Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport
airport in Suining County, People's Republic of China
Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport (IATA: XUZ, ICAO: ZSXZ) is an airport serving the city of Xuzhou in East China's Jiangsu province. In 2025, it served 4,082,736 throughout the year, ranking the 54th busiest airport in China. Located about 45 km (28 mi) from the downtown area in the southeast outskirts of the city, the airport has two terminal buildings.
The airport is located about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) north of Guanyin Airport railway station.
History
Before Xuzhou Guanyin Airport was built, Xuzhou's civil aviation services operated out of Xuzhou Daguozhuang Airport (徐州大郭莊機場), which had originally been constructed in the 1930s. On 17 August 1993, the State Council and the Central Military Commission approved the project for Guanyin Airport. Construction began in December 1995, the airport passed inspection on 7 November 1997 and was opened on November 8, 1997.
In December 2007, the airport received approval for temporary opening as a Category‑I port of entry (一類口岸). In June 2009, Phase I expansion and greening works began.
On 26 September 2010, the airport passed national acceptance and was upgraded to a nationally designated port of entry.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1934556. Authority coordinates are 34.059, 117.555. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2025, 1993, 1995 and 1997.
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