Nanning Wuxu International Airport

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Nanning Wuxu
International Airport
Nanzningz Vuzhih Gozci Gihcangz
南宁吴圩国际机场
Nánníng Wúxū Guójì Jīchǎng
Nanning Airport exterior.jpg
Exterior of Nanning Wuxu International Airport
IATA: NNG – ICAO: ZGNN
NNG is located in China
NNG
NNG
Location in China
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Serves Nanning
Location Nanning, Guangxi, China
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 128 m / 420 ft
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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

Airlines Destinations
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International
Air China Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Hangzhou
Air Macau Macau
Beijing Capital Airlines Haikou, Hangzhou, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Sanya, Yinchuan
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu, Wenzhou, Wuhan,
China Eastern Airlines Changsha, Haikou, Hefei, Kunming, Nanjing, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Wuhan
China Eastern Airlines Da Nang, Hanoi, Osaka-Kansai, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Yangon
China Express Airlines Chongqing
China Southern Airlines Beijing-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 Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Ho Chi Minh City,[5] Shizuoka,[6] Taipei-Taoyuan
Seasonal: Seoul-Incheon[7]
GX Airlines Bijie, Changsha, Haikou, Hefei, Hohhot, Jining, Linyi, Nanchang, Nanyang, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xi'an, Yichang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Hainan Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Haikou, Hangzhou
Hainan Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Hebei Airlines Chongqing, Shijiazhuang
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong
Juneyao Airlines Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong
Korean Air Seoul-Incheon[8]
Kunming Airlines Kunming, Xiamen
Lucky Air Fuzhou, Kunming
Nok Air Bangkok-Don Mueang
Okay Airways Shenzhen, Tianjin, Xi'an
Philippine Airlines Charter: Cebu[9]
Ruili Airlines Kunming, Wenzhou
Shandong Airlines Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Qingdao, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yantai, Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines Taipei-Taoyuan
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Kunming, Wuhan, Xi'an
Sky Wings Asia Airlines Charter: Siem Reap
Spring Airlines Shanghai-Hongqiao
Thai AirAsia Phuket, U-Tapao-Pattaya[10]
Tianjin Airlines Changsha, Dalian, Guiyang, Haikou, Hefei, Hohhot, Kunming, Lanzhou, Linyi, Luzhou, Nanchang, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Sanya, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhengzhou, Zunyi
Tigerair Singapore
TransAsia Airways Taichung, Kaohsiung
Xiamen Airlines Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Xiamen

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
China Cargo Airlines Dhaka, Shanghai-Pudong
Hongkong Airlines Chongqing, 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.

Extension

The new terminal under construction is scheduled to be finished in 2012. Meanwhile, with passenger traffic almost double the designed capacity and cargo traffic 3 times over the designed capacity, a temporary solution is urgently needed before the completion of the new terminal.[citation needed]

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ [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. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/10/01/cz-nng-nov15/
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/26/c_134448499.htm
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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