Foshan Shadi Airport

Foshan Shadi Airport

佛山沙堤机场
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerPeople's Liberation Army Air Force
ServesPearl River Delta
LocationNanhai, Foshan, Guangdong, China
Opened
  • Part 1: 1985 (1985)
  • Part 2: 18 November 2009 (2009-11-18)
Passenger services ceasedPart 1: 31 October 2002 (2002-10-31)
Operating base forChina United Airlines
Built1954 (1954)
Coordinates23°04′57″N 113°04′15″E / 23.08250°N 113.07083°E / 23.08250; 113.07083
Map
FUO/ZGFS is located in Guangdong
FUO/ZGFS
FUO/ZGFS
Location of airport in Guangdong
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,800 9,186
Statistics (2021)
Passengers604,645
Aircraft movements6,154
Cargo (metric tons)2.6
Source: CAAC[1][2]
Foshan Shadi Airport
Simplified Chinese佛山沙堤机场
Traditional Chinese佛山沙堤機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFóshān Shādī Jīchǎng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingfat6saan1 saa1tai4 gei1coeng4

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.[3]

  1. ^ 2015年民航机场吞吐量排名 (XLS) (in Chinese (China)). CAAC. 2016-03-31.
  2. ^ Airport information for Foshan Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "Shenzhen plans three new airports". South China Morning Post. 2016-06-05. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

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