Shantou Waisha Airport Explained

Location:Longhu, Guangdong, China
Built:
Opened:
Coordinates:23.425°N 116.7603°W
Pushpin Map:Guangdong
Pushpin Label:Waisha Airport
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guangdong
Type:Military
Owner:People's Liberation Army
Operator:People's Liberation Army Air Force
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:04/22
R1-Length-M:2500
R1-Surface:Concrete

Shantou Waisha Airport is a People's Liberation Army Air Force Base in the city of Shantou in Guangdong province, China. It served as the city's civilian airport from 15 April 1974 until 15 December 2011, when all commercial flights were transferred to the newly-built Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport.[1]

Shantou Waisha Airport is located in Longhu District and opened in 1956 as a military airport for the People's Liberation Army Air Force. It opened for commercial air carriers on 15 April 1974.

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  1. News: http://money.163.com/11/1215/02/7L9H7MBE002526O5.html . zh:揭阳潮汕机场今晨起飞首架航机 . . 2011-12-15 . zh-cn . 2012-02-23 . 2013-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020195642/http://money.163.com/11/1215/02/7L9H7MBE002526O5.html . dead .