Datong Huairen Airport Explained

Shuozhou Huairen Airport
Nativename-A:Chinese: {{nobold|朔州怀仁机场
Nativename-R:Shuòzhōu Huáirén Jīchǎng
Coordinates:39.7175°N 113.1428°W
Pushpin Map:China Shanxi
Pushpin Label:Huairen Airport
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Shanxi
Type:Military
Location:Huairen, Shanxi, China
Metric-Elev:y
Metric-Rwy:y

Shuozhou Huairen Airport or Huairen Air Base, located in Huairen, Shuozhou, is a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLA-AF) installation near the Fen River, 43km (27miles) south of the city of Datong, in northern Shanxi province, China. It is located in the PLA Beijing Military Region. It formerly served as the main public airport for Datong until replaced by the newly built Datong Yungang Airport in 2006.

It is the headquarters of the PLA-AF 15th Fighter Division which operates Chengdu J-7 fighters and Nanchang Q-5 ground attack aircraft.

Satellite imagery of the site[1] shows a single 10,500 foot runway oriented NE/SW and a full-length parallel taxiway connected to revetments at either end of the field.

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  1. http://earth.google.com Google Earth