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78-669: Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport ( IATA : HGH , ICAO : ZSHC ) is an international airport serving Hangzhou , a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the capital of East China ’s Zhejiang province. The airport is located on the southern shore of Qiantang River in Xiaoshan District and is 27 km (17 mi) east of downtown Hangzhou. Architecture firm Aedas designed Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. The airport has service to destinations throughout China. International destinations are mainly in

156-518: A net weight of 1.2 kilograms. The torch base resembles eight water veins, which symbolising the evolution of civilisation and representing the eight major river systems in Zhejiang, the torch body features naturally intertwined dermatoglyphic fingerprint patterns specific to the Liangzhu Culture, the torch head resembles Jade Cong, while the burner nozzle resembles the earliest oracle bone inscription of

234-550: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

312-510: A vase inspired by a huagu, a long-stemmed, broad-lipped vessel produced in the Southern Song (1127-1279) Imperial Kiln. The vase itself is made of wood and crafted using Dongyang wood carving techniques, one of the nation's intangible cultural heritage. Its mouth is decorated with wave patterns resembling rivers and mountains of Zhejiang Province and the Games' mascots. The official theme song of

390-656: Is 100,000 square meters (1,100,000 sq ft) in size (including an underground parking of 22,000 square meters (240,000 sq ft)). The departure level has 36 ticket counters, including 12 in the international side of the terminal. There are 2,900 seats in the departure lounge. The immigration and customs area occupies 9,500 square meters (102,000 sq ft) of terminal space. The apron occupies 340,000 square metres of land, and there are 12 jetways and 18 departure gates. Maintenance facilities are certified to perform B-Check on all types of aircraft and C-Check on Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 aircraft. Phase Two of

468-499: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

546-574: Is also in analysis whether their entries will or not impact the Asian Games' outcome. On 8 July 2023, OCA permitted as many as 500 athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete under the neutral ground without affecting the medal tally, with the decision supported by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). However, Russian Olympic Committee President cast doubt about the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes as invitation

624-600: Is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and

702-458: Is capable of handling the Airbus A380. The new domestic terminal (T3) has 90 Check-in desks and 21 Self Check-in counters. It also adds 26 security lanes and 31 aerobridge gates. All public spaces of the terminal have free WIFI services. With the addition of the new passenger terminal, the airport now has a total terminal floor area of 370,000 square meters (4,000,000 sq ft) and will enable

780-518: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

858-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

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936-809: Is linked to downtown Xiaoshan. The G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway has an exit at the airport. IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn ,

1014-491: Is located just outside the city in the Xiaoshan District with direct bus service and metro linking the airport with Downtown Hangzhou. A new elevated airport expressway is built on top of the existing highway between the airport and downtown Hangzhou. The airport was planned to be constructed in three phases. The first phase of construction started in July 1997, and was completed and opened for traffic on 30 December 2000. It replaced

1092-532: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

1170-710: Is the first Asian Games after the COVID-19 pandemic, so it will play a unique, inspiring and important role for the Asian people." The Associated Press report pointed out that the Hangzhou Asian Games attracted more athletes than the Olympic Games , and its scale is unparalleled. "Hangzhou is a very friendly city for people with disabilities." Majid Rashid , chairman of the Asian Paralympic Committee, said that

1248-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

1326-473: The 19th Asian Games ( 第十九届亚洲运动会 ) and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( 杭州2022 ), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou , China. The games marked the 110th anniversary since the creation of the first continental event, starting with the 1913 Far Eastern Championship Games . Originally scheduled to take place from 10 to 25 September 2022, on 6 May 2022

1404-512: The 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, was officially put into operation. The newly built T4 terminal has a total floor area of 720,000 square meters and is designed to handle 50 million passengers annually. It includes two underground levels and five above-ground levels. It is a green building with a layout different from other terminals at Hangzhou Airport, featuring a centralized configuration in its plan layout. The interior design draws inspiration from

1482-702: The Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City , the West Lake and the Grand Canal respectively. Congcong derives its name from the Cong jade pendant unearthed from the Archeological Ruins. Its body is coloured yellow, representing earth and bumper harvest and its head resembles mythical beast facial patterns. It is described as determined, sincere, kind-hearted, athletic and passionate. Lianlian derives its name from

1560-561: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

1638-645: The President of the International Olympic Committee , Thomas Bach . The closing ceremony was held on 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium; it included a cultural presentation, closing remarks, and the formal handover to Aichi Prefecture , in Japan as hosts of next edition in 2026 . On 8 April 2019, the Olympic Council of Asia initially announced that the Games would feature 37 sports, including

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1716-400: The extant Afghanistan NOC sent another group of athletes from three countries (Iran, Australia, and Italy) including 17 women. Source: On 25 January 2022, during the first Games World Broadcasters Meeting held in the host city, Chinese state broadcaster China Media Group (CMG) undertook the role as the event's host broadcaster. The International Broadcast Centre would be constructed at

1794-488: The 28 "core" Olympic sports to be contested at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, as well as events in other non-Olympic sports. This led to the addition and change in events such as marathon swimming and the groups competition in rhythmic gymnastics in place of the team event. On 12 September 2019, baseball/ softball, karate, and sport climbing (which were optional events at the then-upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics ) were added to

1872-606: The Asiad has also perfectly combined art and technology, showcasing the beauty of Hangzhou's landscapes and technological confidence to the world. "Middle East News" stated that Farman, director of the Asian Games Department of the Olympic Council of Asia, believes that the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China will be inspiring. Farman said at the Asian Games Technical Congress held in Hangzhou recently, "This

1950-565: The Asian Games train of Wenzhou Rail Transit Line S1 started operation, which is in purple as the main color, with Asian Games elements including mottos and slogans. On 21 October 2020, the core graphics and colour system were announced as part of the 2022 Asian Games branding, respectively themed as "Meeting the World" ( Chinese : 润泽 ; pinyin : Rùnzé ) and "Harmony of Colours" ( Chinese : 淡妆浓抹 ; pinyin : Dànzhuāng nóng mǒ ). The core graphics draw inspiration from silk , one of

2028-564: The Asian Games-themed Fuxing train came into appearance. The train is themed Runze Jiangnan ( Chinese : 润泽江南 ), using the purple as main color, painting slogans, motto and logos of Hangzhou Asian Games. During the Asian Games, the train will provide operation services between Hangzhou and Ningbo , Wenzhou , Jinhua , Shaoxing and Huzhou . On 1 August 2023, the "Jincai" Asian Games themed train of Jinhua Rail Transit started at Jinhua Railway Station. On 26 August 2023,

2106-514: The Chinese character "琮" (Cong). The overall body design made up of profile curve resembles firewood in hand. The flame was lit in the Archaeological site of Liangzhu on 15 June 2023 and reproduced their rites. The physical torch relay started on 8 September 2023 at West Lake , and traveled across 11 prefectures covering 1.507,10 km across Zhejiang province. A digital torch relay programme,

2184-567: The Games were postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo postponement to 2021. The new dates were announced on 19 July 2022. Hangzhou was the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games , after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010 . The Chinese Olympic Committee confirmed that Hangzhou in Zhejiang province submitted a proposal to apply for

2262-512: The Games, "With You and Me", was released along with its music video on April 27, 2023. It is performed by Angela Zhang , Jackson Wang , Sunnee and JC-T . The song was selected through a global song contest and was originally created by a production team from Thailand, Nadao Music . The original title of the song is "Let's Celebrate" or "เพื่อนกัน (Puean Kan)" in Thai and was sung by Ice Paris , Billkin , PP Krit and Nana Sawanya. On 16 May 2023,

2340-463: The Grand Canal. Its body is coloured blue, representing science and technology and its head resembles Qiantang River's tide with Gongchen Bridge . It is described as brave, intelligent, optimistic and enterprising. The official motto of the 2022 Asian Games, "Heart to Heart, @Future" was announced on 15 December 2019 to mark 1,000 days before the opening ceremonies. The motto is intended to symbolise

2418-583: The Hangzhou Culture Radio Television Group on 6 August 2018; it is designed to resemble a traditional hand fan from Zheijang, a running track , the Qiantang River tidal bore , and radio waves (symbolising wireless connectivity). The organising committee stated that the emblem was meant to reflect "the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics gathering momentum in the new era", and "the unity, solidarity and development of

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2496-754: The Hangzhou International Expo Centre. On 18 September 2023, air raid sirens rang out in various regions across China to commemorate the Mukden Incident . Hangzhou used to sound air raid sirens every 18 September, but the practice was suspended this year. This has led to speculation that the decision was made to protect foreigners' feelings, which has sparked dissatisfaction and criticism on Chinese social media. China issued stapled visas instead of stamped ones to three Indian wushu athletes from Arunachal Pradesh , which China claims as part of its Tibet Autonomous Region , while India administers

2574-650: The OCA announced plans to invite athletes from countries from Oceania to compete in selected events; this would mark their first participation in the Summer Asian Games, after having participated for the first time overall at the 2017 Asian Winter Games , albeit as "guests" ineligible to receive medals. In November 2021, it was announced that athletes from Oceania would be invited to compete in athletics, triathlon, roller skating, weightlifting, and wushu . Athletes were to receive "honorary medals" which would not be counted on

2652-701: The OCA." The three mascots of the Games, Congcong (琮琮), Lianlian (莲莲) and Chenchen (宸宸), known collectively as the "Memories of Jiangnan" ( Chinese : 江南忆 ; pinyin : Jiāngnán yì , Jiangnan refers to roughly China's eastern regions south of the Yangtze River ) whose name derives from the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi 's famous sentence "When I recall Jiangnan, Hangzhou brings back most of my memories." ( Chinese : 江南忆，最忆是杭州 ; pinyin : Jiāngnán yì, zuì yì shì hángzhōu ) were unveiled on 3 April 2020. They are depicted as robotic superheroes originating from

2730-579: The T4 terminal and transportation center were officially put into operation, with a designed annual passenger throughput of 50 million. Starting from 16 September, the parking lot, online car pickup area, T4 taxi pickup area, and B2 level subway entrance of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport's transportation center conducted synchronized trial operations. On 22 September, the Phase III project of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, an important supporting project for

2808-507: The Three Kingdoms 2, EA Sports FC Online , League of Legends , PUBG Mobile , and Street Fighter V . Hearthstone was originally to be included, but was dropped from the programme after NetEase ended its licensing agreement in China with Blizzard Entertainment at the beginning of 2023. Changes at the sporting events compared to 2018: Due to an internal decision by the OCA,

2886-745: The Ticketing Office on Tiyuchang Road with intermediate stops in between. Xiaoshan International Airport station of the Hangzhou Metro allows passengers to transfer to Line 1 , Line 7 and Line 19 which connect the airport with the city downtown. The Airport is accessed by Airport Road, which connects to the Airport Expressway and is linked to downtown Hangzhou by the Xixing Bridge. The Airport Expressway also has an exit at North Shixin Road, which

2964-478: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . 19th Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games ( 2022年亚洲运动会 ), officially

3042-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

3120-517: The West Lake was the Great Beauty, she would look beautiful whether in light or heavy make-up" ( Chinese : 欲把西湖比西子，淡妆浓抹总相宜 ; pinyin : Yù bǎ xīhú bǐ xī zi, dànzhuāng nóng mǒ zǒng xiāngyí ). On 10 September 2021, the final torch design of the 2022 Asian Games called "Eternal Flame" ( Chinese : 薪火 ; pinyin : Xīn huǒ ) was unveiled. It has an overall height of 730 millimetres and

3198-512: The acceptance inspection in March 2022, marking an important supporting project for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Upon the completion of Phase III, Hangzhou Airport will become the second-largest aviation hub in East China. On 8 September, Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport's T4 terminal conducted trial operations; on September 10, international flights commenced trial operations; in mid-September,

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3276-524: The airlines' merger with Air China , the latter inherited the Hangzhou hub. KLM launched the first intercontinental air route out of Hangzhou, to Amsterdam , on 8 May 2010. On the evening of 9 July 2010, the airport was shut down for an hour when an unidentified flying object was detected. Flights were diverted to the nearby airports in Ningbo , Zhejiang and Wuxi , Jiangsu . Eighteen flights were affected. Though normal operations resumed four hours later,

3354-604: The airport expansion project began construction on 8 November 2007. It included an International Terminal, a second Domestic Terminal, and a new runway. The International Terminal was completed on 3 June 2010. The terminal has 8 air bridgegates, with one gate capable of handling the Airbus A380. All international flights, including flights to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan depart from this terminal. The original terminal handles exclusively domestic flights. All other constructions were completed and operations began on 30 December 2012. Phase III of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport passed

3432-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

3510-525: The airport to handle 8,520 passengers at peak hour and 32.5 million passengers annually. Loong Airlines has its headquarters in the Loong Air Office Building ( 长龙航空办公大楼 ; Chánglóng Hángkōng Bàngōngdàlóu ) on the airport property. There are airport bus services linking the airport to points throughout Zhejiang and cities in Jiangsu. Bus services to/from downtown Hangzhou originate/terminate at

3588-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

3666-491: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

3744-419: The connectivity that the Asian Games create between the countries of Asia. On 15 June 2023, the 100-day countdown to the 19th Asian Games, the medal design named "Shan Shui" ( Chinese : 湖山 ; pinyin : Húshān ) was released. Its design was inspired by Jade Cong in the Liangzhu Culture. The obverse featured the Games edition logo, misty hills, the city, a rippling lake and undulating mountains, while

3822-460: The country code "OCA". In official Games material, the team is listed separately from Sri Lanka, with the designation "Independent Athlete Participating Under OCA Flag" (in all caps) in place of a country name. The team opted out of the opening ceremony. Afghanistan participated as the de jure Islamic Republic of Afghanistan . An all-male group of athletes arrived from within Afghanistan, while

3900-434: The east and southeast Asia, and points of Africa, Europe, and South Asia. The airport also serves as a focus city for Air China , China Eastern Airlines , China Southern Airlines , Hainan Airlines and Xiamen Airlines . In 2017, Hangzhou airport handled 35,570,411 passengers, which ranked tenth in terms of passenger traffic in China. Additionally, the airport ranked sixth busiest in terms of cargo with 589,461.6 tonnes and

3978-919: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

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4056-466: The event and was the only city to complete all necessary steps to participate in the process who ended on end of August 2015. Hangzhou was officially awarded as the host city on 16 September 2015 in Ashgabat , Turkmenistan , during the 34th OCA General Assembly. The emblem of the Games, "Surging Tides" ( Chinese : 潮涌 ; pinyin : Cháoyǒng ), was unveiled during a ceremony at the headquarters of

4134-446: The first of its kind in the history of the Games, was launched globally on 27 November 2022 and began the same day as the actual torch relay. 44 venues were used for the Games, including 30 existing facilities and 14 newly constructed venues. Of these 44 venues, 30 are within Hangzhou and its districts, while other 14 are in four neighbouring prefectures: Deqing , Jinhua , Ningbo , Shaoxing and Wenzhou . A new high-speed rail line

4212-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

4290-497: The following 6 sports have been added to the program: Marathon swimming (2), Breakdancing (2), Chess (4), Esports (7), Go (3), Xiangqi (3). 61 Sport disciplines divided to 4 groups: The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below.   *    Host nation ( China ) All 45 National Olympic Committees who are members of the Olympic Council of Asia are expected to send delegations. In March 2019,

4368-474: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

4446-593: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

4524-602: The incident captured the attention of the Chinese media and sparked a firestorm of speculation on the UFO's identity. Phase One of the airport occupies 7,260 acres (29.4 km) of land. It has a capacity of eight million passengers and 110,000 tons of cargo a year, and can handle aircraft as large as the Boeing 747-400 . It has one runway which is 3,600 meters (11,811 ft 0 in) long and 45 meters (147 ft 8 in) wide. The passenger terminal can handle 3,600 passengers an hour and

4602-434: The incident, and later fined the OCA $ 500,000 (USD). Ten athletes competing at the games failed their doping tests . Hailed as "one of the best ever", the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou has been highly praised. "Technically, we have had one of the best Asian Games ever. The standard of the Games has been very, very high," said Vinod Kumar Tiwari, acting director general of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Chen said

4680-482: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

4758-575: The lotus leaves in the West Lake. Its body is coloured green, representing life and nature and its head resembles lotus leaf decorated with the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, a scenic view of the West Lake, and the icon of Internet. It is described as pure, kind, lively, cute, elegant and hospitable. Chenchen derives its name from the Gongchen Bridge , a landmark structure in the Hangzhou section of

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4836-580: The main cultural elements of Hangzhou as key linking point on the Maritime Silk Road. The colour system consists of six colours – "Rainbow Purple", "Glowing Red", "Mist White", "Laurus Yellow", "Glimmering Blue", and "Lake-and-Mountain Green", which represent Hangzhou as a livable city of pellucid waters and lush mountains, and a vibrant city embracing innovation and sports. It is inspired by lines from one of China's most famous poet Su Shi from Song dynasty, "If

4914-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

4992-480: The official medal tally. The plan was shelved due to a lack of interest from the relevant federations in Australia and New Zealand. On 26 January 2023, the OCA offered the possibility to Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the Asian Games, but athletes from the two nations should compete to qualify at the 2024 Summer Olympics . However, Russia and Belarus will still be under the sanctions placed by OCA, and

5070-427: The old Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport , which was a dual-use civil and military airfield. In March 2004, the airport officially became an international airport after immigration and customs facilities were built and put into service. A second runway of 3,600 meters (11,811 ft 0 in) is also under construction. Terminal extensions are also under construction as of 2012. The airport was a hub of CNAC Zhejiang. After

5148-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

5226-511: The programme. On 18 December 2020, it was announced that esports (which was held as a demonstration event in 2018) and breakdancing (which will debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics ) would be added, expanding the Games to 61 disciplines in 40 sports. The esports programme at the 2022 Asian Games has included seven medal events and two demonstration events in robotics and virtual reality. Competitions were held in Arena of Valor , Dota 2 , Dream of

5304-476: The reverse featured the Asian Games Sun Emblem and the name of the event in Chinese and English. During the medal ceremonies, medalists were also presented bouquets named "Fruits of Triumph" ( Chinese : 硕果累累 ; pinyin : Shuòguǒ lěilěi ), which consisted of five flowers – rice ears, lotus seedpods, moth orchids ( Phalaenopsis ), Longjing tea branches and sweet osmanthus branches arranged in

5382-501: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

5460-437: The state as part of its territory. The issuance of stapled visas has been seen as China's way of questioning India's sovereignty over Arunachal Pradesh. India protested China's decision, and cancelled its sports minister 's visit to the games. North Korea was under WADA sanctions disallowing its flag from being used, but OCA allowed the North Korean flag to be officially used anyway. WADA sent an official warning to OCA over

5538-452: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

5616-668: The train number 19045 of Hangzhou Metro Line 19 named Asian Games ( Chinese : 亚运号 ; pinyin : Yàyùn hào ) started operation. The train displays the Hangzhou Asian Games Logo at the front of the train, and the whole train as well as seats and handrails are colored in purple. This is also the only train in this line that provides OLED start train window system. These Asian Games elements are permanent. Besides, in Hangzhou Metro, Line 1, Line 2, Line 4 and Line 5 will also provide Asian Games-themed trains. In July 2023,

5694-504: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

5772-462: The typical imagery of lotus leaves reaching to the sky and lotus flowers emerging from water in West Lake. This imagery is integrated with architectural structural design, optimization of space lighting, ventilation, and other performance aspects, creating lotus-shaped skylights and a central lotus valley in the main building of the terminal. The new runway is 3,400 meters (11,154 ft 10 in) long and 60 meters (196 ft 10 in) wide, which

5850-529: The use of two letters allowed only a few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

5928-706: Was constructed between Hangzhou and Huzhou for the Games. The opening ceremony was held on 23 September 2023 evening in Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium in Hangzhou , China . The ceremony was directed by Sha Xiaolan, one of assistant directors of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing . It was attended by the Chinese President Xi Jinping , some Asian foreign leaders including Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , and

6006-553: Was not received. On 2 September, Russia and Belarus were confirmed not to participate in the 2022 Asian Games due to "technical reasons", claimed IOC. Sri Lanka Rugby was suspended by the World Rugby Council due to alleged political interference, causing the Sri Lanka rugby team to be barred from competing under the Sri Lanka national flag and anthem. The team competed under the Olympic Council of Asia flag and anthem, using

6084-440: Was the country's ninth busiest airport by traffic movements at 271,066. On 8 September 2022, Terminal 4 of Hangzhou airport opened. Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport has four terminals. The smaller Terminal 2 serves all international/regional flights while the larger Terminal 1 and 3 solely handles domestic traffic. A newly built Terminal 4 handles both international/regional flights and selected domestic flights. The airport

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