Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport

Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport
Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport
Simplified Chinese	揭阳潮汕国际机场
Traditional Chinese	揭陽潮汕國際機場
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiēyáng Cháoshàn Guójì Jīchǎng
IPA	[tɕjé.jǎŋ ʈʂʰǎʊ.ʂân kwǒ.tɕî tɕí.ʈʂʰàŋ]
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Ket-yòng Tshèu-Sân Koet-chi Kî-chhòng
Southern Min
Teochew Peng'im	Gig⁴ion⁵ Dio⁵suan¹ Gog⁴zi³ Gi¹dion⁵

Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport

揭阳潮汕国际机场
Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport; 揭阳潮汕国际机场
	IATA: SWA; ICAO: ZGOW;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang Airport Cooperation; General Electric
Serves	Chaoshan; Jieyang; Shantou; Chaozhou;
Location	Paotai & Denggang, Jiedong, Jieyang, Guangdong, China
Opened	15 December 2011; 12 years ago
Hub for	China Southern Airlines
Coordinates	23°33′09″N 116°30′21″E / 23.55250°N 116.50583°E
Website	www.cs-airport.com
Map
	SWA/ZGOW Location in Guangdong SWA/ZGOW SWA/ZGOW (China)
Runways
Statistics (2021)
Passengers
Passengers	5,734,175
Aircraft movements	50,333
Cargo (metric tons)	31,235
	Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (IATA: SWA, ICAO: ZGOW) is an international airport serving the cities of Jieyang, Shantou and Chaozhou in South Central China‘s Guangdong province. 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 into service on 15 December 2011, with the simultaneous shut-down of Shantou Waisha Airport as a commercial airport.

History edit

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 16 June 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 15 December 2011, when all civil flights were transferred from the old Waisha Airport, which remains in use as a military air base.^[5] On 10 July 2014, the Chinese government officially gave the airport international status,^[6]^[7] after having operated international flights for a number of years already.

Terminals edit

The airport covers an area of 113,000 square metres (1,220,000 square feet) after the completion of a terminal expansion project in December 2022, doubling the airport terminal area through the additional of a second terminal wing.^[8] This upgrade allowed for the terminal design capacity to increase from 4.5 million to 14.5 million passengers annually.^[9] A previous airport expansion extended the length of the runway from 2,800 to 3,200 metres (9,200 to 10,500 ft) in order to upgrade it to a code 4E runway.

The passenger terminal has 26 jetways^[10] with 22 allocated to domestic flights, 2 allocated to international flights and 2 dual-use jetways.^[11]

A second check-in terminal is available outside Shantou Railway Station.^[12]^[13]

Airlines and destinations edit

Passenger edit

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia	Kuala Lumpur–International
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Tianfu, Hangzhou
Beijing Airlines	Beijing–Daxing^[14]
Beijing Capital Airlines	Lijiang,^[15] Nanning^[15]
Cambodia Airways	Phnom Penh^[16]
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu, Dazhou,^[17] Shaoguan,^[18] Zunyi–Maotai
China Eastern Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,^[19] Hengyang,^[20] Kunming, Liuzhou,^[21] Nanjing,^[15] Ningbo, Qingdao,^[15] Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yiwu,^[15] Zhoushan
China Express Airlines	Shaoguan
China Southern Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,^[22] Beijing–Daxing,^[23] Changchun,^[24] Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chizhou,^[25] Chongqing, Dalian,^[15] Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin,^[15] Huai'an,^[26] Huangshan, Jinggangshan,^[27] Kunming, Linyi, Luzhou,^[15] Nanjing, Nanning, Nanyang,^[26] Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya,^[15] Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan,^[24] Taizhou, Tianjin,^[24] Wuhan, Xi'an,^[15] Xuzhou, Yichang,^[26] Yiwu, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan^[15]
China United Airlines	Beijing–Daxing
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Guiyang^[15]
GX Airlines	Fuyang^[28]
Hainan Airlines	Haikou,^[15] Nanchang,^[15] Taiyuan^[15]
Lucky Air	Kunming, Zhengzhou^[15]
Okay Airways	Changsha, Chongqing^[15]
OTT Airlines	Guilin,^[15] Hefei,^[29] Nanchang,^[30] Shanghai–Pudong,^[19] Wenzhou,^[15] Zhanjiang
Shandong Airlines	Changsha,^[15] Jinan^[15]
Shanghai Airlines	Beihai,^[31] Changchun,^[15] Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao,^[15] Shanghai–Pudong, Zhengzhou^[15]
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu,^[15] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Tongren, Ürümqi,^[32] Yibin^[32]
Spring Airlines	Bangkok–Don Mueang,^[33] Changchun,^[34] Changsha, Changzhou, Dalian,^[35] Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei,^[36] Lanzhou,^[30] Mohe,^[15] Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo,^[15] Qionghai, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong,^[19] Shenyang,^[15] Shijiazhuang,^[37] Singapore,^[38] Xi'an,^[15] Yangzhou, Yinchuan,^[15] Zhanjiang
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang^[15]
Thai VietJet Air	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi^[15]
Tianjin Airlines	Guiyang,^[39] Haikou
West Air	Chongqing, Zhengzhou

Ground transportation edit

The airport is served by the adjacent Jieyang Airport railway station. A station will also be constructed at the airport as part of the East Guangdong Intercity Railway with construction expected to be completed in 2027.^[40]

Statistics edit

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

Year	Passenger movements	Change
2021^[41]	5,734,175	8.5%
2020^[42]	5,285,718	28.1%
2019^[43]	7,353,521	13.2%
2018^[44]	6,493,930	44.8%
2017	4,485,000	17.5%
2016^[45]	3,818,000	19.2%
2015^[46]	3,204,300^[47]	11.6%
2014^[48]	2,870,252	6.9%
2013^[49]^[50]^[51]	2,686,007	27.7%
2012	2,103,303	10.6%

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External links edit

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