方米，站坪机位27个。

运营后的合肥新桥国际机场将成为继北京首都、上海虹桥、上海浦东、广州白云、深圳宝安、厦门高崎等机场之后具备中国国内目前最高飞行区等级的机场，可供世界上目前已投入商务运营的所有飞机起降。

A brief ceremony was held at Hefei Luogang International Airport, commemorating the end of its 36 year operation, after opening in 1977, and closing in late May. Hefei Xinqiao International was opened for operations simultaneously to the closing of the old airport

After a total investment of 4.3 billion yuan, the new Xinqiao Airport has been completed approximately 32 km from the downtown area of Hefei. That new airport includes a 109 thousand square meter terminal, a 3,400 meter long and 45 meter wide runway, 27 gate positions, a taxiway parallel to the runway, and operates under a 4E airport reference code. Through the year 2020, the design of the first phase is expected to be capable of accommodating annual totals of 11 million passengers, and processing 150 thousand tons of cargo and mail. However, additional facilities were constructed according estimated needs at that airport through the year 2015, including a place for the preparation and distribution of passenger food, cargo processing, fuel containment, and other supplementary facilities.

Xinqiao Airport holds the highest possible airport code level, which is 4E, and equal to the levels of China’s other International Airports, including Beijing Capital, Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai Pudong, Guangzhou Baiyun, Shenzhen Baoan, and Xiamen Gaoqi, which qualifies each of those airports for the capability of accommodating all of the world's largest aircraft.