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'''Beijing Xijiao Airport''' {{airport codes||ZBBB}} is a military airport in [[Beijing]], China. It was also used by charter flights. It is located in [[Haidian District]], {{convert|19.75 miles|mi|km}} from [[Beijing Capital International Airport]] and about {{convert|8 miles|mi|km}} from the city centre. It has one runway numbered 18/36.

The Xijiao Airport was built in 1938 by the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and its ownership was transferred to the [[Nationalist government]] after the [[surrender of Japan]] in 1945. Since January 1949, [[North China]] Aviation Bureau of the [[People's Liberation Army]] officially took over the management of Xijiao Airport, and formed the North China Air Transportation Brigade, which mainly consists of former [[Republic of China Air Force]] pilots.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

DuringOn the [[60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China|2009 show of force]], all the aircraft that flew over [[Tiananmen]] took off from Xijiao Airport, and continued on to land at [[Beijing Nanyuan Airport|Nanyuan Airport]].{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}