The school was founded in Hankou Aviation Industry School on 1952, and was renamed as Zhongnan No.1 Industrial School on 1953. 1954 moved to Nanchang, and 1956 was renamed Nanchang Aviation Industry School. 1978 was renamed Nanchang Institute of Aviation Industry. In 2007, it was renamed Nanchang Hangkong University.
As of June 5438+ 10, 2023, the school has three campuses, Qianhu, Shanghai Road and Gongqingcheng, covering an area of more than 3,500 mu, with a school building area of 65.438+0.05 million square meters, with a total equipment value of about 630 million yuan, 2.24 million paper books and 2.73110,000 e-books in the library. There are 17 professional colleges, 3 management colleges and 1 independent college of science and technology, offering 70 undergraduate majors; There are 17 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degree, and 12 master's degree authorization points; There are more than 2 100 teaching staff, including more than 600 full-time teachers/kloc-0; There are more than 26,000 full-time students, including more than 22,000 undergraduates, more than 3,900 graduate students and more than 200 international students.