Wuhan Caidian General Airport () is an under-construction airport for general aviation located in

Caidian District Caidian District () is one of 13 urban districts that constitute the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, forming part of the city's southwestern suburbs and situated on the northwestern (left) bank of the Yan ...

, Wuhan. The airport began construction on 1 December 2017. The airport will be the second airport dedicated to general aviation in Wuhan, after

Wuhan Hannan General Airport Wuhan Hannan General Airport (), is an airport for general aviation located in Hannan District, Wuhan. It is the biggest airport in China that handles only general aviation. It is considered a 2B level public airport, able to handle small aircraf ...

. The airport covers 500 acres of land, with a 1600 m (5249 ft) long, 30 m (98 ft) wide runway. The airport is slated to finish construction by the end of 2018, and be handed over to the city government by the start of 2019. The airport construction will spend about 300 million

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(estimated). Spokesmen of the government said they plan to extend the runway from 1600 m up to 2200 m, after the airport's construction finished, in order to offer service to some private jets.

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