Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport

On 13 September 1971, Marshall Lin Biao, China's Vice Premier and Minister of Defense, attempted to flee China in his Hawker Siddeley Trident from Shanhaiguan Airport, allegedly following a failed coup attempt. The plane then crashed in Mongolia, killing all nine people on board, including Lin, his wife Ye Qun, and their son Lin Liguo. Shanhaiguan Airport was opened to civil flights on 15 April 1985. During its three decades of operation, it operated flights to more than 20 Chinese cities. For a time starting in 2007, it temporarily operated international flights to Yakutsk and Blagoveshchensk in Russia. Throughout the thirty years the airport maintained a perfect safety record. In 2015, its last full year of operation, Shanhaiguan Airport served 156,000 passengers. ==Facilities==

The airport has a single runway that is long (class 4C). It can handle mid-sized passenger jets such as the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320. It has six aircraft parking aprons, and 200 car parking spaces. ==See also==