Yinchuan Hedong International Airport

Yinchuan Hedong International Airport (IATA: INC, ICAO: ZLIC) is the primary airport serving Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of downtown Yinchuan in the town of Linghe of Lingwu City. A relatively small airport compared to many airports in China, it nevertheless is the autonomous region's main aviation gateway. Its name "Hedong" literally means "East of the River" and derives from the airport's location east of the Yellow River. It is connected to over 20 cities by either direct flights, or transferring in Xi'an and Beijing. The terminal building covers a total area of 15,000 square metres (160,000 sq ft). The airport handled 10,575,393 passengers in 2019, making it the 38th busiest airport in China.[1]

Yinchuan Hedong International Airport

银川河东国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesYinchuan, Ningxia
LocationLinhe, Lingwu, Ningxia
Opened6 September 1997; 27 years ago (1997-09-06)
Elevation AMSL1,141 m / 3,743 ft
Coordinates38°19′18″N 106°23′33″E / 38.32167°N 106.39250°E / 38.32167; 106.39250
Websiteningxia.cwag.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
INC/ZLIC is located in Ningxia
INC/ZLIC
INC/ZLIC
Location in Ningxia
INC/ZLIC is located in China
INC/ZLIC
INC/ZLIC
INC/ZLIC (China)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passenger6,998,424
Aircraft movements64,311
Freight (in tonnes)42,021.9
Yinchuan Hedong International Airport
Simplified Chinese银川河东国际机场
Traditional Chinese銀川河東國際機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYínchuān Hédōng Guójì Jīchǎng

History

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Hedong Airport was constructed after Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport became constrained to expand and modernize. The first test flight was on 21 August 1997, and the airport was officially opened on 6 September that same year.[2]

In 2013, the airport handled 4,247,843 passengers, in 2017, the airport handled 67,079 flights, almost 8 million passengers and 40,000 tons of cargo.

Airlines and destinations

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing,[3] Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu,[4] Chongqing, Hangzhou, Hohhot,[4] Hong Kong,[5] Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin
Air China Inner Mongolia Beijing–Capital[6]
Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[7] Dazhou,[4] Guangyuan,[4] Guangzhou,[8] Haikou,[4] Hangzhou, Sanya, Yining[7]
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu,[4] Dalian,[9] Enshi,[4] Guangzhou, Harbin,[10] Hefei, Hohhot, Huai'an, Jiayuguan, Jinan,[4] Kunming, Nanchang,[11] Nanjing, Ordos,[10] Qingdao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang,[12] Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xining, Yantai[4]
China Express Airlines Chongqing,[13] Yan'an[14]
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[15] Changsha, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin,[16] Shenyang,[4] Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Grand China Air Beijing–Capital
GX Airlines Fuyang,[17] Jining,[17] Yichang[18]
Hainan Airlines Dalian, Guiyang, Haikou
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[19] Guyuan
Juneyao Air Shanghai–Pudong, Wuhan[20]
Loong Air Aksu,[8] Changchun, Changsha,[21] Changzhou,[22] Chengdu–Tianfu, Hangzhou, Linyi,[21] Ningbo, Shanghai–Pudong,[8] Urumqi, Wenzhou,[22] Wuhan, Xi'an,[21] Xiangyang,[23] Xuzhou[24]
Lucky Air Kunming[25]
Okay Airways Changsha, Nanning,[26] Tianjin, Urumqi
Qingdao Airlines Nanjing,[27] Xining[27]
Shandong Airlines Hefei,[28] Jinan, Qingdao, Tianjin,[4] Urumqi, Xiamen, Xining, Zhengzhou[29]
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou, Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines Guangzhou,[7] Nanchang,[30] Nanjing, Nanning,[31] Shenzhen, Turpan,[4] Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu,[32] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dubai–International,[33] Guilin, Kunming,[4] Sanya
Spring Airlines Hefei, Jieyang, Nanchang, Ningbo, Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Yangzhou[4]
Urumqi Air Guiyang,[34] Zhanjiang[34]
XiamenAir Beijing–Daxing,[35] Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Qingdao,[4] Quanzhou, Tianjin,[36] Urumqi, Wuhan,[4] Xiamen, Yuncheng,[4] Zhengzhou, Zhuhai,[37] Zunyi–Maotai[37]

Ground transportation

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Hedong Airport railway station was opened in 2019.

See also

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