Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport , also known as Tonghua Liuhe Airport, is a military airport that is being converted to a dual-use military and civilian airport to serve the city of Tonghua

Tonghua

-Economy:Traditionally, Tonghua occupied a railhub position in a region of China noted for trade in only three agricultural commodities. These were ginseng, marten furs and deer antler products. In the 1980s Tonghua had some success with a wine distillery producing sweet, sticky red wines that...

 in Jilin Province, China

China

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. It is located in the town of Sanyuanpu in Liuhe County

Liuhe County

Liuhe County is a county of southwestern Jilin province, Northeast China. It is under the administration of Tonghua city.-Administrative Divisions:Towns:...

, 50 kilometers from the city center. Construction to convert the airport started in October 2009 with a total investment of 370 million yuan, and the airport is expected to open in 2011.

Facilities

The airport will have one runway that is 2,300 meters long and 45 meters wide, and a 3,000 square meter terminal building. It is designed to handle 194,000 passengers annually by 2020.

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