AirportsJieyang Chaoshan International Airport is a large airport serving Jieyang (Rongcheng), in Guangdong Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SWA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SWA
- ICAO code
- ZGOW
- City
- Jieyang (Rongcheng)
- State or region
- Guangdong Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 23.5520° N, 116.5033° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SWA means Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZGOW. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 23.5520° N, 116.5033° E.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,499 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 74.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Meizhou Meixian Changgangji International AirportMeizhou (Meixian) | MXZ | 89 km |
| Xiamen Gaoqi International AirportXiamen | XMN | 198 km |
| Huizhou Pingtan AirportHuizhou (Pingtan) | HUZ | 202 km |
| Kinmen AirportShang-I, Taiwan | KNH | 212 km |
| Liancheng Guanzhishan AirportLongyan (Liancheng) | LCX | 237 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,958 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,530 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,138 km | 7 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,665 km | 12 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,798 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,382 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,813 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 2,607 km | 3 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 7,370 km | 9 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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