Airport type Military Location Yongxing Island 8,858 Asphalt/Paved/Concrete | Serves Sansha, Hainan 2,700 8,858 | |
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Operator People's Liberation Army Air Force | ||
Yongxing Island Airport (Chinese: 永兴岛机场) or Woody Island Airport (ICAO: ZJYX) is a military airport located on Yongxing (Woody) Island, the largest of the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Yongxing Island is administered by China as part of Sansha city of Hainan Province. The airport was completed in July 1990 to expand the combat range of Chinese warplanes.
There is a decision to launch scheduled civilian flights between the China mainland and the Yongxing Island before the end of 2016.
Facilities
Yongxing Island Airport has a 2,700-metre (8,900 ft) runway that is capable of handling any fourth generation combat aircraft of the Chinese Naval airforce such as the Chengdu J-10AH, Shenyang J-11BH, Xian JH-7A, and the Sukhoi Su-30MK2. The airport can handle airliners like a Boeing 737, but there is no scheduled airline service to the airport. The runway is paved concrete and unmarked. The Yongxing Island Airport was completed in July 1990,
The airport also has four hangars, a radar navigation station and four large fuel tanks, enabling it to serve as a forward deployment base for refueling warplanes on combat missions.