Sunan Shuofang International Airport WUX / ZSWX
Wuxi, Jiangsu · China · Wuxi Sunan International Airport Group Co., Ltd. (无锡苏南国际机场集团有限公司) — state-owned, established September 2009 under approval of the Wuxi Municipal People's Government as the investment, construction and management entity for Shuofang Airport and its subsidiaries
11.0Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAZSWX / WUX
OperatorWuxi Sunan International Airport Group Co., Ltd. (无锡苏南国际机场集团有限公司) — state-owned, established September 2009 under approval of the Wuxi Municipal People's Government as the investment, construction and management entity for Shuofang Airport and its subsidiaries
Coordinates31.4944°N, 120.4294°E
Elevation16 ft · 5 m
Time zoneCST (UTC+8, no DST)
Passengers / yr10,980,000 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceZSWX — AIP China (CAAC) AD 2.ZSWX
Operating hoursH24 (airfield, ATS and customs/immigration operate around the clock; runway has edge lighting, REIL and ILS CAT I supporting night operations; no published curfew found in AIP-derived sources)
TerminalsTwo terminals: T1 (original, ~42,000 sqm, handles international/regional flights — incl. Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan — with customs and immigration, since WUX became a Class-I open port) and T2 (opened January 2015, ~63,400 sqm, domestic only); combined terminal area approx. 105,000 sqm against a combined design capacity around 10.6M pax/yr, already below actual 2025 traffic — a T3 terminal plus a second runway are in an approved master-plan revision but not yet built
Runways (1)
- 03/21 · 3,200 m / 10,499 ft · 50 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS CAT I
Airport contact
Sunan Shuofang serves both Wuxi and neighboring Suzhou in southern Jiangsu, is the home base of Ruili Airlines, and hosts operating bases for China Eastern (Jiangsu company) and Shenzhen Airlines; it is a joint civil-military (PLA Eastern Theater Command air force) 4E-class airfield first built in 1955, with civil operations starting 2004 and international status from 2009. It crossed 10 million annual passengers for the first time on 14 December 2024 (the 39th Chinese airport to do so that year) and grew to roughly 10.98 million in 2025 (+4.5% y/y, ranked around 40th nationally among China's 270 certified transport airports per CAAC's 2025 production bulletin), making it the second-busiest airport in Jiangsu Province after Nanjing Lukou.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Sunan Shuofang International Airport Co., Ltd. (苏南硕放国际机场有限公司)
Confirmed sole ground agent at WUX. China Southern Airlines Cargo (南方航空货运有限公司) published a single-source procurement notice dated 2024-09-24 on the China Southern procurement portal naming 苏南硕放国际机场有限公司 as the only provider of 机场服务(起降、停场、安检等基础设施使用等)and 地面代理服务(机坪服务、货运服务、清洁服务、勤务服务等) - airfield/apron use plus ramp handling, cargo handling, cleaning and general servicing - citing civil-aviation monopoly rules. Separately, China Southern's Shanghai Branch directly procured 'Wuxi airport ground agent services' (project CZ•••, 3-year term, 100% rate) from the same operator. Company (registered 2003, reorganized 2010 with Suzhou/Jiangsu Transport Holding/Wuxi Xinfa as added co-investors) states it runs the airport's daily operations and safety assurance.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
China National Aviation Fuel Supply Corp., Wuxi Branch (中国航空油料有限责任公司无锡分公司)
Corrects entity name/structure: registry records show a dedicated CNAF Wuxi branch (成立 2021-10-26), registered at 无锡市新吴区城南路239号高新物流空港园区 (on-airport logistics park), licensed for 民用航空油料储运及加注(含抽取)服务 - civil aviation fuel storage, transport and into-plane refuelling/defuelling. Company reporting refers to the operating unit as 中国航油江苏分公司无锡运行部, which supplied a record 280,000+ tonnes of jet fuel at WUX in 2025 (+4.1% YoY) and has publicly documented fuelling support for scheduled international flights (e.g. the Wuxi-Chicago route relaunch). Into-plane agent not separately distinguished from the supplier in sourcing found.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available
China Eastern Airlines Technology Co., Ltd. - Wuxi Aircraft Maintenance Department (东方航空技术有限公司无锡飞机维修部) / China Eastern Jiangsu Wuxi Base (中国东方航空江苏有限公司无锡分公司)
Self-handled, China Eastern Airlines. Registry confirms 东方航空技术有限公司无锡飞机维修部, a branch unit of China Eastern Technology (东航技术), established 2022-02-14 and based on-airport at 无锡市新吴区硕放街道空港一路26号, licensed for 民用航空器维修 (civil aircraft maintenance) and maintenance-personnel training. It operates alongside China Eastern Jiangsu's Wuxi branch/base (opened July 2005), which covers ground service for the airline's own Wuxi-based flights. Together these confirm China Eastern line-maintenance capability at WUX for its own fleet.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Wuxi China Eastern Airlines Catering Co., Ltd. (无锡东航食品有限公司)
Flight-kitchen JV (est. 2008-08-18) at 无锡市新吴区空港七路3号 (Kongkang 7th Road No.3, on-airport) - corrects the earlier '无锡新区机场路1号' address, which belongs to the airport-group HQ, not this kitchen. Registered capital is RMB ~14.20m (1420.062476万), not RMB15.78m as earlier drafted. Registry-listed shareholders are 中国东方航空食品投资有限公司 (China Eastern Airlines Food Investment Co., Ltd.) and 苏南硕放国际机场有限公司; the earlier equity-split figures and a 10.01% Fosun International stake were not corroborated in any registry source checked and are dropped as unconfirmed. Registered scope covers 餐饮服务/食品销售, and the company's own profile states its main business is 航空配餐 in-flight catering production.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Available
Sunan Shuofang International Airport Co., Ltd. (苏南硕放国际机场有限公司)
Aircraft/ramp cleaning (清洁服务) bundled into the operator's ground-agent scope per the same China Southern Cargo single-source procurement notice.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
Sunan Shuofang International Airport Co., Ltd. (苏南硕放国际机场有限公司)
As sole ramp/ground-handling provider the operator necessarily owns and runs its own ground-support-equipment fleet (tugs, belt loaders, GPU, etc.), but no separate GSE-as-a-service or third-party GSE company is documented at WUX - unconfirmed as a standalone offering.
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Cargo handling
Available · 3 providers
Sunan Shuofang International Airport Co., Ltd. (苏南硕放国际机场有限公司)
Named as the freight-handling party (货运服务) in the same China Southern Cargo single-source notice; operates the airport's original air-cargo terminal, publicly cited at approx. 26,000 sqm. A much larger new cargo zone is under construction as part of the airport's 2022-launched expansion project (approx. 104,000 sqm terminal building on a 158,300 sqm site, 24 stands including E-class, 500,000-tonne annual design capacity by 2030) - the earlier '~70,000 sqm per 2023 CSR report' figure could not be corroborated and is removed.
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Wuxi Airport Logistics Co., Ltd. (无锡空港物流有限公司)
Wholly-owned subsidiary of 无锡苏南国际机场集团有限公司 (Wuxi Sunan Airport Group), established 2007-03-29, registered on-airport at 无锡新区空港七路1号. Company registry and airport-group profile describe it as an integrated air-cargo ground-handling unit performing apron cargo loading/unloading and cargo-terminal (货站) services - freight receiving/inspection, packing, warehousing, handling, ULD build-up/break-down and information processing for domestic and international air-freight forwarders. Earlier 'one of three controlled subsidiaries' framing was not corroborated and is removed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
DHL Express - Wuxi Gateway (DHL无锡快件处理中心/口岸)
Confirmed via the airport group's own release and provincial postal-authority reporting: DHL's Wuxi gateway sits inside WUX's international air-cargo logistics centre, became operational 2022-12-28 (first Leipzig freighter landed 2022-12-29), and was the first international express carrier to launch an intercontinental freighter route in Jiangsu. Facility is approx. 5,300 sqm with a bonded express warehouse, automated sorting and the customs 'smart express' system, throughput 3,000+ pieces/hour. The specific 2023 volume (>5,000 t) and 4x-weekly Leipzig frequency figures were not but were not contradicted by any source found.
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Aviation security
Available
Sunan Shuofang International Airport Co., Ltd. (苏南硕放国际机场有限公司)
Airport-facility security/screening (安检) named in the same procurement notice's airport-services scope (起降、停场、安检等基础设施使用等). Dedicated security-check enquiry line ••• independently confirmed against the airport's published common-services phone directory alongside the main 24-hour service hotline •••.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
Wuxi Sunan International Airport Group Aviation Services Co., Ltd. (无锡苏南国际机场集团航空服务有限公司)
Corrects prior claim: wholly-owned subsidiary of 无锡苏南国际机场集团有限公司, established 2023-04-24, registered capital RMB 20m, offices in WUX's domestic terminal. A 2026 local-government single-source procurement notice names it as the only operator qualified to deliver airport VIP/guest (贵宾) handling services at WUX, and its own company profile lists air-cargo agency and passenger value-added services as its active business lines. Its licensed scope also includes 通用航空服务 (general aviation) and 航空商务服务, but no evidence was found that it currently holds the separate CAAC General Aviation Operating Licence needed to actually conduct business-charter/GA flights itself - the earlier claim that it 'handles business-charter and general aviation flight-ops support' is unconfirmed and is replaced here with the corroborated VIP-handling/cargo-agency scope. Direct station phone unconfirmed - using airport switchboard.
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Hotel & travel
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