HUI-AN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05694A000200560005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 19, 1956
• Content Type: IM

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
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19 March 1956
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This memorandum report on Hui.-an airfield is based on an analysis
25X1 D of aerial photography flown between
The airfield is located approximately one-half mile east of the
village of Hui-an (25/02N a 118/48E). The field is served by a twenty-
five foot wide road, one mile long, which connects the field to the
recently completed north-south coastal highway. Construction activity
25X1D was first noted on photography dated
the date of latest available photo coverage, construction work appeared
to be approximately eighty percent completed.
Res The runway is oriented in a NNE-SSW direction and measures
6400' long by 200' wide. Surfacing material consists of a mud
slurry laid down in. the familiar checker board pattern noticed
in the construction of other new airfields in the southeast
China area. Surfacing of the final 2050 feet of runway was in
progress on An assembly apron, 875' by 100',
is located at each end of the runway, A graded area 1,250'
long extends from each end of the runway, A 50' wide taxiway
parallels the west side of the runway. This taxiway is connected
to the runway by crossovers at each end and crossovers 19250' in
from each end. Two parking aprons 8001 by 150' are located on
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the main taxiway.
Revetments: Thera are two groups of revetments,, with fifteen revetment;;
in each group, located on the west side of the runway. Each re et.-
inent is 100' deep and 100' wide with a 75' entrance. A firing-in
butt is located in the south revetment area. Each group of revet-
ments is serried by a 50' wide taxiway connected to the airfield.
buildings: A control tower and administration building are located
850' from the west side of the runway. One arched roof hangar
125' x 100' and three probable repair shops are also located on
the west side of the field. A barracks area, with a total floor
space of 66,000 square feet, lies approximately 3,800' west of
the SSW end of the runway.
St:oe: Two FOL storage loops are located approximately 2500 yards
Crest of the NNE end of the runway. One road is 1250' long and
15' wide and the second is 5100' long and 15' wide. An additional
loop appears to be under construction in the same area. There are
nineteen bunkers under construction each approximately eighty feet
long. The total estimated capacity of the POL storage area, when
completed, will be not less than 780 metric tons.
E3avi ,ational Aids: A beam approach landing system has been established
south of the airfield. An inner marker beacon is located 3000'
from the SSW end of the runway and the outer marker 12,500' from
the SSW end of the runway.
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Anti Aircraft Defenses: Two 81-gun heavy anti-aircraft batteries and
six 4.-gun medium batteries comprise the protection for the field,
On three of the medium batteries were unoccupied,
giving a total of sixteen heavy guns and twelve medium caliber
guns In position, The heavy batteries are accompanied by Whiff
radar,
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HU I -AN AIRFIELD
BARRACKS
HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT (85mm)
CONTROL TOWER
COASTAL ROAD
MEDIUM ANTI-AIRCRAFT (37mm)
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REVETMENTS
SHOPS & HANGER
FIRING BUTT
POL STORAGE
NAVIGATIONAL AID