Yongxing Island Airport
| Yongxing Island Airport 永兴岛机场 Yǒngxīng Dǎo Jīchǎng |
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| IATA: none – ICAO: ZJYX | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | People's Liberation Army Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sansha, Hainan | ||||||||||
| Location | Yongxing Island | ||||||||||
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Yongxing Island Airport (Chinese: 永兴岛机场) or Woody Island Airport (ICAO: ZJYX) is a military airport located on Yongxing (Woody) Island, the largest of the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.[1] Yongxing Island is administered by China as part of Sansha city of Hainan Province. The airport was completed in July 1990 to expand the combat range of Chinese warplanes.[3]
There is a decision to launch scheduled civilan flights between the China mainland and the Yongxing Island before the end of 2016.[4]
Facilities
Yongxing Island Airport has a 2,700-metre (8,900 ft) runway[1] that is capable of handling any fourth generation combat aircraft of the Chinese Naval airforce such as the Chengdu J-10AH, Shenyang J-11BH, Xian JH-7A, and the Sukhoi Su-30MK2. The airport can handle airliners like a Boeing 737, but there is no scheduled airline service to the airport. The runway is paved concrete and unmarked.
The airport also has four hangars, a radar navigation station and four large fuel tanks, enabling it to serve as a forward deployment base for refueling warplanes on combat missions.[5]
See also
- Taiping Island Airport
- Dongsha Island Airport
- Layang-Layang Airport
- List of airports in China
- List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases
References
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- ↑ Airport information for ZJYX at Great Circle Mapper.
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- ↑ China's southernmost city to launch civilian flights
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