Anshan Teng'ao Airport

Anshan Teng'ao Airport

鞍山腾鳌机场
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
OperatorLiaoning Airport Management Group Co.
ServesAnshan, Liaoning
LocationTeng'ao Town, Qianshan District, Anshan, Liaoning, China
Coordinates41°06′17″N 122°51′21″E / 41.10472°N 122.85583°E / 41.10472; 122.85583
Websitewww.lnairport.com/anshan
Map
AOG is located in Liaoning
AOG
AOG
Location of airport in Liaoning
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,600 8,530 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers176,907
Aircraft movements2,192
Sources:[1][2]
Anshan Teng'ao Airport
Simplified Chinese鞍山腾鳌机场
Traditional Chinese鞍山騰鰲機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĀnshān Téng'áo Jīchǎng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingAn1shan1 Teng2ao2 Gei1coeng4

Anshan Teng'ao Airport[a] (IATA: AOG, ICAO: ZYAS), also called Anshan Air Base is a civil-military airport serving the city of Anshan in Liaoning Province, and a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) installation in the Northern Theater Command Air Force. It is located in the town of Teng'ao, 11.8 km southwest of the city center.[2] The airport maintains regular commercial flights to a handful of major Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. The airport also serves as the headquarters of the 1st Fighter Brigade which operates Chengdu J-20 stealth fighters.[3] Commercial flights began in 1987, ceased in 2002, and resumed in April 2011 with a single route to Beijing.[2]

History

During the Korean War, the Soviet Air Forces' 64th Fighter Aviation Corps was stationed at Anshan Air Base, where they actively engaged in the aerial defense of North Korea against the United States Air Force aircraft and attacking USAF aircraft in the area that became known as MiG Alley. The corps consisted of 351st Fighter Aviation Regiment, a night fighter regiment which consisted of MiG-15 and Lavochkin La-11. Due to the low effectiveness of the La-11 in air battles against jet aircraft, the regiment mastered the night fighting capability of the MiG-15, on which it continued combat operations.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu

Trivia

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Chinese: 鞍山腾鳌机场; pinyin: Ānshān Téng Áo Jīchǎng

References

  1. ^ Airport information for Anshan, Liaoning, China (ZYAS / AOG) at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ a b c Anshan Airport Archived October 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ GlobalSecurity.org, 1st Fighter Division, verified October 2011
  4. ^ Анохин В. А., Быков М. Ю. Все истребительные авиаполки Сталина. Первая полная энциклопедия. — Научно-популярное издание. — М.: Яуза-пресс, 2014. — С. 847. — 944 с. — 1500 экз. — ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9.
  5. ^ "Pace Visits Chinese Air Base, Checks Out Su-27 Fighter-Bomber". DefenseLink News. U.S. Department of Defense. March 24, 2007. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-20.