Ankang Wulipu Airport

Ankang Wulipu Airport (Chinese: 安康五里铺机场) (IATA: AKA, ICAO: ZLAK) is an airport serving the city of Ankang in Shaanxi Province, China. It is located the town of Wuli in Hanbin District, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the city center.^[1] The new Ankang Fuqiang Airport is scheduled to replace Wulipu airport when it is completed in 2019.^[2]

Facilities

The airport has one runway that is 1,600 meters long and 30 meters wide (class 3C), and a 1,200 square-meter terminal building.^[1]

History

The airport was first built in 1938 for military use and expanded in 1945.^[1] During World War II, the airport was known as Ankang Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign. The Americans flew photo-reconnaissance aircraft from the airport over Japanese-held territory on intelligence gathering combat missions between April and August 1945. In addition, P-61 Black Widow night interceptor aircraft provided protection against night Japanese bomber and fighter attacks from April until the end of the war in September. The Americans closed their facilities at the airport in early October 1945.^[3]

Civil flights first started in the 1964 but ceased in 1986. The airport was expanded to its current size in 1993 and served civil flights again from 1995 until July 2001, when the opening of the Xi'an-Ankang Railway forced the airport to close again. Flights resumed for the third time in April 2006.^[1]

References

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

1 2 3 4 5 机场简介 Archived March 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ 安康新機場選址於漢濱區富強鎮將於2019年建成. People's Daily (in Chinese). 20 August 2014.
↑ 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

Airports in China

Civil aviation in China

North	Alxa Left Alxa Right Arxan Baotou Bayannur Beijing Capital Beijing Nanyuan Changzhi Chifeng Datong Ejin Erenhot Handan Hohhot Hulunbuir Hailar Linfen Lüliang Manzhouli Ordos Qinhuangdao Shijiazhuang Taiyuan Tangshan Tianjin Tongliao Ulanhot Wuhai Xilinhot Xinzhou Yuncheng Zhangjiakou

Northeast	Anshan Changbaishan Changchun Changhai Chaoyang Dalian Dandong Daqing Fuyuan Harbin Heihe Jiagedaqi Jiamusi Jinzhou Jixi Mohe Mudanjiang Qiqihar Shenyang Tonghua Yanji Yichun Lindu Yingkou

East	Anqing Changzhou Chizhou Dongying Fuyang Fuzhou Ganzhou Hangzhou Hefei Huai'an Huangshan Ji'an Jinan Jingdezhen Jining Jiujiang Lianyungang Linyi Longyan Nanchang Nanjing Nantong Ningbo Qingdao Quanzhou Quzhou Rizhao Sanming Shanghai Hongqiao Shanghai Pudong Sunan (Wuxi/Suzhou) Taizhou Luqiao Weifang Weihai Wenzhou Wuyishan Xiamen Xuzhou Yancheng Yangzhou/Taizhou Yantai Yichun Mingyueshan Yiwu Zhoushan

South Central	Baise Beihai Changde Changsha Enshi Foshan Guangzhou Guilin Haikou Hechi Hengyang Hong Kong Huaihua Huizhou Shantou (Jieyang) Liuzhou Luoyang Macau Meizhou Nanning Nanyang Qionghai Sanya Shennongjia Shenzhen Shiyan Wuhan Wuzhou Xiangyang Yichang Yongzhou Zhangjiajie Zhanjiang Zhengzhou Zhuhai

Southwest	Anshun Baoshan Bijie Chengdu Chongqing Dali Daocheng Dazhou Dehong Mangshi Diqing Shangri-La Guangyuan Guiyang Hongyuan Jiuzhaigou Kaili Kangding Kunming Lhasa Libo Lijiang Lincang Liping Liupanshui Luzhou Mianyang Nanchong Ngari Ninglang Nyingchi Panzhihua Pu'er Qamdo Qianjiang Shigatse Tengchong Tongren Wanzhou Wenshan Xichang Xingyi Xishuangbanna Yibin Zhaotong Zunyi

Northwest	Aksu Altay Ankang Bole Delingha Dunhuang Fuyun Gannan Golmud Golog Guyuan Hami Hanzhong Hotan Huatugou Jiayuguan Jinchang Kanas Karamay Kashgar Korla Kuqa Lanzhou Nalati Qiemo Qingyang Shihezi Tacheng Tianshui Turpan Ürümqi Xi'an Xining Yan'an Yinchuan Yining Yulin Yushu Zhangye Zhongwei

Under construction	Ankang Fuqiang Baicheng Bazhong Beijing Daxing Cangyuan Chengde Chengdu Tianfu Chenzhou Dalian Jinzhouwan Danzhou Garze Honghe Jiansanjiang Jiaxing Lancang Longnan Luzhou Yunlong Nagqu Qilian Qingdao Jiaodong Renhuai Ruoqiang Shache Shangqiu Shangrao Shaoguan Shaoyang Songyuan Suifenhe Tumxuk Ulanqab Wudalianchi Wulong Wushan Wuzhou Xijiang Xiangxi Xingtai Xinyang Yibin Wuliangye Yueyang Zhalantun

Defunct	Anyang Bengbu Chongqing Baishiyi Chongqing Guangyangba Datong Huairen Ganzhou (former) Guangzhou (former) Hangzhou Jianqiao Hanzhong Xiguan Hefei Luogang Hengyang Bajialing Hong Kong Kai Tak Jilin Jingzhou Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Kunming Wujiaba Liangping Nanjing Dajiaochang Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Shanghai Jiangwan Shanghai Longhua Shantou Waisha Suzhou Wuhu Xi'an Xiguan Yantai Laishan Yulin Xisha

Note: italic indicates international airports

USAAF Fourteenth Air Force in World War II

Previously: 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers" (Dec 1941-July 1942) China Air Task Force (July 1942-Mar 1943)

Airfields

China	Ankang Chanyi Chengkung Chengtu Chihkiang Hanchung Hankow Hsian Hsingching Huhsien Kanchow Kiangwan Kunming Kwanghan Kweilin Laifeng Laohwangping Loping Liangshan Liuchow Luliang Nanning Peishiyi Pungchacheng Shwangliu Suichwan Tsuyung Yangkai Yunnani

Units

Wings

Groups

Bombardment	308th Bombardment 341st Bombardment 402d Bombardment

Fighter	23d Fighter 33d Fighter 51st Fighter 81st Fighter 311th Fighter 476th Fighter

Transport	443d Troop Carrier

Squadrons

Combat Cargo	1st Combat Cargo 2d Combat Cargo 11th Combat Cargo

Night Fighter	426th Night Fighter 427th Night Fighter

Reconnaissance	21st Photographic Reconnaissance 35th Photographic Reconnaissance

Transport	322d Troop Carrier

United States Army Air Forces

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Ankang Wulipu Airport

Facilities

History

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