Huaihua Zhijiang Airport (Huaihua Zhijiang Airport, IATA: HJJ, ICAO: ZGCJ), referred to as "Zhijiang Airport", is located in the eastern suburb of Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, 31 kilometers northeast of Huaihua City, northwest of Zhijiang Jiang Station is 5 kilometers away. It is a 4C-level military-civilian joint feeder airport. The predecessor of the airport "Zhijiang Airport" is known as "the second largest strategic airport in the Far East".
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In October 1938, Zhijiang Airport was completed and opened to navigation
; In January 2003, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport officially started construction; on December 19, 2005, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport officially opened to navigation; on March 30, 2017, the runway of Huaihua Zhijiang Airport was extended to 2600 meters
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As of February 2021, the temporary terminal of Huaihua Zhijiang Airport has an area of 2,000 square meters, and the area of the civil aviation station is 27,065 square meters. There are 3 C-class seats and 1 B-class seat; the runway is 2,600 meters long, 45 meters; can guarantee the use demand of 400,000 passenger throughput and 9,600 tons of cargo and mail throughput in 2020
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In 2021, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport will complete an annual passenger throughput of 349,195 passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 9.6%, ranking 157th in the country; cargo and mail throughput of 7.6 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 36.8%, ranking 215th in the country; aircraft movements of 32,886 sorties, a year-on-year increase of 47.6%, ranking 71st in the country
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