Hengyang Bajialing Airport

Airport
Bajialing Airport is located in Hunan
Bajialing Airport
Bajialing Airport
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Bajialing Airport is located in China
Bajialing Airport
Bajialing Airport
Bajialing Airport (China)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 1,575 5,167 Paved
Source:[1]
Hengyang Bajialing Airport
Traditional Chinese衡陽八甲嶺機場
Simplified Chinese衡阳八甲岭机场
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHéngyáng Bājiǎlǐng Jīchǎng
Wade–GilesHeng-yang Pa-chia-ling Chi-ch'ang

Hengyang Bajialing Airport is a former military and civil airport in the city of Hengyang in Hunan Province, China. It is located in Zhuhui District east of the Xiang River. Bajialing Airport has not served commercial flights since 1995, and the new Hengyang Nanyue Airport was opened in December 2014 to serve as Hengyang's civil airport.[2]

History

The airport was built in September 1929. During World War II, it was the largest airport in southern China under Allied control, and in 1944 was a major battleground of the Defense of Hengyang, a fierce battle fought between the Imperial Japanese Army and China's National Revolutionary Army.[2]

After the war, Hengyang Airport briefly served civil flights in 1955. It was expanded in 1986, and it served commercial flights again between 1988 and 1995; however, all flights ceased in November 1995.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for Hengyang Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ a b c 衡阳机场
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