Jixi Xingkaihu Airport is an airport serving
Jixi, a city in
Heilongjiang Province,
China
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. It is located 18 kilometers from the city center in
Jidong County near the Russian border, and is named after
Khanka Lake (''Xingkaihu'' in Chinese). The airport cost 262 million yuan to build and was opened in October 2009.
The Jixi Xingkaihu Airport replaces the old Jixi Pingyang Airport ''(鸡西平阳机场)'' that was built in the 1930s.
Airlines and destinations