SWAZGOW

Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport

Jieyang (Rongcheng), China · Asia

Asia Asia/Shanghai IVCA 44.4

59direct destinations

21airlines

1runway

3,200 mLongest runway

1974opened

Shantou Waisha Airport is a People's Liberation Army Air Force Base in the city of Shantou in Guangdong province, China. It served as the city's civilian airport from 15 April 1974 until 15 December 2011, when all commercial flights were transferred to the newly built Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport. Shantou Waisha Airport is located in Longhu District and opened in 1956 as a military airport for the People's Liberation Army Air Force. It opened for commercial air carriers on 15 April 1974.

Location

23.552°N, 116.503°E

General data

CountryChina

CityJieyang (Rongcheng)

IATA codeSWA

ICAO codeZGOW

Coordinates23.552°N, 116.503°E

Time zoneAsia/Shanghai

Runways1

Longest runway3,200 m

OperatorFuerza Aérea del Ejército Popular de Liberación

Opened1974

Direct destinations59

Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 1

04/22

Length3,200 m10,499 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Airlines operating here · 21

Other airlines with direct routes

China Southern Airlines Spring Airlines China Eastern Airlines Shanghai Airlines Air China Okay Airways Beijing Capital Airlines Chengdu Airlines West Air China Express Airlines Hainan Airlines Tianjin Airlines Tibet Airlines AirAsia China United Airlines Chongqing Airlines Juneyao Air Lucky Air Ruili Airlines Scoot Sichuan Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_swa,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (SWA)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SWA},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SWA}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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