Harbin Taiping International Airport

Harbin Taiping International Airport 哈尔滨太平国际机场 Hāěrbīn Tàipíng Guójì Jīchǎng
IATA: HRB ICAO: ZYHB HRB Location in Heilongjiang province
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Civil Government
Serves	Harbin
Location	near the town of Taiping, Daoli District, Harbin
Elevation AMSL	457 ft / 139 m
Coordinates	45°37′24.25″N 126°15′01.18″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 10,500 3,200 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 7,259,498
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic7,259,498

Harbin Taiping International Airport (IATA: HRB, ICAO: ZYHB) (simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨太平国际机场; traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱太平國際機場; pinyin: Hāěrbīn Tàipíng Guójì Jīchǎng) is an international airport in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

History

Harbin Taiping Airport, formerly known as Yanjiagang Airport, is located about 33 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of the city of Harbin and was constructed in 1979 with further expansion between 1994 and 1997 at a cost of about $960 million RMB. In 1984 it was upgraded to an international airport status. Today it serves as an important transportation hub for northeastern China and is the largest northernmost airport of China. Its terminal building is also currently the largest in northeastern China.

It is capable of handling 6 million passengers annually and is currently connected with more than 50 air routes both domestic and international. Currently it has one 3200 metres asphalt runway.

As for 2010, Harbin Taiping International Airport was the 23th busiest airport in the People's Republic of China with 7,259,498 passengers.

Description

Harbin Airport is divided into two linked terminals, International and Domestic.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Dalian, Qingdao, Wuhan
Asiana Airlines	Seoul-Incheon
China Eastern Airlines	Dongsheng, Kunming, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai-Pudong
China Southern Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Dalian, Hangzhou, Hefei, Heihe, Niigata, Qingdao, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taipei-Taoyuan, Vladivostok, Xi'an, Weihai, Yichun, Zhengzhou
Grand China Air operated by Hainan Airlines	Beijing-Capital
Hainan Airlines	Dalian, Hangzhou, Ordos, Qingdao, Taiyuan
Hong Kong Express Airways	Hong Kong
Juneyao Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Lucky Air	Zhengzhou
Northeast Airlines	Shenyang
Okay Airways	Changsha, Tianjin, Yantai
RusLine	Chita
Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Shandong Airlines	Dalian, Qingdao, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Shanghai-Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines	Changzhou, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shenyang, Shenzhen
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chongquing, Dalian, Guilin, Guiyang, Hailar, Hangzhou, Hefei, Hehei, Jinan, Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Sanya, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou
Spring Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Vladivostok Air	Khabarovsk, Vladivostok
Xiamen Airlines	Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shenyang, Zhengzhou
Ural Airlines	Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk [begins 20 October], Chelyabinsk
Yakutia Airlines	Blagoveshchensk, Yakutsk

See also

• List of airports in the People's Republic of China
• China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

References

• Helongjiang Airports Management Group
• Harbin airport info