AirportsSunan Shuofang International Airport is a large airport serving Wuxi, in Jiangsu Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WUX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WUX
- ICAO code
- ZSWX
- City
- Wuxi
- State or region
- Jiangsu Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 31.4970° N, 120.4304° E
- Elevation
- 7 m (24 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WUX means Sunan Shuofang International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZSWX. 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 31.4970° N, 120.4304° E. It stands 7 metres (24 feet) above sea level.
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
Sunan Shuofang 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 77.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 50 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Changzhou Benniu International AirportChangzhou | CZX | 78 km |
| Nantong Xingdong International AirportNantong (Tongzhou) | NTG | 83 km |
| Jiaxing Nanhu AirportXiuzhou, Hangzhou | JNH | 92 km |
| Shanghai Hongqiao International AirportShanghai (Minhang) | SHA | 92 km |
| Yangzhou Taizhou AirportYangzhou | YTY | 136 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,158 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,936 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,312 km | 8 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,138 km | 11 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,862 km | 14 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,481 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,771 km | 5 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 1,847 km | 2 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 7,958 km | 10 h 05 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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