Xinyang Minggang Airport , or Minggang Air Base, is a military air base near the city of Xinyang

Xinyang

Xinyang is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China, the southernmost such administrative division in the province.-Recent history:...

 in Henan Province, China

China

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. Built in 1958, the air base is located in the town of Minggang

Minggang

Minggang is a town in the province of Henan in Central China. The population in was 69,100....

 north of Xinyang. It is planned to convert the air base to a dual-use military and civil airport with an investment of 335 million yuan.

Facilities

Xinyang Minggang Airport has one runway that is 2,700 meters long and 50 meters wide (class 4C), and a 5,000 square-meter terminal building is being planned. The airport is projected to handle 500,000 passengers and 4,000 tons of cargo annually by 2020.

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