Hankow Airfield Explained

Wuhan Wangjiadun Airport
Iata:WJD
Icao:ZHWT
Type:Public
City-Served:Wuhan
Location:Jianghan District, Hankou, Hubei, China
Coordinates:30.6°N 114.2417°W
R1-Number:04/22
R1-Surface:Concrete (Closed)

Wuhan Wangjiadun Airport, also known as Hankow Airfield, was an airfield in Wangjiadun, Hankou (Hankow), 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 Wuhan Central Business District. The former site is near the junction of Huaihai Road (淮海路) and Yunfei Road (云飞路), Wangjiadun neighborhood (王家墩), Wuhan. (30.601138, 114.244264)[2] [3] [4]

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  1. News: Hankow Airfield (Hankou, Wang Jia Dun, 漢口) . Pacific Wrecks Inc..
  2. News: 王家墩上空的鹰. 经济观察报. The Economic Observer. 2019-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210124092619/http://www.eeo.com.cn/2019/0829/364631.shtml. 2021-01-24.
  3. News: 大武汉系列之114:汉口王家墩机场. July 2017. 周国献. https://web.archive.org/web/20210124091831/http://www.360doc.com/content/19/0306/00/11079421_819503970.shtml. 2021-01-24.
  4. 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: News: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20210124092537/https://wh.leju.com/news/2019-12-12/07006610434686990990376.shtml. 2021-01-24.