There is an airport in Shashi, which started in the Republic of China 18 (1929). The airstrip built by Kuomintang troops on the west side of Banqiao in Shashi once had two flights a week from Wuhan and Nanjing. 1930, China Airlines set up an aviation office in Shashi to build Erlangmen to Yu Heping River into a floating airport. The amphibious aircraft "Luoning" took off and landed, and used small motorboats to pick up passengers and get on and off mail. Shashi Seaplane Airport is a stopover in Hanyu section of Shanghai-Chongqing railway. Fly from Hankou to Chongqing via Shashi every Wednesday and Saturday, and fly from Chongqing to Hankou via Shashi every Thursday and Sunday. In the early 25 th year of the Republic of China, two classes were added every round trip.

In the autumn of 27 years (1938), Shashi Aviation Office was cancelled and the airport was suspended.

In 33 years of the Republic of China, the Japanese invaders forced migrant workers to build a dirt runway with a length of 900 meters and a width of 50 meters for military use, but it was not put into use until the liberation of Shashi.

1958, Shashi Air Station was established, and Sanbanqiao Airport was restored by the local government and civil aviation and handed over to civil aviation. Hubei Provincial Civil Aviation Administration opened the Wuhan-Shashi route with Soviet-made An -2 aircraft, which runs every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

1962 due to the national economic adjustment, the airport stopped flying, and the airport temporarily lent it to Hubei Provincial Sports Commission to run an aviation gliding school.

1970 in may, according to the national combat readiness policy of "relying on mountains, entering tunnels and dispersing", the 15 flight brigade of civil aviation was ordered to transfer from Nanhu airport in Wuhan, Hubei Province to Shashi airport in Hubei Province.

The 15th Flight Brigade of Civil Aviation belongs to China Civil Aviation Professional Flight Brigade. It was first called the 27th Professional Flying Brigade of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Founded in 1963 and 1964, it was renamed as the 15th Flying Brigade of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. After the handover of 12 Aner (Wu Yun) aircraft, the brigade started professional flight for more than 20 years based in Shashi Airport. Professional flight tasks include agricultural broadcasting, forest broadcasting, pest control, weeding, exploration, photography, video recording and tourism. The service target is extended to agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, industry, geology, petroleum, electric power and other industries, and the business scope is mainly concentrated in Hubei. Now it has been extended to some farms in Heilongjiang Province as far as possible. Until May 1993, 1 1, 8 148 went to Xiqing, Hainan for the last forestry mission, the general aviation flight of the 15th Flying Brigade was suspended.

In order to ensure the normal take-off and landing of more than a dozen An 'er aircraft, the Civil Aviation Administration of China allocated funds to build a cement concrete taxiway at 1974, which is 500m long, 6m wide and 0cm thick.

1975 10, the 15th flight brigade of civil aviation uses the modified Yun -5 aircraft to open flights from Shashi to Wuhan, which are carried out every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and return on the same day, with each flight 13 passengers. The flight resumed from 1975 to 1985, with a total flight time of 526 1 hour and 30 minutes, with an average annual passenger traffic of 2,235 passengers, an average annual freight volume of 5 1.9 tons, a record high in 1980 and an average annual passenger traffic of 6,330 passengers. 1970 to 1985, charter flight 1753 hours and 48 minutes, official business 3507 hours and 42 minutes. From 1970 to 1985, he completed 24,972 hours of skilled flight training, delivered nearly 100 excellent pilots for China Southern Airlines, and a large number of pilots won special, first and second safety flight medals respectively.