Nanning Wuxu International Airport

Nanning Wuxu International Airport Nanzningz Vuzhih Gozci Gihcangz 南宁吴圩国际机场 Nánníng Wúxū Guójì Jīchǎng
Entrance to Nanning Wuxu International Airport Terminal 2, which opened in 2014
IATA: NNG ICAO: ZGNN
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Serves	Nanning
Location	Nanning, Guangxi, China
Hub for	GX Airlines
Elevation AMSL	128 m / 420 ft
Coordinates	22°36′29.76″N 108°10′20.79″E / 22.6082667°N 108.1724417°E / 22.6082667; 108.1724417
Map
NNG Location in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 11,558,000
Source: List of the busiest airports in China

Nanning Wuxu Airport (IATA: NNG, ICAO: ZGNN) is an airport serving Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. It is located 32 km southwest of the centre of the city. The airport was built in 1962, with improvements made in 1990. With 178,000 m² of apron, 33,470 m² of terminal space and six jet bridges, the airport was designed to handle 2.5 million passengers traffic annually. After reaching 1 million passenger traffic in 2002, the number of passengers jumped to 2 million in 2006. In 2011, 6.46 million passengers used this airport.

During World War II, the airport was known as Nanning Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945). It was used primarily by reconnaissance units, which operated unarmed P-38 Lightning photo-recon aircraft that flew over Japanese-held territory and obtained intelligence used by combat units. Detachments of fighter and bomber squadrons also operated occasionally from the airfield, along with being a supply point for the 2d Combat Cargo Squadron, which air-dropped supplies and munitions to ground forces on the front lines. At the end of the war, the transports also hauled men, horses and mules to the airfield. The Americans closed their facilities at the end of October 1945.

Beside parking facilities and taxis, two airport bus lines connect the airport with the city center: Line No. 1 serving the Chaoyang Road Airline Ticket Office (near Nanning Railway Station) and Line No. 2 serving Wuxiang Square.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.