Yongxing Island Airport

Yongxing Island Airport, also known as Woody Island Airport, is a military airport located on Yongxing (Woody) Island, the largest of the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Yongxing/Woody Island is occupied and administered by China (PRC) as part of Sansha city of Hainan Province. The airport was completed in July 1990 to expand the combat range of Chinese warplanes.

There was a decision to launch scheduled civilian flights between the Chinese mainland and the island before the end of 2016.

Facilities
Yongxing Island Airport has a runway that is 2700 m long, capable of handling any fourth generation fighter aircraft of the Chinese airforce such as the  Sukhoi Su-30MK2. The airport also has a radar navigation station and four large fuel tanks, enabling it to serve as a forward deployment base for refueling warplanes on combat missions.

The airport was completed in July 1990, It has four hangars, a radar navigation station and four large fuel tanks, enabling it to serve as a forward deployment base for refueling warplanes on combat missions.