Sunan Shuofang International Airport (original) (raw)

Commercial airport serving Wuxi and Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Sunan Shuofang International Airport苏南硕放国际机场
IATA: WUXICAO: ZSWX
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Owner/Operator Sunan Shuofang International Airport Ltd.
Serves WuxiSuzhou
Location Shuofang Subdistrict, Xinwu District, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Opened 18 February 2004; 20 years ago (2004-02-18)
Hub for Ruili Airlines
Operating base for Shenzhen AirlinesChina Eastern Airlines
Built 1955; 69 years ago (1955)
Elevation AMSL 5 m / 16 ft
Coordinates 31°29′40″N 120°25′46″E / 31.49444°N 120.42944°E / 31.49444; 120.42944
Website www.wuxiairport.com
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers7,126,411Cargo (tons)163,395.2Aircraft 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
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinSūnán Shuòfàng Guójì Jīchǎng

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 one of the nine airports in Jiangsu Province, except Nanjing Lukou Airport.[5]

The airport currently has two terminals, 23 boarding gates (T1 Terminal Building 1-12, T2 Terminal Building 13-23), and 26 parking spaces (new parking spaces are currently under construction). The flight runway is 3,200 meters long. The airport flight area level is 4E according to the Chinese standard.[6]

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.[7]

On December 14, 2024, the annual passenger throughput of Shuofang Airport exceeded 10 million for the first time, making it the second airport in Jiangsu Province with an annual passenger throughput of more than 10 million. In addition, the general plan revision plan of Wuxi Shuofang Airport regarding the construction of a new second runway, extension of the first runway, construction of a new T3 terminal, and a comprehensive transportation hub was approved by the Civil Aviation Administration.[8]

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.[9]

In July 2024, on the left is the cargo terminal under construction and part of the taxiway supporting the second runway.

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.[10]

Airlines and destinations

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Airlines Destinations
9 Air Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hailar,[11] Hengyang, Shenyang, Xishuangbanna, Yingkou
Air Travel Changchun, Changsha, Guilin,[11] Harbin, Hohhot,[12] Kunming, Lijiang, Ordos,[11] Shihezi,[12] Tongren,[12] Turpan,[12] Yibin, Zhangjiajie, Zhuhai[12]
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,[11] Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Harbin, Hong Kong,[13] Jieyang,[14] Kunming, Macau,[13] Qingdao, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan,[15] Ürümqi, Xiamen, Xi'an
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou, Shenzhen
Donghai Airlines Changchun,[16] Shenzhen[17]
Jetstar Asia Singapore[18]
Juneyao Air Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,[19] Chongqing,[11] Guilin, Harbin, Huizhou, Nanning,[20] Osaka–Kansai,[21] Qingdao, Sanya, Tokyo–Narita,[22] Xi'an
Loong Air Dalian,[23] Lijiang,[24] Luzhou,[25] Xiangyang[24]
Lucky Air Kunming
Royal Air Philippines Charter: Manila
Ruili Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[26] Chongqing,[27] Guiyang,[26] Kunming, Mangshi, Shenzhen,[26] Wuhan[27]
Shenzhen Airlines Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Tianfu,[11] Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hong Kong,[13] Huizhou, Macau,[13] Nanning,[28] Osaka–Kansai,[29] Quanzhou,[30] Seoul–Incheon, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Yuncheng, Zhuhai
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing
VietJet Air Nha Trang[11]
Vietnam Airlines Nha Trang
XiamenAir Fuzhou
Airlines Destinations
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

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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.

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