Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport 揭阳潮汕国际机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang Airport Cooperation[1] General Electric[2] | ||||||||||
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| Location | Towns of Paotai and Denggang inJiedong District,Jieyang,Guangdong,China | ||||||||||
| Opened | 15 December 2011; 13 years ago (2011-12-15) | ||||||||||
| Hub for | China Southern Airlines | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°33′09″N116°30′21″E / 23.55250°N 116.50583°E /23.55250; 116.50583 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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| Statistics (2023[3]) | |||||||||||
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| Source:List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 揭阳潮汕国际机场 | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 揭陽潮汕國際機場 | ||||||||||||||||
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Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (IATA:SWA,ICAO:ZGOW) is aninternational airport serving the cities ofJieyang,Shantou andChaozhou inSouth Central China‘sGuangdong province. It is located in the towns of Paotai and Denggang inJiedong District, Jieyang, Guangdong. It was part of a relocation plan from the originalShantou 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 ofShantou Waisha Airport as a commercial airport.
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]
The city of Shantou was formerly served byShantou 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, theChinese 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.

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 26jetways[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 outsideShantou Railway Station.[14][15]


The airport is served by the adjacentJieyang Airport railway station. A station will also be constructed at the airport as part of theEast Guangdong Intercity Railway with construction expected to be completed in 2027.[48]

Jieyang Chaoshan Airport is among the50 busiest passenger airports in China.
| Year | Passenger movements | Change |
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| 2023[49] | 7,182,236 | |
| 2022[50] | 3,550,722 | |
| 2021[51] | 5,734,175 | |
| 2020[52] | 5,285,718 | |
| 2019[53] | 7,353,521 | |
| 2018[54] | 6,493,930 | |
| 2017 | 4,485,000 | |
| 2016[55] | 3,818,000 | |
| 2015[56] | 3,204,300[57] | |
| 2014[58] | 2,870,252 | |
| 2013[59][60][61] | 2,686,007 | |
| 2012 | 2,103,303 |
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