Shennongjia Hongping Airport 神农架红坪机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Shennongjia,Hubei | ||||||||||
| Location | Hongping, Shennongjia | ||||||||||
| Opened | 8 May 2014; 11 years ago (2014-05-08) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,580 m / 8,465 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°38′01″N110°20′17″E / 31.63361°N 110.33806°E /31.63361; 110.33806 | ||||||||||
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  HPG Location of airport in Hubei | |||||||||||
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| Sources: STV[1] | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 神农架红坪机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 神農架紅坪機場 | ||||||
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Shennongjia Hongping Airport (IATA:HPG,ICAO:ZHSN) is an airport serving theShennongjia forestry district in the west ofHubei province. It is located in the town ofHongping [zh]. Construction started in April 2011 with a total investment of over 1 billionyuan.[2] The airport was opened on 8 May 2014, with an inauguralChina Eastern Airlines flight fromShanghai Pudong International Airport with a stop inWuhan Tianhe International Airport.[3]
At an elevation of 2,580 metres (8,460 ft) above sea level, Shennongjia Airport is the highest airport in China outside theTibetan Plateau.[4] The airport attracted controversy in China when the media reported that its construction involved significant damage to the environment, as many hills were leveled and caves filled in the Shennongjia natural preserve.[5]
The airport has a runway that is 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide, and a 3,000 square-meter terminal building. It is projected to handle 250,000 passengers annually by 2020.[2]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Chongqing Airlines | Guangzhou[6] |