Nanning Wuxu International Airport

Nanning Wuxu
International Airport
Nanzningz Vuzhih Gozci Gihcangz
南宁吴圩国际机场
Nánníng Wúxū Guójì Jīchǎng

Entrance to Nanning Wuxu International Airport Terminal 2, which opened in 2014
IATA: NNG – ICAO: ZGNN
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Serves Nanning
Location Nanning, Guangxi, China
Hub for GX Airlines
Elevation AMSL 128 m / 420 ft
Coordinates 22°36′29.76″N 108°10′20.79″E / 22.6082667°N 108.1724417°E / 22.6082667; 108.1724417
Map
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Location in China

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 8,157,331
Nanning Wuxu International Airport
Traditional Chinese 南寧吳圩機場
Simplified Chinese 南宁吴圩机场

Nanning Wuxu Airport (IATA: NNG, ICAO: ZGNN) is an airport serving Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. It is located 32 km southwest of the centre of the city. The airport was built in 1962, with improvements made in 1990.[1] With 178,000 m2 of apron, 33,470 m2 of terminal space and six jet bridges, the airport was designed to handle 2.5 million passengers traffic annually. After reaching 1 million passenger traffic in 2002, the number of passengers jumped to 2 million in 2006. In 2011, 6.46 million passengers used this airport.[2]

History during World War II

During World War II, the airport was known as Nanning Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945). It was used primarily by reconnaissance units, which operated unarmed P-38 Lightning photo-recon aircraft that flew over Japanese-held territory and obtained intelligence used by combat units. Detachments of fighter and bomber squadrons also operated occasionally from the airfield, along with being a supply point for the 2d Combat Cargo Squadron, which air-dropped supplies and munitions to ground forces on the front lines. At the end of the war, the transports also hauled men, horses and mules to the airfield. The Americans closed their facilities at the end of October 1945.[3][4]

Airlines and destinations

Passengers

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsiaKuala Lumpur–International
Air ChinaBeijing-Capital, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Pudong[5]
Air MacauMacau
Beijing Capital AirlinesHaikou, Hangzhou, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Sanya, Yinchuan
Cambodia Angkor AirCharter: Siem Reap[6]
Chengdu AirlinesChengdu, Wenzhou, Wuhan,
China Eastern AirlinesChangsha, Haikou, Hefei, Kunming, Nanjing, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Wuhan
China Eastern Airlines Da Nang, Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Yangon
China Express AirlinesChongqing
China Southern AirlinesBeijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hangzhou, Haikou, Harbin, Hefei, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
China Southern AirlinesBangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Seoul-Incheon, Taipei-Taoyuan
GX AirlinesBijie, Changsha, Haikou, Hefei, Hohhot, Jining, Linyi, Nanchang, Nanyang, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xi'an, Yichang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Hainan AirlinesBeijing-Capital, Changsha, Haikou, Hangzhou
Hainan AirlinesBangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Hebei AirlinesChongqing, Shijiazhuang
Hong Kong AirlinesHong Kong
Juneyao AirlinesShanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong
Korean AirSeoul-Incheon[7]
Kunming AirlinesKunming, Xiamen
Lucky AirFuzhou, Kunming
Lucky Air Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta
New Gen Airways Charter: Bangkok-Don Mueang
Nok Air Charter: Bangkok-Don Mueang
Okay AirwaysShenzhen, Tianjin, Xi'an
Philippine Airlines Charter: Cebu
Ruili AirlinesKunming, Wenzhou
Shandong AirlinesHangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Qingdao, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yantai, Zhuhai
Shanghai AirlinesShanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong
Shenzhen AirlinesBeijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
Shenzhen AirlinesTaipei-Taoyuan
Sichuan AirlinesChengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Kunming, Wuhan, Xi'an
Sichuan Airlines Ho Chi Minh City
Sky Wings Asia Airlines Charter: Siem Reap
Spring AirlinesShanghai-Hongqiao
Thai AirAsiaU-Tapao-Pattaya[8]
Tianjin AirlinesChangsha, Dalian, Guiyang, Haikou, Hefei, Hohhot, Kunming, Lanzhou, Linyi, Luzhou, Nanchang, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Sanya, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhengzhou, Zunyi
TigerairSingapore
West AirHefei[9]
Xiamen AirlinesFuzhou, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Xiamen

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
China Cargo AirlinesDhaka, Shanghai-Pudong
Hong Kong AirlinesChongqing, Hong Kong

Ground transportation

Beside parking facilities and taxis, two airport bus lines connect the airport with the city center: Line No. 1 serving the Chaoyang Road Airline Ticket Office (near Nanning Railway Station) and Line No. 2 serving Wuxiang Square.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. ↑
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
  4. ↑ USAFHRA document search – Nanning
  5. ↑ 国航开通上海浦东-南宁航线 每周三班
  6. ↑ "Cambodia Angkor Air Adds New China Scheduled Charters in 16Q3". routesonline. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Korean Air Adds New Routes to Guiyang / Nanning in S15". Airline Route. Airline Route. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Thai AirAsia Adds Utapao - China Service from Sep 2015". Airlineroute.net. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "China West Air expands Hefei operation from Oct 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

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