Hechi Airport
| Hechi Airport | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | ZGHC | ||
| IATA code | HCJ | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 675 m (2215 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 40 km west of Hechi | ||
| Basic data | |||
| opening | 2014 | ||
| Terminals | 1 | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 14/32 | 2200 m × 50 m | ||
The Hechi Airport ( IATA code HCJ , ICAO code ZGHC ) is an airport in China west of the metropolis Hechi .
The airport was built on a chain of hills from 2008 to 2013 for reasons of space, for which 65 mountain peaks had to be removed after extensive earthworks. The runway 14/32 is at an altitude of 675 meters. The airport opened on August 28, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Video (Chinese / English): China's most difficult project ... www.bilibili.com, accessed on November 30, 2019
- ↑ Honeywell Runway Database : Honeywell EGPWS Database Search www.honeywell.com, accessed November 30, 2019
- ↑ Runway like aircraft carrier: Chinese flatten mountains to build airports. In: Spiegel Online. July 12, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Malcolm Moore: China dynamites mountain tops for Hechi airport in the sky. telegraph.co.uk, July 11, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014