Foshan Shadi Airport , or Shadi Air Base, is a dual-use military and public airport serving the city of

Foshan Foshan (, ; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta m ...

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Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

province. FUO was re-opened to serve as a relief airport for the region. Along with two other major airports,

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and

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, it serves the

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of the

Pearl River Delta Economic Zone The Pearl River Delta Economic Zone () is a special economic zone on the southeastern coast of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, it consists of the Chinese cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, an ...

History

Built in 1954, Shadi Air Base is an

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. A squadron of J8-2 fighters are in support of the

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. Commercial flights started in 1985, but ceased in 2002 due to government policy. The airport was reopened to the public in 2009. It is planned to be replaced by the new Foshan Gaoming International Airport in Genghe town,

Gaoming District Gaoming is an urban district of Foshan, Guangdong, China. Gaoming is located west of downtown Foshan and had a population of 469,038 during the 2020 census. It covers an area of . History There were inhabitants settled in the region around f ...

. In 2023, the airport exceeded 1 million annual passenger traffic for the first time.

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