Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport
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Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport 南京大校场机场 Nánjīng Dàjiàochǎng Jīchǎng |
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| Airport type | Military/Former public | ||||||||||
| Operator | People's Liberation Army Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Nanjing, Jiangsu | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°59′54″N 118°48′50″E / 31.99833°N 118.81389°ECoordinates: 31°59′54″N 118°48′50″E / 31.99833°N 118.81389°E | ||||||||||
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 Dajiaochang Airport
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Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport (Chinese: 南京大校场机场), or Nanjing Air Base, is a military air base that formerly also served as the main public airport for Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province and former capital of the Republic of China. It is located 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) south of Xinjiekou, the center of Nanjing, and is surrounded on three sides by the Qinhuai River.
On 28 June 1997 Nanjing Lukou International Airport was opened and all civil flights were transferred to the new airport. Dajiaochang Airport remains in use as a military air base. On 8 August 2012, construction began for the new Nanjing Luhe Airport, which will replace Dajiaochang as the site of the Nanjing Air Base. Dajiaochang Airport will be shut down and redeveloped into a commercial and residential area, and its historic runway will be conserved as a public open space.
Since its opening in 1934 Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport has been expanded more than ten times. As of 1999 the airport had a runway that was 2,200 meters long, 60 meters wide, and 46 centimeters thick, capable of handling the Boeing 737 and 757. It occupies an area of 2,720,000 square metres (29,300,000 sq ft).
In 1367 Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing and built a military training ground in the area that the airport now occupies. The area has since been called Dajiaochang, meaning "big training ground".
Dajiaochang Airport was one of the largest air bases of the Republic of China era. It was first built in April 1931 for the Central Aviation School of China, which was soon moved to Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport. In 1934 Dajiaochang was converted to a military air base with an 800-meter runway. It was further expanded in 1935 and 1936.
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