Nanning Wuxu International Airport
{{Short description|Airport serving Wuxu, Guangxi, China}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = {{nowrap|Nanning Wuxu International Airport}}
| nativename = {{nobold|{{lang|zh|南寧吳圩國際機場}}}}
{{lang|za|Nanzningz Vuzhih Gozci Gihcangz}}
| image = Wuxu airport main builiding.jpg
| caption = Entrance to Nanning Wuxu International Airport Terminal 2, which opened in 2014
| image-width =
| IATA = NNG
| ICAO = ZGNN
| image_map = File:ZGNN-1.pdf
| image_map_caption = CAAC airport chart
| pushpin_map = China Guangxi#China
| pushpin_label = NNG/ZGNN
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Guangxi##Location in China
| type = Public / military
| operator =
| city-served = Nanning
| location = Wuxu Town, Jiangnan District, Nanning, Guangxi, China
| opened = {{start date and age|1962|11||df=yes}}
| hub = {{nowrap|GX Airlines}}
| elevation-m = 128
| coordinates = {{Coord|22|36|29.76|N|108|10|20.79|E|type:airport_region:CN-45}}
| website =
| metric-elev = y
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 05/23
| r1-length-m = 3,200
| r1-surface = Concrete
| stat-year = 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202403/P020241227527614591507.xlsx |title=2023年民航机场吞吐量排名|language=zh|format=XLS|access-date=2025-01-20}}
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 13,689,746
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 110,168
| stat3-header = Freight (in tonnes)
| stat3-data = 189,432.4
| footnotes = Source: List of the busiest airports in China
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| t = 南寧吳圩機場
| p = Nánníng Wúxū Guójì Jīchǎng
| zha = Nanzningz Vuzhih Gozci Gihcangz
}}
Nanning Wuxu International Airport {{airport codes|NNG|ZGNN}} is an international airport serving Nanning, the capital of South Central China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is located {{convert|32|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of the centre of the city. The airport was built in 1962, with improvements made in 1990.{{cite web |url=http://www.nanning.gov.cn/2453/2004_9_29/2453_35334_1096432048932.html |title=Brief Introduction of Transportation - Official Website of Nanning Municipality |access-date=2016-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514212545/http://www.nanning.gov.cn/2453/2004_9_29/2453_35334_1096432048932.html |archive-date=14 May 2006 |df=dmy-all }} Terminal 2, with an area measuring {{convert|189000|m2|abbr=on}}, 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.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}}[http://airforcehistoryindex.org/search.php?q=Nanning+&c=u&h=100&F=&L= USAFHRA document search – Nanning]
Airlines and destinations
=Passenger=
{{Airport destination list
| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur–International
| Air China | Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu,{{Cite web |title=焕新启航|2025夏秋新航季来啦!南宁机场换季航班资讯一览 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0yr6nBwSuT-U3q2uJuGMAQ |access-date=17 April 2025}} Tianjin{{Cite web |title=【头条】南宁机场2023年冬春航季航班换季预告来啦!|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/KPJuDMH5HhkGoDcMEsNILA |access-date=12 December 2023}}
| Air Guilin | Haikou
| Beijing Capital Airlines | Bazhong, Haikou,{{Cite web |title=焕新启幕 |2024 冬春新航季来啦!南宁机场换季航班资讯一览 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/WoZUu3ugaZLRpeYo3zNExw |access-date=9 February 2025}} Jieyang,{{Cite web |title=潮汕出发•无忧出行 {{!}} 潮汕机场2023年冬航季精彩启航 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ew-quV5khraRvm72sw-nBw |access-date=10 December 2023}} Jingzhou, Lijiang, Qingdao, Sanya, Xi'an
| Chengdu Airlines | Nanchang, Yancheng
| China Eastern Airlines | Changzhou, Hefei, Jinggangshan, Kunming, Nanchang,{{cite web |title=China Eastern NS23 Domestic Network Additions – 09JUL23 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230712-muknfmns23dom |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=12 July 2023}} Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Xi'an
| {{nowrap|China Southern Airlines}} | Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,{{Cite web |title=【首发头条】南宁机场2023年夏航季换季特别资讯|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/23dkYrmcdl8dXmN3kat1GA |access-date=1 July 2023}} Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jieyang,{{Cite web |title=3月30日!揭阳潮汕机场夏航季上新! |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/DCRPfOyyI_4vA63Ozuz-BA |access-date=8 April 2025}} Lanzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo,{{Cite web |title=【换季预告】南航广西分公司冬春新航季航班预热! |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/oMyrkO2iWmV9PV_iaiLQTA |access-date=November 1, 2022}} Qingdao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou
| Donghai Airlines | Nantong, Yichang
| GX Airlines | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,{{Cite web |title=更多国际航班复航/增班计划|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lT1WniQ79p6PQOHTdylkEw |access-date=February 6, 2023}} Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,{{Cite web |title=【首发头条】南宁机场2022年冬航季换季特别资讯|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/zZNI3ifgtElcaR6BBhDUoA |access-date=February 4, 2023}} Dalian,{{Cite web |title=阜阳机场明天(30日)开始执行冬航季航班时刻|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Db7X4uBLPIqUMvusURs04A |access-date=January 17, 2023}} Fuyang, Ganzhou, Handan,{{Cite web |title=29日起,邯郸机场航班时刻有变!更多航线产品等你解锁!|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wID7NjT2g-ZD1IZr1Ufp1g |access-date=21 December 2023}} Harbin, Heze, Hohhot,{{Cite web |title=今年夏航季呼和浩特机场将运营航线161条|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NBOE5kR7OQvPFQcN57AAGw |access-date=25 May 2023}} Jinan,{{Cite web |title=2024年夏航季来了,从济南机场出发"泉心"起航 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/RDtmDMkVXQGCUbAhDZq34Q |access-date=5 September 2024}} Jining, Lijiang, Luoyang,{{Cite web |title=洛阳机场2025年夏秋季航班时刻表 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/P-J4m12-hnPwFPf_goRh9g |access-date=30 April 2025}} Qingdao, Shangrao,{{Cite web |title=夏秋航季今日开启,北部湾航空将执行206个航段,打造全航线服务提升 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Gf-3HFeg8NNhJe7ANBRQ-g |access-date=10 April 2024}} Shiyan, Tianjin, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xiangyang, Xuzhou, Yulin (Shaanxi), Zhengzhou, Zhoushan
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Haikou, Harbin, Nanchang, Sanya, Tianjin
| Hebei Airlines | Beijing–Daxing,{{Cite web |title=民航局202324年冬春航季换季颁发、注销国内航线经营许可信息通告|url=http://www.caac.gov.cn/PHONE/XXGK_17/XXGK/TZTG/202310/t20231024_221819.html |access-date=26 October 2023}} Shijiazhuang
| Juneyao Air | Changchun, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi
| Lucky Air | Lijiang, Xishuangbanna
| Nok Air | Bangkok–Don Mueang
| Okay Airways | Haikou, Sanya, Yinchuan
| Qingdao Airlines | Haikou, Ningbo, Qingdao,{{Cite web |title=【回国航班】南航12月航班计划、青岛航空2022-2023冬春航季航线网络|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6Cxufd8q-Dx_Q7-plfmGEQ |access-date=December 22, 2022}} Wenzhou
| Royal Brunei Airlines | Bandar Seri Begawan
| Ruili Airlines | Wuxi
| Scoot | Singapore{{cite news |author1=Chin Hui Shan |title=Scoot plans more flights to China, from 14 a week now to 57 by June {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/scoot-plans-more-flights-to-china-from-14-a-week-now-to-57-by-june |work=The Straits Times |date=22 February 2023 |language=en}}
| Shandong Airlines | Harbin, Jinan, Wuhan
| Shanghai Airlines | Changchun, Huai'an, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou
| Shenzhen Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Changchun,{{Cite web |title=换季资讯丨2024年冬航季国航系南宁换季航班揭秘! |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/zpNOxaWG59H3hBebHnVG-g |access-date=18 November 2024}} Changzhou, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Hefei, Lanzhou (begins 1 June 2025), Lianyungang, Linyi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nantong, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Yantai,{{Cite web |title=换季特辑 {{!}} 南宁机场新增开通南宁—南通—烟台航线航班! |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Xu_UEEZ-SkVKQAxFXuQrRA |access-date=7 August 2024}} Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhengzhou
| Sichuan Airlines | Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangyuan, Hangzhou, Harbin, Ho Chi Minh City,{{Cite web |title=夏秋航季,南宁机场航班计划时刻表公布,明天起执行! |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/65KJR0ar5D4LHfLc03M3tw |access-date=7 August 2024}} Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta,{{cite web |title=Sichuan Airlines Sep 2023 SE Asia Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230915-3usep23myid |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=15 September 2023}} Jinan, Luzhou, Nanchang, Tianjin,{{Cite web | url=http://www.ccaonline.cn/news/hot/458981.html |title = 四川航空在南宁设立运行过夜基地|date = 16 October 2018}} Ürümqi, Wuhan
| Spring Airlines | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Dalian,{{Cite web |title=提醒!扬泰机场冬春航季航班时刻表速戳 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Pn7wCbNTqy3-3cWLE3jS-g |access-date=December 27, 2022}} Shijiazhuang, Yangzhou
| Tibet Airlines | Lhasa, Mianyang
| Urumqi Air | Ürümqi
| XiamenAir | Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen
}}
=Cargo=
{{Airport destination list
| 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{{Cite web|title=Raya Airways first Malaysian freight service to fly into Nanning, china|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2021/06/15/raya-airways-first-malaysian-freight-service-to-fly-into-nanning-china|access-date=2021-06-15|website=The Star|language=en}}
| SF Airlines | Hangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Shenzhen
| Sichuan Airlines | Singapore{{cite web |author1=Changi Air Hub & Cargo Development |title=Changi Air Hub & Cargo Development’s Post |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/changi-air-hub_sichuanairlines-aircargo-airfreight-activity-7155777065701572609-hGWk?utm_source=li_share&utm_content=feedcontent&utm_medium=g_dt_web&utm_campaign=copy |website=LinkedIn |language=en |quote=Sichuan Airlines has commenced its daily Nanning – Singapore – Nanning freighter flights on 25 December 2023!}}
| Tianjin Air Cargo | Clark, Dhaka, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Singapore,{{cite web |title=Nanning-Singapore all-cargo air route put into operation |url=http://en.gxzf.gov.cn/2021-06/23/c_635358.htm |website=People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region |date=23 June 2021}} 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
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
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- {{Official website|http://nn.airport.gx.cn}}
{{Airports in China}}
{{Transport in China}}
{{Guangxi transit}}
{{USAAF 14th Air Force World War II}}
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Category:1962 establishments in China
Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in China