Foshan Shadi Airport

"Foshan Airport" redirects here. For the new airport under construction, see Foshan Gaoming International Airport.

Foshan Shadi Airport (IATA: FUO, ICAO: ZGFS), or Shadi Air Base, is a dual-use military and public airport serving the city of Foshan in South Central China's Guangdong province. FUO was re-opened to serve as a relief airport for the region. Along with two other major airports, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, it serves the catchment area of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone.^[2]

Foshan Shadi Airport 佛山沙堤机场
IATA: FUO ICAO: ZGFS
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner	People's Liberation Army Air Force
Serves	Pearl River Delta
Location	Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong, China
Opened	Part 1: 1985; 40 years ago (1985) Part 2: 18 November 2009; 15 years ago (2009-11-18)
Passenger services ceased	Part 1: 31 October 2002 (2002-10-31)
Operating base for	China United Airlines
Built	1954; 71 years ago (1954)
Coordinates	23°04′57″N 113°04′15″E
Map
FUO Location of airport in Guangdong
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 2,800 9,186
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 1,072,886 Aircraft movements 8,093 Cargo (metric tons) 0.1
Source: CAAC Data 2023 [1]

Foshan Shadi Airport
Simplified Chinese	佛山沙堤机场
Traditional Chinese	佛山沙堤機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fóshān Shādī Jīchǎng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping fat6saan1 saa1tai4 gei1coeng4

History

Built in 1954, Shadi Air Base is an airbase of People's Liberation Army Air Force. A squadron of J8-2 fighters are in support of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison.^{[citation needed]}

Commercial flights started in 1985, but ceased in 2002 due to government policy. The airport was reopened to the public in 2009.^[3]

It is planned to be replaced by the new Foshan Gaoming International Airport in Genghe town, Gaoming District.

In 2023, the airport exceeded 1 million annual passenger traffic for the first time.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
China United Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu,[5] Fuyang,[6] Hangzhou,[7] Huai'an,[8] Kunming,[8] Lanzhou,[8] Ningbo,[8] Ordos,[9] Shanghai–Hongqiao,[10] Shanghai–Pudong,[11] Shijiazhuang,[11] Taizhou,[10] Wenzhou,[12] Zhoushan[9]

See also

• China portal
• Aviation portal

• Foshan Gaoming International Airport, a planned airport in Genghe town, Gaoming District, Foshan
• List of airports in China
• List of the busiest airports in China
• List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases