Huizhou Airport
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Huizhou Airport is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Huizhou
in Guangdong Province, China
. It is located in the town of Pingtan in Huiyang District
, 20 kilometers from the city center, and was formerly called Pingtan Airport . The former military airport served commercial flights between 1985 and 2002, but stopped when the military was forbidden to operate commercial businesses. Construction to expand the airport began in March 2011 with an estimated investment of 100 million yuan, and commercial flights are expected to resume in late 2011.
Huizhou
Huizhou , historically known as Waichow, is a city located in central Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. Part of the Pearl River Delta, Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the northeast, Shanwei to the east, Shenzhen...
in Guangdong Province, China
China
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. It is located in the town of Pingtan in Huiyang District
Huiyang District
Huiyang District is a district of Guangdong Province, China. It is under the administration of Huizhou city....
, 20 kilometers from the city center, and was formerly called Pingtan Airport . The former military airport served commercial flights between 1985 and 2002, but stopped when the military was forbidden to operate commercial businesses. Construction to expand the airport began in March 2011 with an estimated investment of 100 million yuan, and commercial flights are expected to resume in late 2011.
See also
- List of airports in the People's Republic of China
- List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China
- List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases