Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport (
IATA: WXN,
ICAO: ZUWX) is an airport serving
Wanzhou District of
Chongqing, China. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the centre of Wanzhou. The airport was opened on 29 May 2003.[2]
History
Wanzhou was formerly served by the military
Liangping Airport. Its runway was too short for civil use, but the plan to extend it was abandoned. Instead, the new Wuqiao Airport was built by cutting into mountains and filling bottomlands. It has a runway that is 2400 meters long and 45 meters wide (class 4C), capable of operating
Airbus A320 and
Boeing 737 airplanes.[2]