Development of Jingzhou Shashi Airport

Shashi Airport in the Republic of China (Rise Period)

Shashi Airport started in the Republic of China 18 (1929). At that time, there were once two flights a week from Wuhan and Nanjing at the airstrip built by Kuomintang troops on the west side of Banqiao in Shashi.

1930, China Airlines set up an aviation office in Shashi to build Erlangmen to Yu Heping River into a floating airport. The amphibious aircraft "Luoning" took off and landed, and used small motorboats to pick up passengers and get on and off mail. Shashi Seaplane Airport is a stopover in Hanyu section of Shanghai-Chongqing railway. Fly from Hankou to Chongqing via Shashi every Wednesday and Saturday, and fly from Chongqing to Hankou via Shashi every Thursday and Sunday. In the early 25 th year of the Republic of China, two classes were added every round trip.

In the autumn of 27 years (1938), Shashi Aviation Office was cancelled and the airport was suspended.

In 33 years of the Republic of China, the Japanese invaders forced migrant workers to build a dirt runway with a length of 900 meters and a width of 50 meters for military use, but it was not put into use until the liberation of Shashi.

Shashi airport in the early days of the People's Republic of China (recovery period)

1958, Shashi Air Station was established, and Sanbanqiao Airport was restored by the local government and civil aviation and handed over to civil aviation. Hubei Civil Aviation Administration uses Soviet-made An -2 aircraft to open the route from Wuhan to Shashi, which runs every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

1962 due to the national economic adjustment, the airport stopped flying, and the airport temporarily lent it to Hubei Provincial Sports Commission to run an aviation gliding school.

Shashi Airport in 1970s and 1980s (development period)

1970 in may, according to the national combat readiness policy of "relying on mountains, entering tunnels and dispersing", the 15 flight brigade of civil aviation was ordered to transfer from Nanhu airport in Wuhan, Hubei Province to Shashi airport in Hubei Province.

The 15th Flight Brigade of Civil Aviation belongs to China Civil Aviation Professional Flight Brigade. It was first called the 27th Professional Flying Brigade of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Founded in 1963 and 1964, it was renamed as the 15th Flying Brigade of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. After the handover of 12 Aner (Wu Yun) aircraft, the brigade started professional flight for more than 20 years based in Shashi Airport. Professional flight tasks include agricultural broadcasting, forest broadcasting, pest control, weeding, exploration, photography, video recording and tourism. The service target is extended to agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, industry, geology, petroleum, electric power and other industries, and the business scope is mainly concentrated in Hubei. Now it has been extended to some farms in Heilongjiang Province as far as possible. Until May 1993, 1 1, 8 148 went to Xiqing, Hainan for the last forestry mission, the general aviation flight of the 15th Flying Brigade was suspended.

In the more than 20 years from 1970 to 1993, the 15th civil aviation brigade has completed more than 30,000 professional flights. /kloc-0 was awarded "Red Flag Brigade for Safe Flying" by CAAC for many times in 1982,/kloc-0 was awarded "Civil Aviation Civilized Unit in China" and "National Advanced Unit for Aerial Seeding Afforestation" by CAAC in 1984, which made great contributions to the development of agriculture and forestry in China.

In order to ensure the normal take-off and landing of more than a dozen An 'er aircraft, the Civil Aviation Administration of China allocated funds to build a cement concrete taxiway at 1974, which is 500m long, 6m wide and 0cm thick.

1975 10, the 15th flight brigade of civil aviation uses the modified "Wu Yun" aircraft to open flights from Shashi to Wuhan, flying every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and returning on the same day, with each flight 13 passengers. The flight resumed from 1975 to 1985, with a total flight time of 526 1 hour and 30 minutes, with an average annual passenger traffic of 2,235 passengers, an average annual freight volume of 5 1.9 tons, a record high in 1980 and an average annual passenger traffic of 6,330 passengers. 1970 to 1985, charter flight 1753 hours and 48 minutes, official business 3507 hours and 42 minutes. From 1970 to 1985, he completed 24,972 hours of skilled flight training, delivered nearly 100 excellent pilots for China Southern Airlines, and a large number of pilots won special, first and second safety flight medals respectively.

1985 On August 20th, in order to meet the needs of local economic development and foreign exchange, the former Shashi People's Government signed an agreement with guangzhou civil aviation Bureau, and the two sides jointly invested 8 million yuan to expand Shashi Airport. The main project includes a concrete runway, with a length of 1600 m, a width of 30 m and a thickness of 25 cm; Connecting roads, passenger apron, waiting room and air traffic control building with a length of 107m, a width of 15m, a thickness of 25cm, a length of 60m and a width of 30m, with an area of 2189m2; 4230 square meters parking lot; 2 17.5㎡ Nanyuan Station and Shashi Airport's simple navigational lighting approach system have also improved supporting facilities such as dispatching, meteorology, communication, power supply and oil supply. The project officially started at 1985 1 1.6. After more than two years of construction, the first phase expansion project of Shashi Airport was completed at the end of 1987, and the experience reached the design requirements.

The first phase of Shashi Airport (1985- 1987) covers an area of 1050 mu, and the airport level is 3B, which can take off and land Yun Qi, An 24 and Short 360 aircraft. Since September 1988, Shashi Airport has opened round-trip routes such as Shashi-Changsha-Guangzhou, Shashi-Wuhan-Shanghai, Shashi-Wuhan-Nanjing and Shashi-Wuhan-Changzhou. The model "Short 360" can carry 36 passengers.

Shashi airport in the mid-1990s (glorious period)

With the development of Shashi economy and the increase of aviation market demand, the first phase expansion of Shashi Airport still cannot meet the demand. In this context, the municipal government and guangzhou civil aviation Bureau jointly invested 36 million yuan to carry out the second phase expansion of Shashi Airport. After the second phase expansion, Shashi Airport is planned to be used for ten years, with an annual passenger throughput of 300,000 passengers. In ten years, a new airport will be built.

The second phase expansion project officially broke ground on September 25th, 1992. The project lasted for one year, and the main runway was extended from the original 1600 meters to 1800 meters and widened to 45 meters. The expanded apron reaches16000m2. At the same time, a connecting road with a length of 99.15m and a width of19m, a boundary ditch with a length of 3,500m and a metal fence with a length of 5,000m were added, and some circular roads were correspondingly expanded and constructed. The facilities such as dispatching and command, communication and navigation, meteorology, oil supply, water supply and power supply have been upgraded, and new equipment such as blind descent, range finder, navigation aid, automatic meteorological observation system and satellite cloud receiver have been added. During the construction period, three "Short 360" aircraft were transferred to Wuhan Nanhu Airport to continue the transportation flight.

1993165438+1On October 24th, the flight calibration center of CAAC conducted a comprehensive calibration of the communication and navigation equipment of the expanded Shashi Airport, which was successful. 165438+1From October 25th to 27th, Guangzhou, Wuhan and other relevant departments formed an acceptance team to accept the second-phase expansion project of Shashi Airport, and found that the project met the design requirements and passed the acceptance.

After the expansion of 1993, Shashi Airport has reached the 4C-class airport standard and can take off and land Boeing 737-200, 737-300 and 737-500 passenger planes.

199365438+On February 4th, Boeing 737 successfully made its first flight at Shashi Airport. On February 28th, 1993 65438, Shashi Airport used Boeing 737 to open the route from Shashi to Guangzhou for the first time, and successively opened the routes from Shashi to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shantou, Guilin, Haikou and other places. The air transport of Shashi Airport showed a prosperous scene.

1In July, 1994, China Southern invested more than 7 million yuan to expand the terminal building of Shashi Airport. The project was completed in 1996 1 month, and the expanded terminal area reached 5 135.76 square meters.

1in may, 1993, the fifteenth flight brigade of civil aviation stopped its professional flight due to old models and modified pilots. 1 994 65438+February 3 1, China Southern Airlines (Group) Company decided to stop the flight production task undertaken by the short 360 aircraft at Shashi Airport from1995 65438+1October1. The following year, the head office sold three short planes abroad. Since then, the fifteenth flight brigade of civil aviation no longer manages aircraft, but only provides the guarantee of stopovers and overnight flights.

Shashi airport in the late 1990s (declining period)

Restricted by the airport scale, local economic situation, route arrangement, price policy and other factors, Shashi Airport has been in a state of loss since its establishment. 1On July 8, 1996, China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. decided to divert the aircrew of the 15th Flight Brigade, and most of the aircrew and crew were placed in the branches of China Southern Airlines.

Since the opening of Yichang Three Gorges Airport on 1997, the passenger and cargo volume of Shashi Airport has been declining year by year. 1 July, 9971day, China Southern decided to put the 15th flight brigade of China Southern Airlines under the management of China Southern Airlines Hubei Branch, and changed its name to Jingzhou Base of China Southern Airlines Hubei Branch on April, kloc-0/998.

1997165438+1On October 27th, the Tenth Five-Year Flying Brigade invited Yichang Youth Travel Service to charter a flight from the Civil Aviation Flight Academy of China, Yun Qi-100, and based on Shashi Airport, opened a route from Shashi to Wuhan, Changzhou, Enshi and Chongqing, on July 27th/kloc. By 2000, there was only one Shashi-Wuhan-Guangzhou-Haikou route at Shashi Airport, which operated three times a week, with an annual passenger capacity of only16,777 passengers, a passenger load factor of 34.5%, a cargo volume of 323.3 tons and a carrying rate of 32.3%.

Since the reform and opening up, Shashi Airport has been expanded in two phases, and the airport facilities have been gradually improved, and the support capacity has been greatly improved. From September 65438 to September 2000, Shashi Airport transported a total of 395646 passengers and 4,643.72 tons of cargo and mail, which ensured flight safety and air defense safety and contributed to the economic construction and development of Jingzhou.

May 7, 2002 was the most painful day for all the staff of Shashi Airport, and it was also the most sad day for all Jingzhou people. On this day, all the staff came to the airport and sent off the last flight in the history of the airport. All the people cried. In the future, they will go their separate ways, leave Shashi, their beloved jobs and their colleagues who live together day and night.

postscript

From June 5438 to February 2004, Hubei Branch of China Southern Airlines reorganized Jingzhou Base, cancelled the Party Committee of Jingzhou Base of China Southern Airlines, and established Yichang Sales Department of Hubei Branch of China Southern Airlines. The business department consists of five departments: comprehensive office, finance department, field operation department, marketing department and logistics support department. Yichang Sales Department is mainly responsible for all sales of China Southern Airlines except Wuhan, and undertakes the sales task of flights originating from China Southern Airlines at Yichang Three Gorges Airport.

On March 15, 2005, China Southern Airlines started the Yichang-Guangzhou-Yichang route once a day, using ERJ- 145 aircraft, and each flight can carry 50 passengers.

Shashi airport can only guarantee general aviation flight, which can no longer meet the requirements of large transport aircraft taking off and landing. However, with the rapid development of Jingzhou economy, Shashi Airport can still be further developed and utilized as a regional airport.

20 12 On February 28th, 12, the rectification and acceptance team of China Southern Airlines Shashi Airport of the Central South Regional Administration of Civil Aviation issued a civil airport use license after on-site inspection and comprehensive evaluation.

Liu Zubin, deputy general manager of China Southern Airlines Hubei Branch, said that Shashi Airport was used as general aviation after obtaining the civil airport use license, and the airport flight zone index was 3B. The runway length and airport operation capacity of Shashi Airport are unique in Central and South China, which is not only conducive to the development of general aviation, but also provides good conditions for Shashi Airport to resume transportation aviation.

According to the plan, four general airports will be built in Jingzhou in 2020: Shashi Airport will be integrated with general aviation, and the domestic regional transportation airport will be expanded when conditions are ripe; Haizi Lake and Honghu Airport are mainly for sightseeing and air movement; Shishou Airport mainly serves agriculture. Capital increase of 400 billion yuan or relocation of Huanggang Shashi Airport is the biggest economic situation in Hubei. It is an inevitable choice to increase investment and guide private investment to gather in key areas of economic structure transformation and upgrading. Yesterday, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission announced this year's "Major Project Investment and Construction Year" plan in our province, which plans to make breakthroughs in five aspects: total investment, structural optimization, construction, striving for funds and project reserve. "Five batches" to ensure the investment intensity or add the relocation of Huanggang Shashi Airport In order to maintain the sustained and healthy development of the province's economy, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission plans to maintain the circulation scale of key construction investment projects of 2 trillion yuan per year, forming a step-by-step development pattern. This year, our province will vigorously promote a number of large-scale projects under construction, such as Wudang Mountain Airport, Tianhe Airport Phase III, Wuxi Hi-tech Tieren No.10 Section, Northern Hubei Water Resources Allocation Project, Wuhan Renault Automobile and Wuhan General Motors. Organize and implement a number of major technological transformation projects and demonstration projects in traditional advantageous fields such as steel, petrochemical, textile and building materials. On the basis of actively striving for the major interests and concerns of Hubei such as Yangtze River Economic Belt, Yangtze River Golden Waterway Construction and Hanjiang Ecological Economic Belt to rise to the national strategic level, we will actively strive to introduce a number of projects. Among them, we will strive for the support of the National Development and Reform Commission and relevant ministries and commissions for the relocation of Huanggang Airport and Shashi Airport, the adaptive transformation of Jingmen Petrochemical oil upgrading, and the construction of Xianning nuclear power. In addition, a number of key projects will be completed and accepted, and a number of projects will be planned and reserved.