Dubbed the “in the clouds” airport, Chongqing Wushan Airport is located at an altitude of 1,770m above sea level.
This airport is located about 15km from the center of Wushan district of Chongqing City (one of the four cities directly under the Central Government of China, along with Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin).
The airport is located at an altitude of 1,770m above sea level.
According to local officials, this is also the highest civilian airport in Chongqing. Of course, its altitude is not the highest in China (as in Tibet, Xinjiang) or the world.
Vu Son Airport is entitled to have a terminal of 3,500 square meters and a runway of 2,600 meters with an investment of 1.64 billion yuan (equivalent to 232.8 million USD). The airport was built in 2015 and completed in July 2019.
On August 15, the first flights started.
Vu Son airport has a terminal of 3,500 square meters .
In addition to the purpose of economic development for the suburban district of Vu Son of Chongqing, this airport also has the main purpose of serving tourists to visit the Three Gorges Hydropower reservoir area (upstream of the Yangtze/Changjiang River). ).
The main goal is to serve tourists visiting the Tam Hiep Hydropower reservoir area.