| Yongxing Island Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| IATA: none – ICAO: ZJYX | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | PLA Air Force | ||
| Serves | Sansha, Hainan | ||
| Location | Yongxing Island (Woody Island) | ||
| Coordinates | 16°50′01″N 112°20′42″E / 16.83361°N 112.345°ECoordinates: 16°50′01″N 112°20′42″E / 16.83361°N 112.345°E | ||
| Map | |||
 <div style="position: absolute; top: Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; left: -410.4%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> ZJYX | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 2,700 | 8,858 | Asphalt/Concrete | |
| Source:[1][2] | |||
Yongxing Island Airport (ICAO: ZJYX), also known as Woody Island Airport, is a military airport located on Yongxing (Woody) Island, the largest of the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.[1] Yongxing/Woody Island is occupied and administered by China (PRC) 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 was a decision to launch scheduled civilian flights between the Chinese mainland and the island before the end of 2016.[4]
Facilities[]
Yongxing Island Airport has a runway that is 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) long,[1] capable of handling any fourth generation fighter aircraft of the Chinese airforce such as the Sukhoi Su-30MK2. The airport also has 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]
The airport was completed in July 1990,[3] It 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[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in Chinese). Eastday. 4 June 2012. http://mil.eastday.com/eastday/mil1/m/20120604/u1a6599839.html. Retrieved 11 July 2012. - ↑ Airport information for ZJYX at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bernstein, Richard; Munro, Ross H. (1998). The Coming Conflict with China. Vintage Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-0679776628. https://books.google.com/books?id=yVDUMH6i1_QC&q=yongxing.
- ↑ China's southernmost city to launch civilian flights, en.people.cn
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chang, Andrei (26 September 2008). "Analysis: China's air-sea buildup". Spacewar.com. http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Analysis_Chinas_air-sea_buildup_999.html. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
External links[]
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