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Huaihua Zhijiang Airport 怀化芷江机场
IATA: HJJ ICAO: ZGCJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Huaihua
Location	Zhijiang County, Hunan
Coordinates	27°26′29″N 109°41′59″E / 27.44139°N 109.69972°E / 27.44139; 109.69972
Map
HJJLocation of airport in Hunan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 2,200 7,218 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 349,195 Aircraft movements 32,886 Cargo (metric tons) 7.6

Huaihua Zhijiang Airport (IATA: HJJ, ICAO: ZGCJ) is an airport serving the city of Huaihua in Hunan Province, China. It is located in Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County, 31 kilometers from the city center. The airport was built in 1942 and was the second largest military airfield in the Far East for the Allies during World War II. On 21 August 1945 Japan officially surrendered to China near the airfield. Construction to convert the airport for civilian use was started in December 2002 and the airport was reopened in September 2004.

Airlines and destinations

World War II

During World War II, the airport was known as Chihkiang (Chih Kiang) Airfield (which is the Wade-Giles transcription of the same name) and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945). Its primary use by the Americans was as an airborne photo-reconnaissance and as a transport airfield.

Chihkiang Air Base was also the headquarters of the Fourteenth Air Force Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) (CACW), whose squadrons flew P-40 Warhawk aircraft. The operational units of the CACW were jointly commanded by both American and Chinese air force officers, and the unit's aircraft were jointly manned by American and Chinese pilots and air crewmen. On 10 April 1945, the Japanese started an offensive for Chihkiang, however, by 10 May the CACW had attacked and mauled the Japanese forces so severely, the Japanese had to retreat to Paoching.

The Americans closed their facilities at the airport in early October 1945.

See also

• List of airports in China

References

1. ^ Hunan Zhijiang Airport to officially open
2. ^ "10月29日起执行！太原机场冬航季航班计划出炉！新开哪些城市航线…". Retrieved 1 March 2024.
3. ^ "新开航线、伴您飞次卡、秒杀都来啦～". Retrieved 27 April 2024.
4. ^ "10月30日起，丽江机场将执行2022年冬航季航班计划". Retrieved February 12, 2023.
5. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
6. Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional)
7. USAFHRA Document 00077504
8. USAFHRA document 00056109

v t e USAAF Fourteenth Air Force in World War II
Previously: 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers" (Dec 1941-July 1942) China Air Task Force (July 1942-Mar 1943)
Airfields	China Ankang Chanyi Chengkung Chengtu Chihkiang Hanchung Hankow Hsian Hsingching Huhsien Kanchow Kunming Kwanghan Kweilin Laifeng Laohwangping Loping Liangshan Liuchow Luliang Nanning Peishiyi Pungchacheng Shwangliu Suichwan Tsuyung Yangkai Yunnani
Units	Wings 68th Composite 69th Composite 312th Fighter Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) Groups Bombardment 308th Bombardment 341st Bombardment 402d Bombardment Fighter 23d Fighter 33d Fighter 51st Fighter 81st Fighter 311th Fighter 476th Fighter Transport 443d Troop Carrier Squadrons Combat Cargo 1st Combat Cargo 2d Combat Cargo 11th Combat Cargo Night Fighter 426th Night Fighter 427th Night Fighter Reconnaissance 21st Photographic Reconnaissance 35th Photographic Reconnaissance Transport 322d Troop Carrier
United States Army Air Forces First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Twentieth

• Airports in Hunan
• Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in China
• Airports established in 1942
• 1942 establishments in China
• Transport in Huaihua