According to the 14th Five-year Civil Aviation Development Plan jointly issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport, the construction of Neijiang Airport has been put on the agenda. The construction of Neijiang Airport will enter the stage of deepening the preparation of site selection report and report it to the Construction Meteorological Observatory of Southwest Bureau of Civil Aviation.

In terms of specific site selection, according to Neijiang City's Letter on Requesting Lian Jie Town in Weiyuan County and Chaoyang Town in Neijiang Central District as Airport Pre-location, Neijiang Airport Pre-location includes Lian Jie Town in Weiyuan County and Chaoyang Town in Neijiang Central District, and it is planned to build the airport into an important freight airport and passenger feeder airport in Chengdu-Chongqing area.

It should be noted that although the site selection of the airport has been determined in the early stage, the final site selection needs in-depth evaluation and demonstration, and can only be finalized after approval by relevant departments. Therefore, the specific construction progress needs further attention from official news.