Yunnanyi Airport

Yunnanyi Airport

云南驿机场
Yunnanyi Airport; 云南驿机场
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Undetermined
Serves	Xiangyun, China
Coordinates	25°25′08″N100°42′03″E / 25.418811°N 100.700697°E
Map
	Location of Xiangyun Airport
Runways

Last updated September 29, 2024

Yunnanyi Airport, formerly known as Xiangyun Airport and during WWII as Beitun Airport, is a military airport in western Xiangyun County, Yunnan province, China.

During the Second World War, there were two airports in Xiangyun County: Yunnanyi Airport [ zh ] (after the nearby town, Yunnanyi [ zh ]) and Beitun Airport (北屯机场). The original Yunnanyi Airport was abandoned after 1949. Beitun Airport stayed in use, and was renamed Xiangyun Airport. Xiangyun Airport was later renamed again to become the current Yunnanyi Airport.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

History

During World War II, the original Yunnanyi Airport (also known as Yunnani or Siangyun Airfield) and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign beginning in September 1944. The airfield was primarily used by transport (C-46 Commando, C-47 Skytrain) squadrons arriving from India after flying over "the Hump". The transport aircraft unloaded supplies and equipment for the Chinese forces, primarily being food and ammunition. In addition, USAAF F-4 (P-38 Lightning) aircraft flew combat reconnaissance missions over Japanese-held areas from the airport in late 1944 and early 1945. The Americans closed their facilities at the airport in July 1945.

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References

↑ "The feasibility study of Xiangyun Airport interchange project of Chuda Expressway passed provincial review". Xiangyun County People's Government. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ Xiangyun County Chronicles Compilation Committee of Yunnan Province (1996). Xiangyun County Chronicles. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 7-101-01548-4.
↑ Yang, Meili (2013). Collection of Pictures and Texts of Sino-US Joint Anti-Japanese Archives. Beijing: China Bookstore. p. 200. ISBN 978-7-5149-0786-5.
↑ "It is prohibited to release birds (pigeons) in these clear protection areas in Xiangyun!". Xiangyun News. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
↑ Office of the Local Chronicles Compilation Committee of Xiangyun County (2022). Xiangyun Yearbook 2021. Kunming: Yunnan People's Publishing House. p. 237. ISBN 978-7-222-20762-2.
↑ Office of the Local Chronicles Compilation Committee of Xiangyun County (2018). Xiangyun Yearbook 2017. Kunming: Yunnan People's Publishing House. p. 407. ISBN 978-7-222-17795-6.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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
Airfields & Seaplane Anchorages China
USAFHRA history search, Yunnani

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[1] "The feasibility study of Xiangyun Airport interchange project of Chuda Expressway passed provincial review". Xiangyun County People's Government. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] Xiangyun County Chronicles Compilation Committee of Yunnan Province (1996). Xiangyun County Chronicles. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 7-101-01548-4.

[3] Yang, Meili (2013). Collection of Pictures and Texts of Sino-US Joint Anti-Japanese Archives. Beijing: China Bookstore. p. 200. ISBN 978-7-5149-0786-5.

[4] "It is prohibited to release birds (pigeons) in these clear protection areas in Xiangyun!". Xiangyun News. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

[5] Office of the Local Chronicles Compilation Committee of Xiangyun County (2022). Xiangyun Yearbook 2021. Kunming: Yunnan People's Publishing House. p. 237. ISBN 978-7-222-20762-2.

[6] Office of the Local Chronicles Compilation Committee of Xiangyun County (2018). Xiangyun Yearbook 2017. Kunming: Yunnan People's Publishing House. p. 407. ISBN 978-7-222-17795-6.

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