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Weihai Dashuipo International Airport (ZSWH) is a joint military-civil airport in Wendeng District, roughly 40 kilometres from the centre of Weihai in Shandong Province, China. Built around a single long runway capable of handling aircraft up to Boeing 767 size, it has grown from a 1950s military airfield into a regional gateway with scheduled domestic and international services.
Weihai Dashuipo International Airport, known by the ICAO code ZSWH and IATA code WEH, is a class 4D civil-military airport serving the city of Weihai in Shandong Province, China. It began life as a People's Liberation Army Air Force base and was converted for dual military and civilian use in the early 1990s, and today it handles substantial passenger and cargo traffic alongside continuing military operations, a mix that gives it a distinctive character among Chinese regional airports.
The airport lies in Dashuipo Town, Wendeng District, Weihai City, Shandong Province, approximately 40 kilometres from the centre of Weihai. It sits close to the Qingdao-Rongcheng intercity railway, with Wendeng East Railway Station a few kilometres away. As a dual-use facility it hosts military flying alongside scheduled civil traffic, and pilots should be aware that landings and takeoffs are sometimes conducted with cabin window shades down when military aircraft are present on the field.
The airport has a single physical runway, 02/20, of hard surface construction measuring approximately 8523 feet (runway 02) and 8522 feet (runway 20) in length. Both directions are lit. There is no ILS installed.
The airport is served by an ATIS on 127.05 MHz and a control tower on 130 MHz, with the callsign Weihai Tower.
Weihai Dashuipo International Airport traces its origins to the 1950s, when the People's Liberation Army Air Force established Wendeng Airfield as a military base. In May 1986 the Shandong provincial government sought approval from the State Council and Central Military Commission to convert the airfield for civil use, with civil operations authorised in 1988 and Weihai Airport Company founded the same year. In July 1992 the State Council and Central Military Commission approved its transformation into a dual-use military-civil airport, accompanied by an expansion to 4D standards; this project, costing 340 million yuan, was completed in August 1995. The airport passed its first comprehensive civil aviation inspection on 31 October 1995 and conducted a successful test flight to Beijing, before officially beginning civil operations in January 1996. Its airfield classification was formally updated to 4D in October 2002, and in September 2004 the State Council approved international operations. The first international route, to Seoul-Incheon, opened in March 2005, followed by cross-strait service to Taipei in December 2013. The airport closed from 1 May 2014 for more than four months for runway, navigation and terminal upgrades, with some services temporarily relocated to Yantai Airport, before reopening on 28 September 2014. In December 2024 it was officially renamed Weihai Dashuipo International Airport, reflecting its established role as a regional gateway for domestic and international travel.
Weihai Dashuipo International Airport now operates as a busy civil-military 4D-class field with annual passenger throughput running into the millions, served by carriers including Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Spring Airlines, Tianjin Airlines and Jeju Air, with domestic routes across China and international connections to Seoul-Incheon. Because the airfield remains a dual-use military-civilian facility, pilots should expect that prior permission is required for non-scheduled operations.