Hankow Airfield
Hankow Airfield | |
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Hankow, Hubei, China | |
Coordinates | 30°36′04″N 114°14′39″E / 30.601138°N 114.244264°E |
Type | Military and Civil airfield |
Site history | |
In use | 1931-2007 |
Hankow Airfield (Chinese: 王家墩机场), also known as Wuhan Wangjiadun Airport, was an airfield in , Hankow City, Hubei, China that closed in 2007. Constructed in 1931, it was a busy military airfield during the Second Sino-Japanese War in WWII, used by both the Chinese and her American allies, the USAAF Fourteenth Air Force.[1] From 1950, the military airfield was managed by the People's Liberation Army Air Force. From the mid 1980s to 2007, it was also a civil airfield. It was demolished in 2007 and transformed into the . Its current site is near the junction of Huaihai Road (淮海路) and Yunfei Road (云飞路), neighborhood (王家墩), Wuhan. (30.601138, 114.244264)[2][3][4]
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References[]
- ^ "Hankow Airfield (Hankou, Wang Jia Dun, 漢口)". Pacific Wrecks Inc.
- ^ "王家墩上空的鹰". The Economic Observer [经济观察报]. 2019-08-29. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24.
- ^ 周国献 (July 2017). "大武汉系列之114:汉口王家墩机场". Archived from the original on 2021-01-24.
- ^ The real estate developer provides several Google Map images to show the changes on the land before and after the demolition of the airfield. See: "从王家墩机场到武汉CBD 看鉴超级大盘的高光时刻". 乐居买房. 2019-12-12. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
- 1931 establishments in China
- 2007 disestablishments in China
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in China
- Airports established in 1931
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- Airports in Hubei
- World War II airfields in the China-Burma-India Theater
- Asian airport stubs