Zhubi Airport
Airport in Sansha, People's Republic of China
Subi Airport
Location within Hainan
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ft | m | ||
| 03/21 | 10,662 | 3,250 | Concrete |
Zhubi Airport is a dual-use airport on Subi Reef located in Spratly Islands.
History
Construction began in August 2015.
On July 12, 2016, the Chinese government used a Cessna CE-680 aircraft from the Civil Aviation Flight Check Center of China to conduct a check flight on the newly built airport and it succeeded. [1]
On July 13, 2016, the Chinese government requisitioned a civil airliner of Hainan Airlines. It departed from Haikou Meilan International Airport and landed at the newly-built airport. It returned in the afternoon of the same day to complete the test flight. [2]
Facilities
Subi Airport has a 3,250 metres (10,660 ft) x 60 metres (200 ft) runway, a terminal building, 20 hangars, and 2 helicopter platforms. While airport can be used by civilian aircraft no schedule airline currently uses this airport.
References
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Sansha topics
- Xisha District (Paracel Islands)
- Nansha District (Spratly Islands)
- Zhongsha District (Macclesfield Bank, Scarborough Shoal, etc.)
(Xisha Islands)
| Amphitrite Group (Xuande Qundao) |
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| Crescent Group (Yongle Islands) |
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| Ungrouped |
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(Nansha Islands)
- Johnson South Reef (Chigua Reef)
- Hughes Reef (Dongmen Reef)
- Cuarteron Reef (Huayang Reef)
- Mischief Reef (Meiji Reef)
- Gaven North & South Reefs (Nanxun & Xinan Reefs)
- Fiery Cross Reef (Yongshu Reef)
- Subi Reef (Zhubi Reef)
- Half Moon Shoal
- James Shoal
- Coconut Princess
- Yongxing Island Airport
- Yongshu Airport
- Meiji Airport
- Zhubi Airport
- Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974)
- Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)
- Scarborough Shoal standoff (2012)
- Haiyang Shiyou 981 standoff (2014)
