Xijiao Airport was built in 1938 by the
Imperial Japanese Army during the
Second Sino-Japanese War, and its ownership was transferred to the
Nationalist government after the
surrender of Japan in 1945. Since January 1949,
North China Aviation Bureau of the
People's Liberation Army officially took over the management of Xijiao Airport, and formed the North China Air Transportation Brigade, which mainly consists of former
Republic of China Air Force pilots. On the
60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, all aircraft that flew over
Tiananmen took off from Xijiao Airport, and continued on to land at
Beijing Nanyuan Airport. ==Notes==