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Jiaxing Airport (), or Jiaxing Air Base, is a military air base in the city of
Jiaxing Jiaxing (), alternately romanized as Kashing, is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the p ...
in
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province, China. It is being converted to a dual-use military and civilian airport. The airport is located 8 kilometers from the city center in
Xiuzhou District Xiuzhou District () is a district in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, bordering Jiangsu province to the north. There is to central Shanghai in the northeast, to Hangzhou in the southwest and to Suzhou in the north. It is an important urban distric ...
. Due to Jiaxing Airport's proximity to both
Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
and
Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
, it is touted as "Shanghai's third airport" and "Hangzhou's second airport".嘉兴年内开建“上海第三机场”
/ref> The airport is designed to handle 500,000 passengers annually. Jiaxing Airport is expected to be officially operational in 2025.


Facilities

Jiaxing Airport will be a class 4E airport when completed. Jiaxing Airport is planned to have one 3,400 meter long runway and a 25,700 square-meter terminal building. The airport will be able to accommodate
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and
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aircraft.


See also

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List of airports in China This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by Provinces of China, provincial-level division and sorted by main city or county served. It includes civil airports and certified general airports, but excludes general ...
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List of the busiest airports in China China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the official ...
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List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases This is a list of air bases operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Facilities included in the list include all aerodromes at which the PLAAF maintains a regular presence. These may include those exclusively for military use ...


References

{{authority control Airports in Zhejiang Chinese Air Force bases Proposed airports in China Jiaxing