Hohhot Baita International Airport

Hohhot Baita International Airport 呼和浩特白塔国际机场
Airport interior, 2008
IATA: HET ICAO: ZBHH HET Location in Inner Mongolia
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Civil Aviation Administration of China
Serves	Hohhot
Elevation AMSL	3,556 ft / 1,084 m
Coordinates	40°51′05.12″N 111°49′26.77″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 (Closed) 10,501 3,201 Concrete 08R/26L 11,811 3,600 Concrete

Hohhot Baita International Airport (simplified Chinese: 呼和浩特白塔国际机场; traditional Chinese: 呼和浩特白塔國際機場; pinyin: Hūhéhàotè Báitǎ Guójì Jīcháng) is an airport in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China (IATA: HET, ICAO: ZBHH). 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.

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. Furthermore, its runway has also been lengthened and its width increased so that it can accommodate the take off and landing of jumbo jets such as the Airbus A380. It served as one of the diversion airports for air traffic during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Presently Hohhot airport is connected to 28 domestic cities by 26 air routes, it serves international scheduled flights to Ulan Bator as well as charter flights to Hong Kong, Korea, Russia and Thailand.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aero Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Wuhan
Beijing Capital Airlines	Arxan, Beijing-Capital, Chongqing, Guiyang, Haikou, Hefei, Nanchang, Sanya, Shijiazhuang, Tongliao, Ulanhot, Ürümqi, Wuhai, Wuhan
China Eastern Airlines	Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shijiazhuang, Wuhai, Xi'an, Xilinhot
China Southern Airlines	Guangzhou, Luoyang, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Ürümqi, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
China United Airlines	Beijing-Nanyuan
Hainan Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Haikou, Shenzhen
Hong Kong Express Airways	Charter: Hong Kong
Juneyao Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Lucky Air	Kunming, Taiyuan
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xiamen
Shanghai Airlines	Hailar, Shanghai-Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines	Chengdu, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chifeng, Kunming, Zhengzhou
Spring Airlines	Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shijiazhuang
Tianjin Airlines	Bayannur, Changchun, Chifeng, Dalian, Erenhot, Fuzhou, Hailar, Harbin, Jinan, Lanzhou, Manzhouli, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Ordos, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tongliao, Ulaanbaatar, Ulanhot, Wuhai, Xi'an, Xilinhot, Yantai, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Xiamen Airlines	Changsha, Fuzhou, Jinan, Xiamen

See also

• List of airports in the People's Republic of China

External links

• Travel China Guide
• Hohhot airport photos