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Shanghai Jiangwan Airport () was an airport located in

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of northeast

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, China. It was closed in 1994 and the site has been redeveloped into the New Jiangwan City (新江湾城) neighbourhood.

History

The airport was formerly known as Kiangwan Airfield. At the end of

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it was used by the

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as the headquarters of the

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, its primary mission being the airlift of Chinese troops in and out of the Shanghai region. The airfield was also the home of the

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"Shanghai Air Depot", which opened in October 1945 to supervise the deposition of Allied and captured Japanese aircraft in China. Kiangwan Airfield operated

Air Transport Command Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces. It had two main missions, the first being the delivery of supplies and ...

services and flights from Shanghai as part of its Western Pacific Wing until 31 December 1947 when the ATC facilities were closed, and American forces left the area. Jiangwan remained in operation as a military airport under the

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from 1949 onward. The property was turned over to the city of Shanghai in 1997 for redevelopment as a residential area and a park. On 1 October 1999, the nearby

Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of two international airports serving Shanghai and a major aviation hub of East Asia. Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic fights, while the city's othe ...

officially opened.

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