Ganzhou Huangjin Airport 赣州黄金机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
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| Location | Shuinan New Area,Zhanggong,Ganzhou,Jiangxi,China | ||||||||||
| Opened | 13 November 1959 (1959-11-13) | ||||||||||
| Closed | 25 March 2008 (2008-03-25) | ||||||||||
| Built | 1936 (1936) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°49′36″N114°54′46″E / 25.82667°N 114.91278°E /25.82667; 114.91278 | ||||||||||
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Ganzhou Huangjin Airport(IATA:KOW,ICAO:ZSGZ) was an airport that served the city ofGanzhou inEast China'sJiangxi province. It was located in Shuinan New Area inZhanggong District, and was named after the nearby village of Huangjin. Originally built in 1936, it was one of the first civil airports in China, but was closed on 25 March 2008 when all services were transferred to thenew airport of the same name.[1]
The earliest construction of the airport is 1930, and was originally calledNanwai (南外) airport, serving as a rudimentary waypoint between Chongqing and all points to southern and eastern seaboard.[2] The airport was rebuilt in 1936 with a 1,200-meter main runway and a 900-meter auxiliary runway. Both runways were 40 meters wide and 32 centimeters thick. The airport was mainly used by the military, but also had civil flights toChongqing, China's wartime capital.[1]
DuringWorld War II, the airport was known asKanchow (Kan Hsien) Airfield and was used by theUnited States Army Air ForcesFourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945). Kanchow was used as a photo-reconnaissance base by the Americans, which flew unarmedP-38 Lightning aircraft equipped with an array of mapping cameras on combat missions over Japanese-held territory. The airport also was the temporary base of manyP-51 Mustang andB-25 Mitchell medium bombers during the war, which rotated flights in and out of the airfield frequently. The Americans closed their facilities at the airport in September 1945 at the end of the war.[3][4]
In 1959 the main runway was repaired and widened by 10 meters, and the airport was opened to civil flights on 13 November 1959, but later ceased operation. In 1987 and 1992 the airport was expanded twice, with its runway lengthened to 2,200 meters and widened to 45 meters (class 4C). It was closed for the last time on 25 March 2008, when all flights were transferred to the newGanzhou Huangjin Airport. Its final flight was China Eastern Airlines Flight 2993 toXiamen Gaoqi International Airport.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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