Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport

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Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport
揭阳潮汕国际机场
Jiēyáng Cháoshàn Jīchǎng
IATA: SWAICAO: ZGOW
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang Airport Cooperation[1]
General Electric[2]
Serves Shantou/Chaozhou/Jieyang
Location Jiedong County, Jieyang, Guangdong
Opened 2011-12-15
Hub for China Southern Airlines
Coordinates 23°33′09″N 116°30′21″E / 23.55250°N 116.50583°E / 23.55250; 116.50583Coordinates: 23°33′09″N 116°30′21″E / 23.55250°N 116.50583°E / 23.55250; 116.50583
Website www.cs-airport.com
Map
SWA

Location in Guangdong

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,800 9,186 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 3,204,300
Source:[3]

Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (a.k.a. Chaoshan Airport, Chinese: 揭阳潮汕国际机场) (IATA: SWA, ICAO: ZGOW) is an airport serving the cities of Jieyang, Shantou, Chaozhou and nearby areas in eastern Guangdong Province, China. It is located in the towns of Paotai and Denggang in Jiedong District, Jieyang, Guangdong. It was part of a relocation plan from the original Shantou Waisha Airport, and the site was chosen to be near the geographic center of Jieyang, Shantou, and Chaozhou.[3] The airport was put in to service on December 15, 2011, with the simultaneous shut-down of Shantou Waisha Airport as a civil aviation airport.

History

The city of Shantou was formerly served by Shantou Waisha Airport, a dual-use military and civil airport. Construction of Jieyang Chaoshan Airport began on June 16, 2009 with a total investment of 3.8 billion yuan.[3] In November 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection halted the construction of the airport due to unauthorized deviations from the approved environmental impact report. The airport authorities submitted a revised environmental impact report, which gained approval from the ministry.[4] Jieyang Chaoshan Airport was opened on December 15, 2011, when all civil flights were transferred from the old Waisha Airport, which remains in use as a military air base.[5] On July 10, 2014, the Chinese government officially gave the airport international status,[6][7] after having operated international flights for a number of years already. This allowed the airport to officially begin regular international flights in addition to those already operating.

Terminals

Information center in Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport

The airport covers an area of 55,000 square metres and 12 jetways[8] with the passenger terminal divided into two, with the domestic terminal on one side and the international on the other. The whole terminal has an annual traffic capacity of 4.5 million passengers.[9] A second check-in terminal has also been created outside Shantou Railway Station, with bus connections to the airport.[10][11]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Departures Area
Arrivals Area
AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur-International I
Air China Beijing-Capital, ChengduD
Air Guilin Hefei, Guilin, Nanchang, Nanyang, ZhanjiangD
China Eastern Airlines Changsha, Haikou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Zhengzhou,[12] Zhoushan D
China Southern Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Nanning, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Wuhan, Yiwu, ZhengzhouD
China Southern Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Hong Kong, Taipei-Taoyuan[13]I
Chongqing Airlines ChangshaD
GX Airlines Haikou D
Jetstar Asia Airways Singapore I
Lucky Air Guiyang, Kunming[14] D
Shandong Airlines Ningbo D
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai-Hongqiao, Zhuhai D
Sichuan Airlines Chongqing, Jinan D
Spring Airlines Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenyang D
Spring Airlines Osaka-Kansai [15] I
Thai AirAsia Bangkok-Don MueangI
Tianjin Airlines Changsha, Haikou, Hangzhou, ZhanjiangD
West Air Chongqing, Shanghai-Pudong, ZhengzhouD

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
SF AirlinesHangzhou

Statistics

Outside the arrivals area

Jieyang Chaoshan Airport is among the 50 busiest passenger airports in China.

Year Passenger Movements Change
2016 [16] 2,151,000 (July YTD) Increase 16.6%
2015 [17] 3,204,300[18] Increase 11.6%
2014 [19] 2,870,252 Increase 6.9%
2013 [20][21][22] 2,686,007 Increase 27.7%
2012 2,103,303 Increase 10.6%

See also

References

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