Hankow Airfield

Hankow Airfield (Chinese: 王家墩机场) is a former airfield in Wangjiadun, Hankow City, Hubei, China that closed in 2007. Constructed in 1931, it was a busy military airfield during the Second Sino-Japanese War in WWII, used by both the Chinese and her American allies, the USAAF Fourteenth Air Force.[1] From 1950, the military airfield was managed by the People's Liberation Army Air Force. From the mid 1980s to 2007, it was also a civil airfield. It was demolished in 2007 and transformed into the Wuhan Central Business District. Its current site is near the junction of Huaihai Road (淮海路) and Yunfei Road (云飞路), Wangjiadun neighborhood (王家墩), Wuhan. (30.601138, 114.244264)[2][3][4]

For the major international airport, see Wuhan Tianhe Airport.
Hankow Airfield
Hankow, Hubei, China
Coordinates30.601138°N 114.244264°E / 30.601138; 114.244264
TypeMilitary and Civil airfield
Site history
In use1931-2007
Location of Wuhan Central Business District in Wuhan, of which the Hankow Airfield was located.
Hankow Airfield
Location of Hankow Airfield, China

Accidents

References
  1. "Hankow Airfield (Hankou, Wang Jia Dun, 漢口)". Pacific Wrecks Inc.
  2. "王家墩上空的鹰". The Economic Observer [经济观察报]. 2019-08-29. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24.
  3. 周国献 (July 2017). "大武汉系列之114：汉口王家墩机场". Archived from the original on 2021-01-24.
  4. The real estate developer provides several Google Map images to show the changes on the land before and after the demolition of the airfield. See: "从王家墩机场到武汉CBD 看鉴超级大盘的高光时刻". 乐居买房. 2019-12-12. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4


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