An airport in northeast China's Liaoning Province resumed operation Saturday after a kite was removed from the landing zone, the airport authority said.

A kite was found flying over the Taoxian International Airport of Shenyang, capital of Liaoning, Saturday noon, forcing the airport to be closed for nearly four hours.

More than 10 incoming flights and a number of outgoing flights were delayed due to the incident.

Airport workers finally found the person who flied the kite and cleared it away from the landing area at about 4 pm.

The airport resumed operation at about 5 pm. The Taoxian International Airport has 70 domestic and 35 international air lines.