Yibin Caiba Airport 宜宾菜坝机场 Yibīn Càibà Jīchǎng | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military (former public) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Yibin,Sichuan, China | ||||||||||
| Location | Caiba,Cuiping District | ||||||||||
| Opened | 16 December 1992 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 4 December 2019 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°48′1″N104°32′40″E / 28.80028°N 104.54444°E /28.80028; 104.54444 | ||||||||||
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  Caiba Airport Location of the airport Show map of Sichuan Caiba Airport Caiba Airport (China) Show map of China | |||||||||||
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| Source:List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China | |||||||||||
Yibin Caiba Airport (Chinese:宜宾菜坝机场) is a military and former public airport in the city ofYibin in southernSichuan province of China. Located in the town ofCaiba inCuiping District, the airport was opened on 16 December 1992.[1]
In 2011 Yibin Caiba Airport served 326,000 passengers, a 12.4% increase over the previous year, and 2,737.6 tons of cargo. As the airport's location limited its capability to expand, in May 2012 theState Council of China approved the building of the newYibin Wuliangye Airport to replace Caiba Airport.[2]
Caiba Airport served its last civil flight in the evening of 4 December 2019, and all commercial operations were then transferred to Wuliangye Airport, which opened the following day. As the military facilities of the new airport are still under construction, Caiba is expected to continue serving as a military airbase for approximately another year, and will then be completely closed.[1]