Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport

"Shantou Airport" redirects here. For the military airport, see Shantou Waisha Airport. For the US airline with the ICAO code SWA and commonly referred to as such, see Southwest Airlines.

Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (IATA: SWA, ICAO: ZGOW) is an international airport serving the cities of Jieyang, Shantou and Chaozhou in South Central China‘s Guangdong province. It is located in the towns of Paotai and Denggang in Jiedong District, Jieyang, Guangdong. It was part of a relocation plan from the original Shantou Waisha Airport, and the site was chosen to be near the geographic center of Jieyang, Shantou, and Chaozhou.^[4] The airport was put into service on 15 December 2011, with the simultaneous shut-down of Shantou Waisha Airport as a commercial airport.

Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport 揭阳潮汕国际机场
IATA: SWA ICAO: ZGOW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang Airport Cooperation[1] General Electric[2]
Serves	Chaoshan Jieyang Shantou Chaozhou
Location	Towns of Paotai and Denggang in Jiedong District, Jieyang, Guangdong, China
Opened	15 December 2011; 13 years ago (2011-12-15)
Hub for	China Southern Airlines
Coordinates	23°33′09″N 116°30′21″E
Website	www.cs-airport.com
Map
SWA/ZGOW Location in Guangdong Show map of Guangdong SWA/ZGOW SWA/ZGOW (China) Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2023 [3])
Passengers 7,182,236 Aircraft movements 60,686 Cargo (metric tons) 30,132.9
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport
Simplified Chinese	揭阳潮汕国际机场
Traditional Chinese	揭陽潮汕國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiēyáng Cháoshàn Guójì Jīchǎng IPA [tɕjé.jǎŋ ʈʂʰǎʊ.ʂân kwǒ.tɕî tɕí.ʈʂʰàŋ] Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Ket-yòng Tshèu-Sân Koet-chi Kî-chhòng Southern Min Teochew Peng'im Gig⁴ion⁵ Dio⁵suan¹ Gog⁴zi³ Gi¹dion⁵

According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, in 2024, Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport recorded 70,498 flight takeoffs and landings, and 8.666 million passenger movements, representing a year-on-year increases of 16.2% and 20.7% respectively.^[5]

History

The city of Shantou was formerly served by Shantou Waisha Airport, a dual-use military and civil airport. Construction of Jieyang Chaoshan Airport began on 16 June 2009 with a total investment of 3.8 billion yuan.^[4] In November 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection halted the construction of the airport due to unauthorized deviations from the approved environmental impact report. The airport authorities submitted a revised environmental impact report, which gained approval from the ministry.^[6] Jieyang Chaoshan Airport was opened on 15 December 2011, when all civil flights were transferred from the old Waisha Airport, which remains in use as a military air base.^[7] On 10 July 2014, the Chinese government officially gave the airport international status,^[8][9] after having operated international flights for a number of years already.

Terminals

Information center in Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport

The airport covers an area of 113,000 square metres (1,220,000 square feet) after the completion of a terminal expansion project in December 2022, doubling the airport terminal area through the additional of a second terminal wing.^[10] This upgrade allowed for the terminal design capacity to increase from 4.5 million to 14.5 million passengers annually.^[11] A previous airport expansion extended the length of the runway from 2,800 to 3,200 metres (9,200 to 10,500 ft) in order to upgrade it to a code 4E runway.

The passenger terminal has 26 jetways^[12] with 22 allocated to domestic flights, two allocated to international flights and two dual-use jetways.^[13]

A second check-in terminal is available outside Shantou Railway Station.^[14][15]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Departures area

Arrivals area

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia	Kuala Lumpur–International
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing,[16] Chengdu–Tianfu, Hangzhou
Beijing Capital Airlines	Lijiang,[17] Nanjing,[18] Nanning[17]
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu, Dazhou,[19] Shaoguan[20]
China Eastern Airlines	Guilin,[17] Harbin,[18] Hefei,[21] Hengyang,[22] Kunming, Nanjing,[17] Ningbo, Qingdao,[23] Shanghai–Hongqiao,[18] Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wenzhou,[17] Wuhan,[18] Wuxi,[24] Xi'an, Yantai,[18] Zhanjiang
China Express Airlines	Chongqing,[25] Shaoguan, Wuhu,[26] Zhanjiang[18]
China Southern Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[27] Beijing–Daxing,[28] Changchun,[29] Changsha, Changzhou,[30] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dalian,[17] Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Huai'an,[31] Jinan,[32] Jinggangshan,[33] Kunming, Linyi, Luzhou,[17] Nanjing, Nantong,[32] Nanyang,[31] Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan,[29] Taizhou, Tianjin,[29] Wuhan, Xi'an,[34] Xuzhou, Yichang,[31] Yiwu, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan[17]
China United Airlines	Beijing–Daxing
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing, Zhengzhou[34]
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Guiyang[17]
Hainan Airlines	Haikou,[17] Hangzhou[18]
Okay Airways	Changsha, Chongqing[18]
Qingdao Airlines	Changchun,[35] Zhengzhou[35]
Scoot	Singapore[36]
Shandong Airlines	Changsha,[18] Jinan,[37] Wuhan[37]
Shanghai Airlines	Changchun,[17] Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao,[17] Shanghai–Pudong,[18] Zhengzhou,[38] Zhoushan[32]
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu,[17] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Harbin,[37] Jinan,[37] Ürümqi,[39] Yibin[39]
Spring Airlines	Bangkok–Don Mueang,[40] Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi (resumes 30 March 2025),[41] Changchun,[42] Changsha, Changzhou,[18] Dalian,[43] Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei,[44] Lanzhou,[45] Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo,[17] Qionghai,[18] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong,[46] Shenyang,[17] Shijiazhuang,[47] Xi'an,[17] Yangzhou, Yinchuan,[17] Zhanjiang
Tianjin Airlines	Chongqing,[18] Guiyang,[48] Haikou, Mianyang[49]
West Air	Chongqing, Zhengzhou

Ground transportation

The airport is served by the adjacent Jieyang Airport railway station. A station will also be constructed at the airport as part of the East Guangdong Intercity Railway with construction expected to be completed in 2027.^[50]

Statistics

Outside the arrivals area

Jieyang Chaoshan Airport is among the 50 busiest passenger airports in China.

Year	Passenger movements	Change
2023[51]	7,182,236	102.3%
2022[52]	3,550,722	38.1%
2021[53]	5,734,175	8.5%
2020[54]	5,285,718	28.1%
2019[55]	7,353,521	13.2%
2018[56]	6,493,930	44.8%
2017	4,485,000	17.5%
2016[57]	3,818,000	19.2%
2015[58]	3,204,300[59]	11.6%
2014[60]	2,870,252	6.9%
2013[61][62][63]	2,686,007	27.7%
2012	2,103,303	10.6%

See also

• Shantou Waisha Airport
• List of airports in China