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: HET – ICAO: ZBHH HET Location in Inner Mongolia
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Civil Aviation Administration of China
Serves	Hohhot
Elevation AMSL	1,084 m / 3,556 ft
Coordinates
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hūhéhàotè Báitǎ Guójì Jīcháng

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

Airlines	Destinations
Aero Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Pudong, Tianjin Seasonal: Shanghai-Hongqiao
Air China operated by Dalian Airlines	Dalian
Beijing Capital Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Wuhan, Xiamen, Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines	Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tongliao, Wuhai, Xi'an, Xilinhot
China Express Airlines	Arxan, Chongqing, Dalian, Hailar, Jiagedaqi, Manzhouli, Ordos, Tongliao, Ulanhot, Xining, Yulin
China Southern Airlines	Changchun, Dalian, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
China United Airlines	Beijing-Nanyuan
EVA Air	Taipei-Taoyuan
Far Eastern Air Transport	Taichung
GX Airlines	Nanning, Zhengzhou
Hainan Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Haikou, Nanchang, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines	Hailar, Manzhouli, Shijiazhuang
Hong Kong Airlines	Hong Kong
Juneyao Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Lucky Air	Kunming, Taiyuan
Okay Airways	Alxa Left Banner, Tianjin
Ruili Airlines	Kunming, Taiyuan, Chengdu
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xiamen
Shanghai Airlines	Hailar, Shanghai-Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines	Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Nanning, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu
Spring Airlines	Nagoya-Centrair, Shijiazhuang
Tianjin Airlines	Bayannur, Changsha, Chifeng, Chongqing, Dalian, Datong, Guiyang, Hailar, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Jinan, Lanzhou, Lüliang, Nanchang, Nanning, Ningbo, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Ulanhot, Wuhai, Xi'an, Xilinhot, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yulin, Zhengzhou
West Air	Chongqing, Harbin
Xiamen Airlines	Changsha, Fuzhou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Hefei, Nanjing, Tianjin, Xiamen

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
China Postal Airlines	Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan

See also

• List of airports in China