Weining Caohai Airport 威宁草海机场 | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Weining County,Guizhou, China | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°51′N104°20′E / 26.85°N 104.33°E /26.85; 104.33 | ||||||||||
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Weining Caohai Airport is an under-construction airport inWeining County,Bijie,Guizhou,China. The airport is named after theCaohai Lake and nature reserve in Weining.
Construction started in March 2019 at a cost of 1,800 million Yuan, of which 1,064 million was financed by the national government, and 550 million by Guizhou province, with the remaining amount not yet accounted for.[1][2] Test flights are expected to commence in the second half of 2023.[3]
The airport will have a single 3,000 m (9,800 ft) runway and facilities to handle up to 350,000 passengers yearly.[3]