AviatDataChangzhou Benniu International Airport CZX / ZSCG
Changzhou, Jiangsu · China · Eastern Airports Group Co., Ltd. (东部机场集团有限公司) — Jiangsu provincial state-owned airport group headquartered at Nanjing Lukou International Airport; acquired a 51% equity stake in Changzhou Benniu via cash purchase (alongside stakes in Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou-Taizhou and Yancheng airports) and operates the field. Changzhou Benniu is a joint military-civil airfield, originally built for the People's Liberation Army Navy's East Sea Fleet; the State Council and Central Military Commission approved joint civil-military use in April 1985, and civil aviation service began 15 March 1986.
5.1Mpax · 2025
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAZSCG / CZX
OperatorEastern Airports Group Co., Ltd. (东部机场集团有限公司) — Jiangsu provincial state-owned airport group headquartered at Nanjing Lukou International Airport; acquired a 51% equity stake in Changzhou Benniu via cash purchase (alongside stakes in Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou-Taizhou and Yancheng airports) and operates the field. Changzhou Benniu is a joint military-civil airfield, originally built for the People's Liberation Army Navy's East Sea Fleet; the State Council and Central Military Commission approved joint civil-military use in April 1985, and civil aviation service began 15 March 1986.
Coordinates31.9128°N, 119.7822°E
Elevation23 ft · 7 m
Time zoneCST (UTC+8, no DST)
Passengers / yr5,139,214 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceZSCG — AIP China (CAAC) AD 2.ZSCG
Operating hoursNot confirmed H24; civil operations run to the published airline schedule, with ATIS/Tower/Ground active during flight hours (ATIS 127.02, Tower 118.45/130.00, Ground 121.65/130.00) per AIP-derived public sources; as a joint military-civil field (PLA Navy East Sea Fleet heritage), non-scheduled, GA and charter movements should coordinate PPR with the joint-use authority; no published passenger curfew found in AIP-derived public sources.
TerminalsOne passenger terminal (T1) in active use (approx. 38,000 sqm, opened 2011) handling both domestic and international/regional traffic (Hong Kong, Macau, Vientiane) with on-site customs and immigration; an older original terminal has been retired from passenger service.
Runways (1)
- 11/29 · 3,400 m / 11,155 ft · 50 m wide · Concrete · ILS CAT I precision-approach lighting, VOR and outer marker beacon confirmed; an operational ILS localizer/glideslope on 11/29 was not independently confirmed
Airport contact
Changzhou Benniu ranked 51st among China's certified transport airports in the CAAC's 2025 production bulletin, handling 5,139,214 passengers (+12.6% vs 4,562,418 in 2024), 49,410 aircraft movements and 23,208.1 tonnes of cargo; it crossed 5 million annual passengers for the first time in late December 2025, newly entering the national 'five-million' airport tier. A dual military-civil 4E-class field in which Jiangsu's Eastern Airports Group holds a 51% operating stake, it serves Changzhou and neighboring Zhenjiang with domestic trunk routes (China Eastern, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and others) plus regional international service to Hong Kong (HK Express, launched 23 May 2025), Macau (Air Macau) and Vientiane (Lao Airlines). Chinese-language sources confirm the field is equipped with a Category I precision-approach lighting system, VOR and an outer marker beacon on runway 11/29; independent confirmation of an operational ILS localizer/glideslope was not found in the sources checked, so no ILS category is asserted here.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Changzhou International Airport Co., Ltd. (常州国际机场有限公司)
Airport operator self-provides airport operation and management including ramp/turnaround handling for all scheduled carriers at CZX. CONFIRMED via corporate registry search: registered business scope reads 机场的经营管理 (airport operation and management), among others, for this exact entity (est. 2002-09-13, 空港南路8-1号). No separate independent ground-handling agent identified.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
China Aviation Oil (CNAF) Jiangsu Branch – Changzhou Supply Station (中国航空油料有限责任公司江苏分公司常州供应站)
CORRECTED entity name: registry sources name this station 中国航空油料常州供应站 / 中国航空油料有限责任公司江苏分公司 (China Aviation Oil Co., Ltd., the CNAF domestic group) — not 中国航油有限责任公司 as drafted, which is a distinct Singapore-listed trading entity. CONFIRMED the Changzhou station's office sits inside Benniu Airport itself (奔牛机场内), established 2001-07-20. CNAF is the standard into-plane Jet A-1 supplier at Chinese civil airports; no separate into-plane agent distinct from CNAF was identified for CZX. The specific claim of eight named Jiangsu airports sharing one branch was not.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Unconfirmed
Changzhou International Airport Co., Ltd. (常州国际机场有限公司)
Same registered business scope explicitly includes 民用航空器维修 (civil aircraft maintenance) — CONFIRMED via corporate registry search alongside the airport-management line above. This documents an on-airport line/AOG support capability under the airport operator itself; specific certifications and full scope of work are not detailed in available sources.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Eastern Airports Group Changzhou Aviation Food Co., Ltd. (东部机场集团常州航空食品有限公司)
CONFIRMED via corporate registry search: established 2020-12-10, registered address 常州市新北区空港中路/航食路 (inside the CZX airport precinct), a state-controlled subsidiary of Nanjing-based Eastern Airports Group (东部机场集团). Company/recruitment notices describe it as the sole aviation catering and non-aviation ground catering production and supply company inside Changzhou International Airport.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available
Changzhou International Airport Logistics Co., Ltd. (常州国际机场物流有限公司)
CONFIRMED via corporate registry (Baidu Baike corporate profile): established 2002-11-11, 100%-owned subsidiary of Changzhou Benniu International Airport Co., Ltd. and part of Eastern Airports Group; registered scope covers domestic/international air-cargo sales agency, warehousing, cargo loading/unloading and air-cargo information consulting. Operates the airport's cargo terminal (~10,600-10,673 sqm per sources) and handled ~22,100 tonnes of cargo/mail in 2025 (2.17万吨 belly cargo). CORRECTION: the specific 'CAAC East China Regional Administration Grade-1 agent' certification claim in the draft was not independently confirmed — evidence supports the company and cargo-terminal operation, not the specific licence grade, so that detail is now marked unconfirmed rather than stated as fact.
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Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Changzhou Airport Public Security Sub-bureau (常州市公安局机场分局)
No independent corroborating source (e.g. a dedicated Baidu Baike entry) was found for this specific sub-bureau — a direct lookup returned no page. This organizational pattern (a municipal Public Security Bureau airport sub-bureau performing on-airport policing/security, since airport passenger/cargo screening in China is typically run by the airport operator or local PSB rather than a separate commercial security firm) is standard nationwide, so the entry is plausible but left unconfirmed rather than deleted, per instructions not to drop a genuine-seeming provider solely for lacking a published licence/registry record. No separately named passenger/cargo security-screening operating company was identified.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
On request
Universal Aviation (Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.)
Ground transportation is listed as a coordinated service for business-aviation crews/passengers arriving at CZX via Universal's trip-support desk; arranged on request rather than a standing on-field fleet. Not beyond the general trip-support service description.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
On request
Universal Aviation (Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.)
CONFIRMED directly on universalaviation.aero: Changzhou Benniu (ZSCG) is listed as an 'additional supervisory location' under Universal's China coverage map, alongside dozens of other GA-accepting Chinese airports, sharing the same China contact number (•••) as Universal's main-office locations (Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou). Coordinates permit sourcing, parking coordination and third-party ground arrangements for business aviation. CORRECTION: the drafted named individual contact (Ricky Fang, Assistant General Manager, •••) could not be independently verified and has been removed; no dedicated CZX-based physical desk exists — coordination runs from Universal's main China FBO offices.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
Not listed