Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport — Xiamen, China

Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, identified by the code XMN, occupies a peninsula site in Xiamen, a port city in Fujian province facing the Taiwan Strait. Since opening in 1983, it has become the principal base for Xiamen Airlines, a China Southern subsidiary known for strong on-time performance, handling dense domestic traffic alongside flights to Southeast Asia, Japan, and other overseas Chinese communities. Xiamen itself is one of China's original Special Economic Zones, prized for the historic Gulangyu Island district and long-standing commercial ties across the strait. Passenger growth eventually pushed the Gaoqi facility toward its practical limits, prompting construction of a new airport at Xiang'an meant to absorb much of the region's future air traffic. Until that shift is complete, Gaoqi remains the primary gateway for the coastal city.