The Development Course of Hengyang Airport

1923, the earliest plane took off and landed in Hengyang, and took off and landed on the water around Laiyan Pagoda and Prince's Wharf.

1924, the National Revolutionary Army made a northern expedition, and Tang Shengzhi unified its troops in Hengyang, using Yanwuping area south of steamed water as a temporary airport for small planes to take off and land.

1929, Chiang Kai-shek suppressed the revolution with the air force and seized Hengyang, the southwest gateway. In September, he ordered He Jian to build an airport in Hengyang, and Hengyang Airport was re-elected in Bajialing, a suburb on the east bank of Xiangjiang River in Hengyang.

1April, 934, Chiang Kai-shek ordered He Jian to expand Hengyang Airport in order to intensify the fifth "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Central Soviet Area in China. The airport area covering an area of10.4 million square meters has been opened, and a runway with a length of10.4 million meters and a width of 40 meters, corresponding taxiways and some simple supporting facilities have been laid.

1937, Zhang Zhizhong came to Hengyang and was ordered to repair Hengyang airport. 1938 was completed in the summer.

19411On February 7th, after the Pearl Harbor incident broke out, the US Air Force listed Quzhou, Zhejiang, Kunming, Yunnan and Hengyang airports as bases for fighting against Japan, and Hengyang became the hub of China's southeast air base and southwest air base. Fujian Jian 'ou to Japan Mensi, route1425km, Guilin to Japan Mensi, 2220km. Air raids on Tokyo, Japan or Taiwan Province Province under Japanese occupation all require refueling at Hengyang Airport, so the importance of Hengyang Airport and the contribution of air raids on Japanese troops rank first in southern China. After the American Flying Tigers settled in China, Chennault and Weidemann often visited Hengyang Airport, where there were more than 200 planes, even as many as 400, including bombers, destroyers and high-altitude reconnaissance planes such as the P79 bomber, the American super fortress in the air. Hengyang Airport is home to 2,000 US Air Force personnel and 200 US military and police officers, training and fighting day and night. In order to meet the new needs, the airport was further expanded, the runway was reinforced and runway lights were added. At the same time, aircraft repair shops, barracks and American sanatorium were built, which tripled the airport capacity.

1944, Hengyang Defence War broke out, and the Japanese army seized Hengyang Airport.

During the period of 1945, the National Government established an aviation terminal at Hengyang Airport, which was mainly responsible for the transit and refueling of civil aviation and military routes between Chongqing and Wuhan, Shanghai, Nanjing and Taiwan Province.

1950 set up Hengyang Air Station of Central South Military Region, and set up a navigation station at Hengyang Airport to navigate past civil aviation planes.

195 1 The Central South Military Region Air Force Command built a barracks on the west side of the airport.

1952 Hengyang navigation station was changed into a civil aviation alternate station for temporary alternate refueling of passing civil aviation aircraft. 195565438+10, Hengyang Airport completed the waiting room and opened the first route opened by China people, namely, Beijing-Kaifeng (then the capital of Henan Province)-Wuhan-Hengyang-Guangzhou route. 1957, air movement Management Center in Hunan Province. 1At the beginning of 970, the Civil Aviation Flight Brigade 1 1 moved from Inner Mongolia to Hengyang Airport. 1971June, 10, Guangzhou Military Region Air Force Logistics Department renovated the airport runway. At this time, the total airport area is 1.69 million square meters. 1972, Wu Yun apron completed. 1986 In order to prepare for the resumption of Hengyang, Hengyang Airport was expanded again.

Hengyang airport, as the first city to open air routes after the founding of the People's Republic of China, played an important role in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. 1955 65438+ 10, Beijing Civil Aviation Administration opened the Beijing-Kaifeng (then the capital of Henan Province)-Wuhan-Hengyang-Guangzhou route, and Hengyang Airport set up a waiting room with three shifts every week.19565438+10 was cancelled. 1980 from April to the end of the year, the 11th flight brigade of civil aviation used Hengyang to Changsha for training flights, transporting passengers 1285 people. 1988 65438+1October 1 1, Hunan Civil Aviation Administration opens round-trip flights from Guangzhou to Hengyang to Guangzhou every Tuesday and Friday. On March 26th, flight KLOC-0/993 was grounded. On May 30th 1994, the air route was resumed, with 2 flights per week. From 1995 in May, it was changed to 1 every Wednesday, and in the same year1October, the route was grounded. On March 28th, 1993, China Southern Airlines Shenzhen Branch opened the Shenzhen-Hengyang-Shenzhen route twice a week. On May 27th 1994, the route was grounded. According to statistics, from June 1988 to the end of June 1995, there were 2229 round-trip flights from Hengyang to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, Zhengzhou and Nanning, carrying passengers 134944.

1995 1 1 With the overall relocation of the 11th Civil Aviation Team, Hengyang Airport (Bajialing Airport) is idle, and now it is used for the training of designated parachute teams in Hunan.