Pushpin Map: | Guizhou#China |
City-Served: | Weining County, Guizhou, China |
Coordinates: | 26.85°N 104.33°W |
R1-Length-M: | 3000 |
Weining Caohai Airport is an under-construction airport in Weining County, Bijie, Guizhou, China. The airport is named after the Caohai Lake and nature reserve in Weining.
Construction started in March 2019 at a cost of 1,800 million Yuan, of which 1,064 million was financed by the national government, and 550 million by Guizhou province, with the remaining amount not yet accounted for.[1] [2] Test flights are expected to commence in the second half of 2023.[3]
The airport will have a single 3000m (10,000feet) runway and facilities to handle up to 350,000 passengers yearly.