Shennongjia Hongping Airport

Shennongjia Hongping Airport is an airport serving the Shennongjia forestry district in the west of Hubei province. It is located in the town of Hongping. Construction started in April 2011 with a total investment of over 1 billion yuan. The airport was opened on 8 May 2014, with an inaugural China Eastern Airlines flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport with a stop in Wuhan.

At an elevation of 2580 m above sea level, Shennongjia Airport is the highest airport in China outside the Tibetan Plateau. The airport attracted controversy in China when the media reported that its construction involved significant damage to the environment, as many hills were leveled and caves filled in the Shennongjia natural preserve.

Facilities
The airport has a runway that is 2,800 m long and 45 m wide, and a 3,000 square-meter terminal building. It is projected to handle 250,000 passengers annually by 2020.