22 kilometers southwest to the Suzhou City proper, Suzhou Guangfu Airport was opened in February, 1994 with 2 scheduled flights: one from Suzhou to Beijing and the other from Suzhou to Foshan. The airport can handle 24,000 passengers and 150 tons of cargo every year and has a 2,100-square-meter waiting hall that can receive 400 passengers.
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is only 86kilometers away from Suzhou. The Su-Hu Airport Expressway which has cost 389.5 billion yuan has now been completed, and the time taken from Suzhou to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport has been lessened from the original 3 hours to the 1.15 hours now, which brings great convenience to the Suzhou outside tourists.