Yibin Caiba Airport
Yibin Caiba Airport Yibīn Càibà Jīchǎng | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military (former public) | ||||||||||
Serves | Yibin, Sichuan, China | ||||||||||
Location | Caiba, Cuiping District | ||||||||||
Opened | 16 December 1992 | ||||||||||
Closed | 4 December 2019 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°48′1″N 104°32′40″E / 28.80028°N 104.54444°E | ||||||||||
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Yibin Caiba Airport (Chinese:
In 2011 Yibin Caiba Airport served 326,000 passengers, a 12.4% increase over the previous year, and 2,737.6 tons of cargo. As the airport's location limited its capability to expand, in May 2012 the State Council of China approved the building of the new Yibin Wuliangye Airport to replace Caiba Airport.[2]
Caiba Airport served its last civil flight in the evening of 4 December 2019, and all commercial operations were then transferred to Wuliangye Airport, which opened the following day. As the military facilities of the new airport are still under construction, Caiba is expected to continue serving as a military airbase for approximately another year, and will then be completely closed.[1]
See also
[edit]- List of airports in China
- List of the busiest airports in China
- List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases
References
[edit]- ^ a b Yao Xiaolan 姚晓岚 (2019-12-04). "
宜 宾菜坝机场运行 27年 后 民 用 部分 关闭,明 起 转场五粮液机场". The Paper. Retrieved 2019-12-08. - ^
国 务院正式 批复宜 宾五粮液机场迁建项目立项 (in Chinese). Carnoc. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.