Zhubi Airport
Subi Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Dual-use | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | People's Liberation Army Navy | ||||||||||
| Serves | Subi Reef | ||||||||||
| Location | Sansha city, Hainan province, China | ||||||||||
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°55′32.5″N 114°4′18.6″E / 10.925694°N 114.071833°E | ||||||||||
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Subi Airport Location within Hainan | |||||||||||
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Zhubi Airport is a dual-use airport on Subi Reef located in Spratly Islands.
History
Construction began in August 2015.
On July 12, 2016, the Chinese government used a Cessna CE-680 aircraft from the Civil Aviation Flight Check Center of China to conduct a check flight on the newly built airport and it succeeded.[1]
On July 13, 2016, the Chinese government requisitioned a civil airliner of Hainan Airlines. It departed from Haikou Meilan International Airport and landed at the newly built airport. It returned in the afternoon of the same day to complete the test flight.[2]
Facilities
Subi Airport has a 3,250-metre (10,660 ft) x 60-metre (200 ft) runway, a terminal building, 20 hangars, and 2 helicopter platforms. While airport can be used by civilian aircraft no schedule airline currently uses this airport.
References
- ^ "中国南沙群岛美济礁、渚碧礁新机场校验飞行成功". news.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
- ^ "中国南沙美济礁渚碧礁新建机场试飞成功-新华网". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2018-11-08.