Dazhou Heshi Airport () was an airport serving
Dazhou
Dazhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast corner of Sichuan province, China, bordering Shaanxi to the north and Chongqing to the east and south. As of 2020 census, Dazhou was home to 5,385,422 inhabitants whom 1,850,869 lived in the ...
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Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
province, China, formerly called Daxian Airport. The airport is closed on May 18, 2022 and replaced by
Dazhou Jinya Airport
Dazhou Jinya Airport () is an airport serving Dazhou, Sichuan, China
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History
The airport was opened in 1940 as Heshiba Airport. In 1949 it was expanded to be used for civil aviation and renamed to Heshi Airport. In 2019 the airport handled 571,290 passengers and 1369 tons of mail and cargo.
See also
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List of airports in China
This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by provincial level division and sorted by main city served. It includes airports that are being built or scheduled for construction, but excludes defunct airports and ...
References
Airports in Sichuan
Defunct airports in China
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