[2] Yongxing/Woody Island is occupied and administered by China (PRC) as the seat of Sansha city of Hainan Province.

[5] Military drills with fighter aircraft landing and taking off at Yongxing Island Airport were carried out and telecast on CCTV in December 2017.

[6] Yongxing Island Airport has a runway that is 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) long,[2] capable of handling any fourth generation fighter aircraft of the Chinese airforce such as the Sukhoi Su-30MK2.

The airport has four hangars, a radar navigation station and four large fuel tanks, enabling it to serve as a forward deployment base for refueling warplanes on combat missions.

[7] A two-storey 3,500 square metres (38,000 sq ft) terminal building with control tower is found on south side of the runway.