Dehong Mangshi Airport () is an airport serving

Mangshi Mangshi (; tdd, ᥝᥥᥒᥰ ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥑᥩᥢᥴ; Jingpho language, Jingpho: Mangshi Myu), former name Luxi (), is a county-level city and the seat of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, western Yunnan province, China. Mangshi has ...

Dehong The Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture is located in western Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, and is one of the eight autonomous prefectures of the province, bordering Baoshan to the east and Burma's Kachin State to the west. ...

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. It was formerly called Mangshi Airport.

History

Mangshi Airport first opened in 1940 during

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with a 1,900 meters runway. Some of

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and

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had landed here for military purpose. After 1945, the airport was deserted. In 1985, Dehong prefectural government suggested to reconstruct the airport. China central government agreed to the request in 1987. Reconstruction project started in 1988. Finally, the airport opened in 1990 with a 2,200 meters runway.

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offered public flights between Mangshi and Kunming at that time. In 2003,

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rename it to Dehong Mangshi Airport. The first round expend construction started in 2006 and finished in 2009. The terminal was renovated as a

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shape, and two airbridges was built. Mangshi airport upgraded to an international airport in 2016, and the second round expend construction started. In 2018, the expend construction finished and the runway expanded to 2,600 meters. On 31 January 2019,

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opened the first international flight to

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Airlines and destinations

References

External links

Yunnan Airport Group
Airports in Yunnan Transport in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture {{Yunnan-geo-stub

History

Airlines and destinations

See also

References

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