Heze Mudan Airport

In August 2012, Shandong Province proposed the construction of Heze Civil Airport and started the airport site selection work. In 2014, the primary selected site for Heze Airport was Menghai Town, Dingtao County. On February 16, 2017, the construction of the Heze Civil Airport was approved by the central government; on December 12, the Heze Civil Airport project passed the feasibility study evaluation; on December 26, the Heze Civil Airport project started construction. Heze Airport is positioned as a domestic regional airport and is located near Huangzhuang Village, Menghai Town, Dingtao District, Heze City. The flight area is 4C and the runway is 2,600 meters long. The total project investment was approximately 1.8 billion yuan. The airport was planned to be completed and put into use in 2019. On January 24, 2018, the Aviation Administration of China responded to the Civil Aviation Comprehensive Aircraft Letter (2018) No. 5, agreeing that Heze Airport should be renamed "Heze Mudan Airport". On April 2, 2021, a Shandong Airlines charter flight with flight number SC2319 arrived at Heze Mudan Airport from Jinan. After the first flight, starting from April 3, 2021, Shandong Airlines has operated the Qingdao-Heze-Xi'an route, flight number SC2287/2288, once a day; starting from April 4, it has operated the Xiamen-Heze-Shenyang route, flight number SC2275/2276. In 2023, Heze Airport officially opened air mail transportation business. This airport will be temporarily closed from 12:00 am on 25 April 2026 to 12:00 am on 10 June 2026 for upgrading facilities. ==Facilities==