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Hengyang Bajialing Airport is a former military and civil airport in the city of Hengyang

Hengyang

Hengyang is the second largest city of China's Hunan Province. It straddles the Xiang River about 160 km south of Changsha.-History:Its former name was Hengzhou . This was the capital of a prefecture in the Tang Dynasty's Jiangnan and West Jiangnan circuits...

in Hunan Province, China

China

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. It is located in Zhuhui District

Zhuhui District

Zhuhui District is a district of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Hengyang city.-References:*...

east of the Xiang River

Xiang River

The Xiang River , in older transliterations as the Siang River or Hsiang River, is a river in southern China...

. The airport has not served commercial flights since 1995 and the new Hengyang Nanyue Airport

Hengyang Nanyue Airport

Hengyang Nanyue Airport is an airport scheduled for construction in the city of Hengyang in Hunan Province, China. It is located in Yunji Town, Hengnan County, and is named after Mount Heng which is also known as Nanyue...

is scheduled for construction to serve as Hengyang's main airport.

History

The airport was built in September 1929. During WWII it was the largest airport in southern China under Allied

Allies of World War II

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control, and in 1944 was a major battleground of Defense of Hengyang

Defense of Hengyang

The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19, 1944, Hengyang became their next target...

, a fierce battle fought between the Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Army

-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...

and China's National Revolutionary Army

National Revolutionary Army

The National Revolutionary Army , pre-1928 sometimes shortened to 革命軍 or Revolutionary Army and between 1928-1947 as 國軍 or National Army was the Military Arm of the Kuomintang from 1925 until 1947, as well as the national army of the Republic of China during the KMT's period of party rule...

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After the war, Hengyang Airport briefly served civil flights in 1955. It was expanded in 1986 and served commercial flights again between 1988 and 1995, but all flights ceased in November 1995.

History

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