Zhijiang Airport, located in Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, was built at 1942. During World War II, it was the second largest military airport of the Allied Forces in the Far East. Chennault and his American Volunteer Air Force "Flying Tigers" used this as a base to meet the Japanese invaders and made great contributions to supporting China's war of resistance. Later, it was reserved for the air force, and it was also an important base for the Flying Tigers to support China's anti-Japanese war. There is a Flying Tigers showroom next to the airport.

After the founding of New China, the airport has been idle for more than 40 years. 200 1, 1 In February, with the approval of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, the reconstruction and expansion project of Zhijiang Airport was formally established. In July 2002, the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Staff approved the feasibility study report of the reconstruction and expansion project of Zhijiang Airport in Huaihua, Hunan Province, which officially started in 1 month in 2003 and was listed as a key project in Hunan Province in the same year. After two years of construction, it passed the completion acceptance in March 2005, passed the industry acceptance in August, and was officially opened to navigation in the same year. Huaihua-Guangzhou (via Changsha) route has been opened. The project was rated as an excellent key project of the city and province and an advanced unit of target management. The rebuilt Zhijiang Airport covers an area of 1.762 mu, the runway is 2,000m long, 45m wide and 0.3m thick, the shoulders on both sides are1.5m, the contact length is 208m, and the apron1.05m ×/. The airport construction standard is 3C. The terminal building is 2400 square meters. The only airport in Huaihua, Zhijiang Airport, is 3C domestic regional airport (for both military and civilian use), which can meet the full-load take-off and landing of Boeing 737-300 aircraft (140).