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Suzhou Guangfu Airport

Coordinates: 31°15′47″N 120°24′2″E / 31.26306°N 120.40056°E / 31.26306; 120.40056
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Suzhou Guangfu Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerPeople's Liberation Army
OperatorPeople's Liberation Army Air Force
ServesSuzhou
LocationSuzhou, Jiangsu, China
Coordinates31°15′47″N 120°24′2″E / 31.26306°N 120.40056°E / 31.26306; 120.40056
Map
SZV is located in Jiangsu
SZV
SZV
Location of airport in Jiangsu
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 [1] 2,200 7,218 Concrete
Source:[2]
Suzhou Guangfu Airport
Traditional Chinese蘇州光福機場
Simplified Chinese苏州光福机场
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūzhōu Guāngfú Jīchǎng

Suzhou Guangfu Airport (IATA: SZV, ICAO: ZSSZ), also known as Suzhou West Airfield, is a People's Liberation Army Air Force Base in the city of Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu province, located 22 kilometers southwest of Suzhou City.[3] From February 1994 until 29 October 2002 it briefly served civil flights for Suzhou, but is now exclusively used by the military. Suzhou is now mainly served by Sunan Shuofang International Airport, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, and Shanghai Pudong International Airport.[3]

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  1. ^ GoogleEarth refers the runway to 18/00
  2. ^ Airport information for Suzhou Guangfu Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ a b 苏州交通运输 (in Chinese). People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2013-08-16.