Sunan Shuofang International Airport

Coordinates: 31°29′40″N 120°25′46″E / 31.49444°N 120.42944°E / 31.49444; 120.42944
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Sunan Shuofang International Airport

苏南硕放国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorSunan Shuofang International Airport Ltd.
Serves
LocationXinwu, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Opened18 February 2004; 20 years ago (2004-02-18)
Hub forRuili Airlines
Built1955; 69 years ago (1955)
Elevation AMSL5 m / 16 ft
Coordinates31°29′40″N 120°25′46″E / 31.49444°N 120.42944°E / 31.49444; 120.42944
Websitewww.wuxiairport.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
WUX/ZSWX is located in Jiangsu
WUX/ZSWX
WUX/ZSWX
Location in Jiangsu
WUX/ZSWX is located in China
WUX/ZSWX
WUX/ZSWX
WUX/ZSWX (China)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers7,126,411
Cargo (tons)163,395.2
Aircraft movements65,650
Sources:[1][2]
Sunan Shuofang International Airport
Simplified Chinese苏南硕放国际机场
Traditional Chinese蘇南碩放國際機場
Wuxi Airport
Simplified Chinese无锡硕放机场
Traditional Chinese無錫碩放機場

Sunan Shuofang International Airport (IATA: WUX, ICAO: ZSWX), also known as Wuxi Shuofang Airport, is an airport serving the cities of Wuxi and Suzhou in East China’s Jiangsu province.[3] It is located in the southeast of Shuofang, Xinwu District, Wuxi City, and adjacent to Wangting, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City in the south; it is 16 kilometres from Wuxi downtown in the northwest and 2 kilometres from the Wuxi New District, and 20 kilometres from Suzhou downtown in the southeast and 5 kilometres from the Suzhou New District. The airport is a civilian-military dual-use airport.

The airport was built in 1955 for military use, and commercial flights only started in 2004.[4] In 2019, the airport handled 7.97 million passengers and 145,000 tons of cargo and mail, ranking 42nd and 22nd in terms of business volume among civil aviation airports in China. The airport is the second largest in Jiangsu Province and the only profitable among the nine airports in Jiangsu Province except Nanjing Lukou Airport. The airport currently has two terminals, 23 boarding gates (T1 Terminal Building 1-12, T2 Terminal Building 13-23), 26 parking spaces (new parking spaces are currently under construction), and the flight runway is 3,200 meters long, the airport flight area level is 4E according to the Chinese standard.[5]

In May 2023, the airport cargo hub station building and part of the supporting second runway taxiway project officially started, which also marked the official start of the airport expansion.[6]

Facilities[edit]

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

According to the short-term goals set by the WUX Airport Terminal Expansion Project, the airport's annual passenger throughput will reach 10 million by 2020, including 9 million domestic and 1 million international. The annual number of aircraft takeoffs and landings is approximately 80,000, and the passenger throughput during peak periods reaches 3,460 passengers per hour. By 2050, the annual passenger throughput of the airport will be approximately 25 million.[7]

In accordance with Jiangsu Province’s Civil Aviation “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” and 2020 development plan, Shuofang Airport is positioned as a hub airport and an important part of Shanghai’s large-scale composite hub airport. Relying on the air passenger and cargo demand in southern Jiangsu, a first-class port will be opened. It was eventually built into a total of 3 terminals with 2 runways, T1, T2, and T3, with a designed annual passenger throughput capacity of 25 million passengers and a cargo and mail throughput capacity of 1.5 million tons.[8]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Dalian, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hengyang, Shenyang, Xishuangbanna, Yingkou
Air Travel Changchun, Changsha, Fuzhou,[9] Harbin, Hohhot,[9] Kunming, Lijiang, Shihezi,[9] Tongren,[9] Turpan,[9] Xining,[9] Yibin, Zhangjiajie, Zhuhai[9]
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Harbin, Hong Kong,[10] Kunming, Macau,[10] Qingdao, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan,[11] Ürümqi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yinchuan
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou, Shenzhen
Donghai Airlines Changchun,[12] Shenzhen
Jetstar Asia Singapore[13]
Juneyao Air Changsha, Fuzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Huizhou, Nanning, Osaka–Kansai (begins 1 July 2024),[14] Qingdao, Sanya, Taiyuan,[15] Tokyo–Narita,[16] Xi'an, Zhangjiajie
Loong Air Dalian,[17] Lijiang,[18] Luzhou,[19] Xiangyang[18]
Lucky Air Kunming
Royal Air Philippines Charter: Manila
Ruili Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[20] Guiyang,[20] Kunming, Mangshi, Osaka–Kansai,[20] Shenzhen[20]
Shenzhen Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Hong Kong,[10] Huizhou, Lanzhou, Linyi, Macau,[10] Nanning,[21] Osaka–Kansai,[22] Quanzhou,[23] Seoul–Incheon, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tokyo–Narita, Xi'an, Yantai, Yichang, Yuncheng, Zhuhai
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Kunming
Vietnam Airlines Nha Trang
XiamenAir Fuzhou

Cargo[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Central Airlines Seoul–Incheon, Shenzhen
Donghai Airlines Beijing–Capital, Quanzhou, Shenzhen
SF Airlines Shenzhen
DHL Air UK East Midlands, Leipzig/Halle
Suparna Airlines Cargo Hong Kong, Shanghai–Pudong

Ground transportation[edit]

The airport is served by Sunan Shuofang International Airport station on Line 3 of the Wuxi Metro. Passengers to Suzhou can take the metro line and get off at Wuxi New District Station or Wuxi Railway Station to transfer to the intercity railway train to Suzhou. There are also direct buses from the airport to Wuxi downtown and Suzhou downtown; the ticket office is located at the airport bus service counter in the ground floor lobby of T2.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Chinese) Wuxi Airport Co., Ltd. Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Airport information for Sunan Shuofang International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "Introduction to Sunan Shuofang International Airport-Latest information". www.chinairport.net. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  4. ^ Sunan Shuofang International Airport Co., Ltd. was officially unveiled Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "The reconstruction and expansion project of Sunan Shuofang International Airport has begun in full swing, with a total investment of approximately 3.5 billion yuan". sghexport.shobserver.com. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  6. ^ "Jiangsu Provincial Government City and County News: Sunan Shuofang International Airport reconstruction and expansion project has begun". www.jiangsu.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  7. ^ "Official announcement: Wuxi Shuofang Airport will have big changes". app.myzaker.com. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  8. ^ "Officially released the 14th Five-Year Plan, involving the second runway and terminal T3 of Shuofang Airport_Southern Jiangsu". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "2024 summer flight season, Hunan Airlines (Air Travel) route collection". Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d "Mainland Chinese Carriers NS23 International / Regional Network – 23APR23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  11. ^ "[New Flight Season] Taiyuan Airport Flight Schedule for the Winter and Spring Flight Season of 2022". Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  12. ^ "Donghai Airlines switches to the summer and autumn flight seasons of 2024, check out the latest routes!". Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Jetstar to launch Singapore-Wuxi service". Business Traveller. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Juneyao Airlines Revises Wuxi-Japan Service From June 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Starting from October 29th, Taiyuan Airport's winter flight schedule has been released – these new city routes will be opened..." Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Juneyao Airlines Schedules Wuxi-Tokyo in June 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Loong Air 2024 summer flight season routes & product surprise release". Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Xiangyang Airport's flight plan for the 2022 winter season has been announced – several routes have been adjusted". Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  19. ^ "Traveling more convenient and faster – Luzhou Airport releases flight plan for 2022 winter season". Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  20. ^ a b c d "Summer and autumn flight seasons change - spring and flowers bloom, depart from Wuxi to enjoy the mountains and rivers". Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  21. ^ "[First headline] Nanning Airport special information on the 2022 winter flight season change". Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  22. ^ "Mainland Chinese Carriers N23 Japan Operation – 02APR23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  23. ^ "Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport opens two new international routes to Bangkok and Davao in the 2018 winter flight season - China News".

External links[edit]

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