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Airport in Wuxu, People's Republic of China
Nanning Wuxu International Airport
Nanzningz Vuzhih Gozci Gihcangz 南宁吴圩国际机场
Entrance to Nanning Wuxu International Airport Terminal 2, which opened in 2014
Airport type Public / Military Serves
Nanning ,
Guangxi Location
Wuxu ,
Jiangnan District , Nanning Opened November 1962; 61 years ago (1962-11 )
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
CAAC airport chartLocation in Guangxi
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Direction
Length
Surface
m
ft
05/23
3,200
10,499
Concrete
Passengers 10,851,498 Aircraft movements 92,723 Freight (in tonnes) 124,128.3
Nanning Wuxu International Airport (
IATA : NNG ,
ICAO : ZGNN ) is an
international airport serving
Nanning , the capital of
Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. It is located 32 km (20 mi) south-west of the centre of the city. The airport was built in 1962, with improvements made in 1990.
[1] Terminal 2, with an area measuring 189,000 m2 (2,030,000 sq ft), opened on 25 September 2014. It is designed to handle 16 million passengers annually. The number of passengers reached 1 million in 2002, and jumped to 2 million by 2006. In 2016, 11.56 million passengers used the airport.
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.
[2]
[3]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines Destinations
9 Air
Fuzhou ,
[4]
Xishuangbanna ,
Yancheng
AirAsia
Kuala Lumpur–International
Air China
Beijing–Capital ,
Beijing–Daxing ,
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
Hangzhou ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Tianjin
[4]
Air Macau
Macau
Beijing Capital Airlines
Bazhong ,
[4]
Dazhou ,
[5]
Hangzhou ,
Jieyang ,
[6]
Jinggangshan ,
[5]
Lanzhou ,
[4]
Lijiang ,
Qingdao ,
Sanya
[7]
Cambodia Angkor Air
Phnom Penh
Chengdu Airlines
Nanchang ,
[4]
Yancheng
[4]
China Eastern Airlines
Hefei ,
Jinggangshan ,
Kunming ,
Nanchang ,
[8]
Nanjing ,
Ningbo ,
[9]
Pu'er ,
[5]
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Taiyuan ,
Vientiane
China Express Airlines
Quzhou
China Southern Airlines
Bangkok–Don Mueang ,
[10]
Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi ,
Beijing–Daxing ,
Changchun ,
Changsha ,
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[5]
Chongqing ,
Fuzhou ,
[4]
Guangzhou ,
Guilin ,
Guiyang ,
[5]
Haikou ,
Hangzhou ,
Harbin ,
Hohhot ,
[11]
Huai'an ,
[5]
Jieyang ,
Lanzhou ,
Nanjing ,
[4]
Ningbo ,
[12]
Qingdao ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Shenyang ,
Shenzhen ,
Taiyuan ,
Taizhou ,
[12]
Ürümqi ,
Wenzhou ,
[4]
Wuhan ,
Xiamen ,
Xi'an ,
Xining ,
[13]
Xishuangbanna ,
Xuzhou ,
[12]
Yancheng ,
[5]
Yichun (Jiangxi) ,
[12]
Yiwu ,
Zhengzhou
[9]
Dalian Airlines
Beijing–Capital
[5]
Donghai Airlines
Guilin ,
[5]
Shiyan
[5]
Fuzhou Airlines
Fuzhou
GX Airlines
Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi ,
[14]
Changsha ,
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[9]
Dalian ,
[15]
Fuyang ,
[15]
Haikou ,
[16]
Handan ,
[17]
Hohhot ,
[11]
Jining ,
Lijiang ,
[16]
Luoyang ,
Qingdao ,
Sanya ,
[16]
Shangrao ,
[16]
Tianjin ,
Xi'an ,
Xiangyang ,
Xishuangbanna ,
[16]
Xuzhou ,
Yichang ,
Yulin (Shaanxi) ,
Zhangjiajie
[16]
Hainan Airlines
Beijing–Capital ,
[4]
Dalian ,
[9]
Haikou ,
Harbin ,
[4]
Nanchang ,
Sanya ,
Tianjin
[4]
Hebei Airlines
Beijing–Daxing
[18]
Juneyao Air
Changsha ,
[4]
Nanjing ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Wuxi
Kunming Airlines
Taiyuan
[4]
Lanmei Airlines
Phnom Penh
[19]
Loong Air
Hong Kong
[5]
Lucky Air
Zhengzhou
[9]
Nok Air
Bangkok–Don Mueang
Okay Airways
Chongqing ,
[4]
Haikou ,
Hefei ,
Kaili ,
Lanzhou ,
Sanya ,
Shiyan ,
[5]
Tianjin ,
Wuhan ,
[9]
Xi'an ,
[4]
Xinzhou ,
Yan'an ,
[9]
Yibin ,
[9]
Yinchuan ,
[9]
Zhengzhou
[4]
Qingdao Airlines
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[20]
Ningbo ,
[4]
Qingdao ,
[21]
Wenzhou
[20]
Royal Air Philippines
Manila
[22]
Royal Brunei Airlines
Bandar Seri Begawan
Ruili Airlines
Fuzhou ,
[4]
Hong Kong ,
[23]
Mangshi ,
[5]
Nantong ,
[5]
Xishuangbanna
[24]
Scoot
Singapore
[25]
Shandong Airlines
Enshi ,
[26]
Harbin ,
Hefei ,
Jinan ,
Qingdao ,
Wuhan ,
[9]
Shanghai Airlines
Shanghai–Hongqiao ,
Shanghai–Pudong ,
Wenzhou
[4]
Shenzhen Airlines
Beijing–Capital ,
[4]
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
[9]
Chongqing ,
Dalian ,
Fuzhou ,
Haikou ,
[4]
Hefei ,
Linyi ,
Nanchang ,
Nanjing ,
Nantong ,
[5]
Quanzhou ,
Shenyang ,
Shenzhen ,
Taiyuan ,
Wenzhou ,
[27]
Wuhan ,
Wuxi ,
Xiamen ,
Xi'an ,
Yinchuan ,
[5]
Yuncheng ,
Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines
Changzhou ,
[5]
Chengdu–Shuangliu ,
[9]
Chengdu–Tianfu ,
Chongqing ,
Guangyuan ,
Haikou ,
Hangzhou ,
Harbin ,
Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta ,
[28]
Luzhou ,
Nanchang ,
Tianjin ,
[29]
Ürümqi ,
Wuhan ,
Xichang ,
Xining ,
[13]
Zhengzhou
Spring Airlines
Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi ,
[30]
Dalian ,
[31]
Kuala Lumpur–International ,
[30]
Ningbo ,
[4]
Phnom Penh ,
[30]
Shijiazhuang ,
Singapore ,
[30]
Yangzhou
Tianjin Airlines
Haikou ,
Hanzhong ,
[32]
Yulin (Shaanxi)
[32]
Urumqi Air
Ganzhou ,
[33]
Zhengzhou
[33]
Vietnam Airlines
Nha Trang
West Air
Hefei ,
[34]
Zhengzhou
XiamenAir
Fuzhou ,
Hangzhou ,
Qingdao ,
[9]
Quanzhou ,
Tianjin ,
Wuhan ,
Xiamen
Cargo
Airlines Destinations
Central Airlines
Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi ,
Ho Chi Minh City
China Cargo Airlines
Shanghai–Pudong
China Postal Airlines
Nanchang ,
Nanjing
Longhao Airlines
Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi ,
Ho Chi Minh City ,
Yangon ,
Zhengzhou
Raya Airways
Kuala Lumpur–Subang
[35]
SF Airlines
Hangzhou ,
Ho Chi Minh City ,
Shenzhen
Tianjin Air Cargo
Clark ,
Dhaka ,
Ho Chi Minh City ,
Manila ,
Singapore ,
[36]
Yangon
YTO Cargo Airlines
Chennai ,
Delhi ,
Dhaka ,
Karachi ,
Kuala Lumpur–International ,
Singapore
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. The
Nanning–Pingxiang high-speed railway has a dedicated station at the airport,
Wuxu Airport railway station .
See also
References
This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency
External links
Media related to
Nanning Wuxu International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
Note: bold indicates international airports.
Airfields
Units
Wings Groups
Bombardment Fighter Transport
Squadrons
Combat Cargo Night Fighter Reconnaissance Transport
United States Army Air Forces