Wuhan Hannan General Airport (Chinese: 武汉汉南通用机场), is an airport for general aviation located in Hannan District, Wuhan. It is the biggest airport in China that handles only general aviation.[1] It is considered a 2B level public airport, able to handle small aircraft such as the Cessna 208. It hosted the World Fly-in Expo 2017.
Wuhan Hannan General Airport 武汉汉南通用机场 | |||||||||||
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 Controller Tower of Hannan Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Wuhan Airport Administrator | ||||||||||
| Operator | Wuhan Airport Administrator | ||||||||||
| Serves | Wuhan | ||||||||||
| Location | Hannan District, Wuhan | ||||||||||
| Opened | Oct 2017 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°15′6.41″N 114°3′19.30″E / 30.2517806°N 114.0553611°E | ||||||||||
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  Hannan Location of airport in Hubei province  Hannan Hannan (China) | |||||||||||
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Construction
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The airport occupies 919 acres (372 ha) of land near the Yangtze River. Initial construction took 8 months.
Facilities
editThe airport has one single runway with a parallel taxiway. The hangar can park three Boeing 737s, or about 100 small airplanes.
Its runway is 1600 m(5249 ft) long and 30 m(98 ft) wide.
It also has a GA terminal.[2] Parking is available for 11480 cars.
Transport
edit- Hannan General Airport station on Line 16 of Wuhan Metro
See also
edit- Wuhan Caidian General Airport - another airport for general aviation in Caidian District, Wuhan, currently under construction
References
edit- ^ "武汉首个通用航空机场建成启用". www.wuhan.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ "汉南通用机场启用 全国十分之一通航飞机将来汉_大楚网_腾讯网". hb.qq.com (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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