Hohhot Baita International Airport

Hohhot Baita International Airport
呼和浩特白塔国际机场
ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ ᠣᠯᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ  ᠦᠨ ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ

Hūhéhàotè Báitǎ Guójì Jīchǎng

Airport interior, 2008
IATA: HETICAO: ZBHH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aviation Administration of China
Serves Hohhot
Elevation AMSL 1,084 m / 3,556 ft
Coordinates 40°51′05.12″N 111°49′26.77″E / 40.8514222°N 111.8241028°E / 40.8514222; 111.8241028
Map
HET

Location in Inner Mongolia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 (Closed) 3,201 10,502 Concrete
08R/26L 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Hohhot Baita International Airport
Traditional Chinese 呼和浩特白塔國際機場
Simplified Chinese 呼和浩特白塔国际机场

Hohhot Baita International Airport (IATA: HET, ICAO: ZBHH) is an airport serving Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, China. It is the largest airport in Inner Mongolia and lies 14.3 km (8.9 mi) east of downtown Hohhot. Its name Baita meaning White Pagoda derives from Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda, one of the historical attractions in Hohhot which lies 5.6 km (3.5 mi) south-east of the airport. In 2013 it served 6,150,282 passengers.

History and expansion

Hohhot Baita airport was opened on October 1, 1958. In the mid 1980s and 1990s, it underwent two expansions and in June 2007 a new terminal was constructed. The new terminal covers an area of 54499m² with 11 parking jetways and is capable of handling 3 million passengers each year. Its runway was also lengthened and its widened to accommodate jumbo jets such as the Airbus A380. It served as one of the diversion airports for air traffic during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aero MongoliaUlaanbaatar
Air ChinaBeijing-Capital, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Pudong, Tianjin
Seasonal: Shanghai-Hongqiao
Air China
operated by Dalian Airlines
Dalian
Beijing Capital AirlinesBeijing-Capital, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Wuhan, Xiamen, Zhengzhou
China Eastern AirlinesJining,[1] Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tongliao, Wuhai, Xi'an, Xilinhot
China Express AirlinesArxan, Chongqing, Dalian, Hailar, Jiagedaqi, Manzhouli, Ordos, Tongliao, Ulanhot, Xining, Yulin
China Southern AirlinesChangchun, Dalian, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
China United AirlinesBeijing-Nanyuan
Donghai AirlinesHailar, Zhengzhou
EVA AirTaipei-Taoyuan
Far Eastern Air TransportTaichung
GX AirlinesNanning, Zhengzhou
Hainan AirlinesBeijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Haikou, Nanchang, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Hebei AirlinesHailar, Manzhouli, Shijiazhuang
Hong Kong AirlinesHong Kong
Juneyao AirlinesShanghai-Pudong
Lucky AirKunming, Taiyuan
New Gen AirwaysBangkok - Donmuang
Okay Airways Alxa Left Banner, Tianjin
Qingdao AirlinesHailar, Yantai
Ruili AirlinesKunming, Taiyuan, Shenyang
Shandong AirlinesJinan, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xiamen
Shanghai AirlinesHailar, Shanghai-Hongqiao
Shenzhen AirlinesChengdu, Guangzhou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Nanning, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Sichuan AirlinesChengdu
Spring AirlinesBangkok–Suvarnabhumi (begins 29 November 2016),[2] Nagoya-Centrair, Shanghai-Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Yangzhou
Tianjin AirlinesBayannur, Changsha, Chifeng, Chongqing, Dalian, Datong, Guiyang, Hailar, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Jinan, Lanzhou, Linfen, Lüliang,[3] Nanchang, Nanning, Ningbo, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Ulanhot, Wuhai, Xi'an, Xilinhot, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yulin, Zhengzhou
West AirChongqing, Harbin
Xiamen AirlinesChangsha, Fuzhou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Hefei, Nanjing, Tianjin, Xiamen

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
China Postal AirlinesNanjing, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou

See also

References

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