Airport Shantou
Regular scheduled flights within China serve Chengdu, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shanghai-Hongqiao or the capital Beijing; international fliights operate to regularly Bangkok or Singapore.
- URL: Shantou (SWA)
- Time zone: GMT 8
- Service telephone: +86 20 360 669-993
- Address: Shantou Waisha Airport, Airport Road, Guangzhou City, Provinz Guangdong, Nr. 282, PR China
- Operating company: Shantou Airport Limited/ Guangdong Airport Managment Corp.
- Parking: Yes, paid short and long-term parking.
- Nearby cities: Chenghai (4 km), Anbu (9 km), Shantou (11 km), Chaozhou (29 km), Haimen (30 km), Huanggang (37 km), Rongcheng (42 km), Liusha (62 km), Huicheng (65 km), Jiazi (93 km)
- Directions by car: The airport is near highway G15 (Shenhai Expressway), about 15 km or 8 miles north east of Shantou.
- Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.05%), Tuesday (14.38%), Wednesday (13.95%), Thursday (14.87%), Friday (14.42%), Saturday (15.14%), Sunday (13.18%)
- Alternative spelling: Sán Đầu, Шаньтоу, Шантоу, שנטאו, شانتو, ซัวเถา, 汕头市, 汕头外砂机场, 汕頭, 汕頭市, शान्ताउ, 산터우
Most popular destinations from Shantou (Flights per week )
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport (91, 7,87 %)
- Chongqing (48, 4,15 %)
- Chengdu Tianfu (48, 4,15 %)
- Zhengzhou (44, 3,81 %)
- Xi'an-Xianyang (43, 3,72 %)
- Kunming (40, 3,46 %)
- Changsha (40, 3,46 %)
- Wuhan (39, 3,37 %)
- Hefei (36, 3,11 %)
- Changchun (32, 2,77 %)
- other (60.13 %)
Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)
- China Southern Airlines (831, 35,87 %)
- China Eastern Airlines (368, 15,88 %)
- Spring Airlines (358, 15,45 %)
- Sichuan Airlines (144, 6,21 %)
- Air China (136, 5,87 %)
- Shanghai Airlines (96, 4,14 %)
- Tianjin Airlines (56, 2,42 %)
- Tibet Airlines (48, 2,07 %)
- Lucky Air (48, 2,07 %)
- Shandong Airlines (44, 1,90 %)
- other (8.12 %)
Location
The airport is located about 15 km or 9 mles north west of downtown near the Shenhai Expressway (G15).