China: All Affected Airports Reopen After Snowstorms
Feb. 08, 2008
An airport in the southwestern province of Guizhou resumed operation on Feb. 8, marking the normalization of China's entire airport services after disruption by snowstorms.
Liping airport in Guizhou reopened at noon after ice thawed from runways and other weather conditions recovered, according to the airport administration.
On Feb. 6, another small airport in Tongren reopened at noon.
The two feeder airports were closed on Feb. 5 because of thick layer of ice and frozen snow in the flying zones.
All other snow-affected airports in other parts of the country had reopened over the past days when the severe weather eased.
The freezing weather disrupted air transport services across a large part of the country's southern, central and eastern regions.