Zhubi Airport Explained

Subi Airport
Type:Dual-use
Coordinates:10.9257°N 114.0718°W
Pushpin Map:South China Sea
Pushpin Label:Subi Airport
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Hainan
Location:Sansha city, Hainan province, China
City-Served:Subi Reef
Owner-Oper:People's Liberation Army Navy
Timezone:China Standard Time
Utc:UTC+8
R1-Number:03/21
R1-Length-F:10662
R1-Length-M:3250
R1-Surface:Concrete

Zhubi Airport is a dual-use airport on Subi Reef located in Spratly Islands.

History

Construction began in August 2015.

On July 12, 2016, the Chinese government used a Cessna CE-680 aircraft from the Civil Aviation Flight Check Center of China to conduct a check flight on the newly built airport and it succeeded. [1]

On July 13, 2016, the Chinese government requisitioned a civil airliner of Hainan Airlines. It departed from Haikou Meilan International Airport and landed at the newly-built airport. It returned in the afternoon of the same day to complete the test flight. [2]

Facilities

Subi Airport has a 3250m (10,660feet) x 60m (200feet) runway, a terminal building, 20 hangars, and 2 helicopter platforms. While airport can be used by civilian aircraft no schedule airline currently uses this airport.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中国南沙群岛美济礁、渚碧礁新机场校验飞行成功. 2018-11-08. news.ifeng.com.
  2. Web site: 中国南沙美济礁渚碧礁新建机场试飞成功-新华网. 2018-11-08. www.xinhuanet.com.