# Shantou Waisha Airport, Shantou (Longhu), China

**Shantou Waisha Airport** is a small airport in Shantou (Longhu), Guangdong Province, China. It opened on 15 Apr 1974. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by People's Liberation Army Air Force. In 2010 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0036

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: People's Liberation Army Air Force
- Serves: Shantou (Longhu), Guangdong Province, China
- Opened: 15 Apr 1974
- Elevation: 9 m / 29 ft
- Coordinates: 23.4269, 116.7620
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 1,727,934 (2010)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantou_Waisha_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3234808
- Weather station: ZGOW · WMO 59316
- Ident: CN-0036

## Timeline

- 15 Apr 1974: Shantou Waisha Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 039° / 219° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | 1,119,825 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 870,084 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 806,690 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 913,276 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 985,874 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 1,115,179 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,266,407 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,727,934 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.7M (2010) | #621 of 3,974 | #184 in Asia | #56 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =735 in Asia | =196 in CN |
| Elevation | 9 m / 29 ft | =40,644 of 43,403 | =2,805 in Asia | #356 in CN |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =356 in Asia | =43 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [SWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgow.md) Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport · 30 km / 19 mi
- [MXZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgmx.md) Meizhou Meixian Changgangji International Airport · 115 km / 71 mi
- [XIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgxn.md) Xingning Air Base · 130 km / 81 mi
- [CN-0374](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0374.md) Zhangpu Air Base · 130 km / 81 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0036/data