The airport is located near the shore of the Taiwan Strait in Zhanggang Subdistrict, Changle, about 50 km (31 mi) east of central Fuzhou.

[citation needed] The airport was designed by Liu Thai Ker at the direct request of Xi Jinping.

Due to the lack of passenger flow, the airport had a significant financial deficit in the early years of its operation.

In February 2017, XiamenAir operated Changle's first direct route to North America, with a Boeing 787-9 service to New York–JFK airport.

[7] Fuzhou Changle International Airport is located at 25°56´ north latitude and 119°39´ east longitude.

The airport passenger terminal has a number of fixed shuttle routes to Fuzhou city and surrounding areas.

Due to typhoon and subtropical high pressure, there are often strong winds and heavy rains in summer.

[11] Typical climate characteristics of Changle Airport are: (1), cloudy, low cloud base; (2) abundant rainfall, large number of rainy days; (3) fast wind speed, large number of windy days, and the annual average wind speed is 4.5 m/s (4) the airport has less thunderstorms, but the airport airspace has frequent thunderstorms (5) well marked sea-land breeze effect (6) humid air, the annual average relative humidity is 75%.

Thunderstorms are currently recognized as one of the most important weather phenomena that seriously affect the safety of airport and efficiency of flights.

[66] When flying in thunderstorms area, passengers and crew may encounter dangerous weather such as wind shear, bumps, hail, downburst, etc.

The annual average thunderstorm of Fuzhou Changle International Airport is 27.3d which is considerably frequent and has a greater impact on flight.