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Dazhou Heshi Airport

Coordinates: 31°07′52″N 107°25′48″E / 31.13111°N 107.43000°E / 31.13111; 107.43000
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Dazhou Heshi Airport

达州河市机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSichuan Airport Group Co., Ltd
ServesDazhou, Sichuan
LocationDachuan District, Dazhou
Coordinates31°07′52″N 107°25′48″E / 31.13111°N 107.43000°E / 31.13111; 107.43000
Map
DAX is located in Sichuan
DAX
DAX
Location in Sichuan
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,000 6,562 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers558,207
Aircraft movements8,305
Cargo (metric tons)884
Source: CAAC[1]
Dazhou Heshi Airport
Simplified Chinese达州河市机场
Traditional Chinese達州河市機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDázhōu Héshì Jīchǎng

Dazhou Heshi Airport (Chinese: 达州河市机场) (IATA: DAX, ICAO: ZUDX) is an airport in Dazhou, Sichuan province, China. It was formerly called Daxian Airport. The airport closed on May 18, 2022 and was replaced by Dazhou Jinya Airport for commercial flights.[2] On December 7 2023 the airport reopened as a general aviation airport.[3]

History

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The airport was opened in 1940 as Heshiba Airport. In 1949 it was expanded to be used for civil aviation and renamed to Heshi Airport. In 2019 the airport handled 571,290 passengers and 1369 tons of mail and cargo.[4]

The airport is closed on May 18, 2022 being replaced by Dazhou Jinya Airport for commercial flights.[2] On December 7 2023 the airport reopened as a general aviation airport. The reopened airport is home to a helicopter rescue base and is used by the nearby UAV factory of Sichuan Tengden.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2015年民航机场吞吐量排名 (in Chinese (China)). CAAC. Archived from the original (XLS) on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  2. ^ a b "四川达州金垭机场通航 河市机场关闭,旅客走错了机场怎么办?" [Sichuan Dazhou Jinya Airport opened. Heshi Airport closed, what should we do if passengers goes to wrong airport?]. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21.
  3. ^ a b "达州河市机场获批通用机场". zsdznews.dzrbs.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  4. ^ "达州金垭机场今年底通航,届时,达州将拥有两座4C级机场 _腾讯新闻". new.qq.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.