Anshan Teng'ao Airport 鞍山腾鳌机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Liaoning Airport Management Group Co. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Anshan,Liaoning | ||||||||||
| Location | Teng'ao Town,Qianshan District, Anshan, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°06′17″N122°51′21″E / 41.10472°N 122.85583°E /41.10472; 122.85583 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  AOG Location of airport in Liaoning | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 鞍山腾鳌机场 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鞍山騰鰲機場 | ||||||||||
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Anshan Teng'ao Airport[a] (IATA:AOG,ICAO:ZYAS), also calledAnshan Air Base is acivil-military airport serving the city ofAnshan inLiaoning Province, and aPeople's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) installation in theNorthern Theater CommandAir Force. It is located in the town of Teng'ao, 11.8 km southwest of the city center.[2] The airport maintains regular commercial flights to a handful of major Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai,Nanjing,Chengdu, andGuangzhou. The airport also serves as theheadquarters of the1st Fighter Brigade which operatesChengdu J-20 stealth fighters.[3] Commercial flights began in 1987, ceased in 2002, and resumed in April 2011 with a single route to Beijing.[2]
During theKorean War, theSoviet Air Forces'64th Fighter Aviation Corps was stationed at Anshan Air Base, where they actively engaged in the aerial defense of North Korea against theUnited States Air Force aircraft and attacking USAF aircraft in the area that became known asMiG Alley. The corps consisted of 351st Fighter Aviation Regiment, anight fighter regiment which consisted ofMiG-15 andLavochkin La-11. Due to the low effectiveness of the La-11 in air battles against jet aircraft, the regiment mastered the night fighting capability of the MiG-15, on which it continued combat operations.[4]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| China United Airlines | Beijing–Daxing[5] |
| Shanghai Airlines | Shanghai–Pudong |
| Sichuan Airlines | Chengdu–Tianfu |