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
IATA: INC ICAO: ZLIC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Yinchuan, Ningxia
Location	Linhe, Lingwu, Ningxia
Opened	6 September 1997; 26 years ago (1997-09-06)
Elevation AMSL	1,141 m / 3,743 ft
Coordinates	38°19′18″N 106°23′33″E / 38.32167°N 106.39250°E / 38.32167; 106.39250
Maps
CAAC airport chart
INC Location in Ningxia Show map of Ningxia INC INC (China) Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passenger 6,998,424 Aircraft movements 64,311 Freight (in tonnes) 42,021.9
List of the busiest airports in China

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 Pinyin Yínchuān Hédōng Guójì Jīchǎng

History

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

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing,^[3] Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Hong Kong,^[4] Qionghai, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Zhengzhou
Air Guilin	Zhengzhou
Beijing Capital Airlines	Dunhuang,^[5] Hangzhou, Sanya
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu, Hanzhong, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, Yan'an, Zhangye, Zunyi–Xinzhou
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Changzhi, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chifeng, Dalian,^[6] Datong, Dunhuang,^[7] Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin,^[8] Hefei, Hohhot, Huai'an, Jiayuguan, Kunming, Nanchang,^[9] Nanjing, Ordos,^[8] Qingdao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xining, Xinzhou, Yiwu,^[10] Zhangye^[11]
China Express Airlines	Baotou, Bijie, Tianshui, Xingyi
China Southern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,^[12] Changsha, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Nanjing, Nanning,^[13] Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Yiwu,^[14] Zhengzhou
Chongqing Airlines	Huizhou, Luzhou
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Guiyang
Dalian Airlines	Dalian
Fuzhou Airlines	Fuzhou, Weifang
Grand China Air	Beijing–Capital
GX Airlines	Yichang^[15]
Hainan Airlines	Dalian, Haikou, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai^[16]
Hebei Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,^[17] Guyuan
Juneyao Airlines	Hailar, Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong
LJ Air	Harbin^[18]
Loong Air	Changchun, Changzhou,^[19] Chengdu–Tianfu, Hangzhou, Nanyang,^[20] Ningbo, Shanghai–Pudong, Urumqi, Wenzhou,^[19] Wuhan, Xiangyang^[21]
Okay Airways	Changsha, Fuyang, Haikou,^[22] Hangzhou, Nanning,^[22] Ningbo,^[23] Tianjin, Urumqi, Xiamen
Qingdao Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,^[24] Erenhot,^[24] Nanjing,^[24] Xining^[24]
Shandong Airlines	Anshun, Guiyang,^[25] Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Lanzhou, Mianyang,^[26] Nanning,^[13] Qingdao, Shijiazhuang,^[27] Tangshan, Taiyuan, Tianjin,^[28] Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xining, Yantai, Zhengzhou^[29]
Shanghai Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Lianyungang, Luoyang, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines	Nanchang,^[30] Nanjing, Nanning,^[13] Nantong, Quanzhou, Shenzhen, Yichang, Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu,^[31] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dubai–International,^[32] Guangzhou, Guilin, Longnan,^[33] Sanya, Zhengzhou
Spring Airlines	Hefei, Jieyang, Nanchang, Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Yancheng
Tianjin Airlines	Dalian, Yulin (Shaanxi)^[34]
Tibet Airlines	Lhasa, Tianjin
West Air	Chongqing, Shijiazhuang^[27]
XiamenAir	Beijing–Daxing,^[35] Changsha, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jining, Luoyang, Qingyang, Qinhuangdao, Quanzhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Tianjin,^[36] Urumqi, Xiamen, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai^[16]

Ground transportation

Hedong Airport railway station was opened in 2019.

See also

• List of airports in China

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External links

• Official website