Suzhou Guangfu Airport
Suzhou Guangfu Airport 苏州光福机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | People's Liberation Army | ||||||||||
| Operator | People's Liberation Army Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Suzhou | ||||||||||
| Location | Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | ||||||||||
| Passenger services ceased | 29 October 2002 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°15′47″N 120°24′2″E / 31.26306°N 120.40056°E | ||||||||||
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SZV Location of airport in Jiangsu | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘇州光福機場 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏州光福机场 | ||||||
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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 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of Suzhou City. From February 1994 until 29 October 2002 it briefly served civil flights for Suzhou, with flights to Foshan and Beijing, but is now exclusively used by the military. Suzhou is now mainly served by Wuxi Shuofang Airport, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, and Shanghai Pudong International Airport.