Ankang Wulipu Airport

Ankang Wulipu Airport (Chinese: 安康五里铺机场) (IATA: AKA, ICAO: ZLAK) is an airport serving the city of Ankang in Shaanxi Province, China. It is located the town of Wuli in Hanbin District, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the city center.[1] The new Ankang Fuqiang Airport will replace the Wulipu Airport when it is opened on October 1, 2019.[2]

Ankang Wulipu Airport

安康五里铺机场

Ānkāng Wǔlǐpù Jīchǎng
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAnkang Airport Co. Ltd.
LocationAnkang, Shaanxi, China
Elevation AMSL262 m / 860 ft
Coordinates32°42′29″N 108°55′52″E
Websitewww.cwag-ak.com
Map
AKA
Location of airport in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,600 5,249 Concrete
Source:[1]

Facilities

The airport has one runway that is 1,600 meters long and 30 meters wide (class 3C), and a 1,200 square-meter terminal building.[1]

History

The airport was first built in 1938 for military use and expanded in 1945.[1] During World War II, the airport was known as Ankang Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign. The Americans flew photo-reconnaissance aircraft from the airport over Japanese-held territory on intelligence gathering combat missions between April and August 1945. In addition, P-61 Black Widow night interceptor aircraft provided protection against night Japanese bomber and fighter attacks from April until the end of the war in September. The Americans closed their facilities at the airport in early October 1945.[3]

Civil flights first started in the 1964 but ceased in 1986. The airport was expanded to its current size in 1993 and served civil flights again from 1995 until July 2001, when the opening of the Xi'an-Ankang Railway forced the airport to close again. Flights resumed for the third time in April 2006.[1]

Airlines and destinations

There are no regularly scheduled flights.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. 机场简介 Archived March 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "【好消息】安康机场明年10月1日前通航..." Sohu (in Chinese). 2018-08-24.
  3. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
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