Sunan Shuofang International Airport

Not to be confused with Pyongyang Sunan International Airport.
"Suzhou Airport" redirects here. For the military airport in Suzhou, see Suzhou Guangfu Airport.
Sunan Shuofang International Airport
苏南硕放国际机场
Sūnán Shuòfàng Guójì Jīchǎng
IATA: WUX – ICAO: ZSWX
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Sunan Shuofang International Airport Ltd.
Serves Wuxi and Suzhou
Location Shuofang Subdistrict, Wuxi, Jiangsu
Elevation AMSL 5 m / 16 ft
Coordinates 31°29′40″N 120°25′46″E / 31.49444°N 120.42944°E / 31.49444; 120.42944Coordinates: 31°29′40″N 120°25′46″E / 31.49444°N 120.42944°E / 31.49444; 120.42944
Website www.wuxiairport.com
Map
WUX

Location of airport in Jiangsu

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 3,590,188
Cargo (tons) 87,641.6
Aircraft movements 31,844
Sources:[1][2]

Sunan Shuofang International Airport (Chinese:苏南硕放国际机场) (IATA: WUX, ICAO: ZSWX) is an airport serving the cities of Wuxi and Suzhou in southern Jiangsu Province, China (Sunan meaning "Southern Jiangsu" in Chinese). It is located in Shuofang Subdistrict (硕放街道), 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of Wuxi and 22 km (14 mi) northwest of Suzhou.[3] The airport was built in 1955 for military use, and commercial flights only started in 2004. Formerly called Wuxi Shuofang Airport (无锡硕放机场), it took the current name in November 2010 and is now co-owned by the governments of Wuxi, Suzhou, and Jiangsu Province.[4] In 2013, Sunan Shuofang Airport handled 3,590,188 passengers, making it the 42nd busiest airport in China.

Facilities

The airport has one runway designated 03/21 which measures 3,200 by 50 metres (10,499 ft × 164 ft).[2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger airlines

[5]

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing-Capital
Cambodia Angkor Air Charter: Siem Reap
China Airlines Taipei-Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yinchuan
China Eastern Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Hong Kong, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore, Taipei-Taoyuan
Charter: Jeju, Phuket, Siem Reap
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou, Shenzhen
HK Express Hong Kong
Shenzhen Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Manzhouli, Sanya, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yichang, Yinchuan
Shenzhen Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Macau, Osaka-Kansai, Taipei-Taoyuan
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu, Chongqing
TransAsia Airways Taipei-Taoyuan[6]
Uni Air Charter: Kaohsiung[7]
Xiamen Airlines Fuzhou, Harbin

Cargo airlines

AirlinesDestinations
Donghai Airlines Beijing-Capital, Quanzhou, Shenzhen
SF Airlines Shenzhen
Yangtze River Express Hong Kong, Shanghai-Pudong

See also

References

  1. ↑ (Chinese) Wuxi Airport Co., Ltd.
  2. 1 2 Airport information for Sunan Shuofang International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ 苏南硕放国际机场
  4. ↑ 苏南硕放国际机场有限公司正式揭牌
  5. ↑ http://www.wuxiairport.com/web101/hbskb/index.shtml. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "TransAsia Airways Adds Taipei - Wuxi Service from July 2015". Airlineroute.net. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "UNI Air Adds Kaohsiung - Wuxi Scheduled Charter Service from Nov 2015". Airlineroute.net. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

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