History
The history of Dazhou Jinya Airport can be traced back to Dazhou Heshi Airport. In 1940, the Kuomintang government requisitioned 612 mu of land and conscripted 7,000 laborers at Heshiba, 12 kilometers southwest of Dazhou City, to build a makeshift wartime airfield, named "Heshiba Airport" (lit. Heshi Dam Airport). The airport's northern end was at an elevation of 281 meters, and its southern end at 279.20 meters. It had a grass runway, 1100 meters long and 30 meters wide. The airport had no ground facilities and only saw one C-47 military transport aircraft take off and land after its completion. After liberation, the airport was taken over by the People's Liberation Army troops stationed in Dazhou, and later handed over to the local government for management. In 1949, Dazhou Heshiba Airport was converted into Dazhou Heshi Airport for civil aviation. In October 1959, the Sichuan Provincial People's Government invested 800,000 yuan for the first expansion. The expanded runway was a dirt-gravel surface, 1200 meters long and 30 meters wide. A 244-square-meter cement apron was built, capable of accommodating four Y-5 and one Li-2 aircraft. On October 15, 1992, the Dazhou Prefecture invested 64.75 million yuan, and the Civil Aviation Administration invested 1 million yuan for the second expansion of Heshi Airport. It resumed operation on December 25, 1994. The expanded runway is 1,800 meters long and 30 meters wide. In September 2016, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the feasibility study report for the relocation project of Dazhou Airport. The document specified that the airport's initial phase of construction would include a 9,000-square-meter terminal building and an apron with eight Class C aircraft stands. In June 2020, the relocation project of Dazhou Airport in Sichuan was officially named "Dazhou Jinya Airport". The airport is positioned as a 4C-level domestic feeder airport with an investment of 2.662 billion yuan. It is a relocation project of Dazhou Heshi Airport, located at the junction of Baijie Town, Shiban Street and Jinya Town in Dachuan District, and officially opened to traffic on May 18, 2022. At 00:00 on May 19, 2022, Dazhou Heshi Airport, with an 83-year history, officially completed its civil aviation transportation support mission and subsequently transferred to Dazhou Jinya Airport the following day. The original Dazhou Heshi Airport was simultaneously closed, and its 14 existing routes were relocated to Jinya Airport. ==Airlines and destinations==