Jiaxing Airport or Jiaxing Air Base, is a military air base in the city of Jiaxing

Jiaxing

Jiaxing is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province of Eastern China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north....

 in Zhejiang Province, China

China

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. It is being converted to a dual-use military and civilian airport. The airport is located 8 kilometers from the city center in Xiuzhou District

Xiuzhou District

Xiuzhou District is a district in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. It is located between Shanghai and Hangzhou. There is 90KM to Shanghai in the northeast, 80KM to Hangzhou in the southwest and 70KM to Suzhou in the north. It is an important urban district of Jiaxing city...

. Due to Jiaxing Airport's proximity to both Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

 and Hangzhou

Hangzhou

Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...

, it is touted as "Shanghai's third airport" and "Hangzhou's second airport". The airport is designed to handle 500,000 passengers annually and expected to open in 2011.

See also

• List of airports in the People's Republic of China
• List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China
• List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases