Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (simplified Chinese: 徐州观音机场; traditional Chinese: 徐州觀音機場; pinyin: Xúzhōu Guānyīn Jīchǎng), (IATA: XUZ, ICAO: ZSXZ) is located in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China, over 45 km from the downtown area in the southeast outskirts of the city.
Xuzhou airport was opened on November 8, 1997 with 20,000 sq.m. terminal building and 3,400m runway. Its construction cost was estimated $105 million, with most of the cost provided by the Xuzhou municipal government.
In 2007 it handled 414,057 passengers, up 38 percent from the previous year, ranking 59th place in the People's Republic of China.
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