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]

Not to be confused with Incheon International Airport.
Yinchuan Hedong International Airport

银川河东国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesYinchuan, Ningxia
LocationLinhe, Lingwu, Ningxia
Elevation AMSL1,141.2 m / 3,744 ft
Coordinates38°19′18″N 106°23′33″E
Maps

CAAC airport chart
INC
INC
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passenger10,575,393
Aircraft movements84,734
Freight (in tonnes)61,245.8
Yinchuan Hedong International Airport
Simplified Chinese银川河东国际机场
Traditional Chinese銀川河東國際機場

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
AirlinesDestinations
Air Chang'an Dalian, Guilin, Guiyang, Hanzhong, Luoyang, Nanchang, Nantong, Xi'an, Yancheng, Yantai
Air China Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing,[3] Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Hong Kong,[4] Luzhou, Nanchang, Nha Trang, Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Singapore, Tianjin, Zhuhai
Hajj: Jeddah, Urumqi
Air China
operated by Dalian Airlines 		Dalian, Shijiazhuang
Beijing Capital Airlines Guangzhou, Haikou, Nanning
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu, Harbin
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian,[5] Guangzhou, Hefei, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wuhan (suspended), Wuxi, Xiamen,[6] Xi'an
China Express Airlines Chongqing, Guyuan, Tianjin
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[7] Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Jinan, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kunming, Nanjing, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Xi'an, Xuzhou, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou
China Southern Airlines
operated by Chongqing Airlines 		Chongqing, Nanjing, Qingdao
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Datong
Donghai Airlines Shenzhen, Shiyan
Grand China Air Beijing–Capital
GX Airlines Nanning, Zunyi–Xinzhou
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Guangzhou, Haikou, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[8] Shijiazhuang
Jiangxi Air Nanchang, Taiyuan
Joy Air Alxa Right Banner, Ordos, Taiyuan, Wuhai, Yulin, Zhongwei
Juneyao Airlines Nanjing, Osaka–Kansai, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Yichang
LJ AirChongqing, Harbin[9]
Lucky Air Mianyang
Nok Air Charter: Pattaya–U-Tapao
Qingdao Airlines Lanzhou, Qingdao
Shandong Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Haikou, Jinan, Nanning, Ulanqab, Urumqi, Wuhan (suspended), Xiamen, Xining
Shanghai Airlines Linfen, Shanghai–Pudong, Xinzhou
Shenzhen Airlines Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Xi'an
Sichuan Airlines Changchun, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dubai–International,[10] Gannan, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Harbin, Kunming, Sanya, Xi'an
Spring Airlines Ningbo, Qingyang, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Yancheng
Tianjin Airlines Dalian, Hohhot
Vietnam Airlines Nha Trang[11]
XiamenAir Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Urumqi, Wuhan (suspended), Xiamen, Xi'an, Zhengzhou

Ground transportation

Hedong Airport railway station was opened in 2019.

See also

References
  1. 2019年民航机场吞吐量排名 (in Chinese). Civil Aviation Administration of China. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  2. "从西花园到河东国际机场".
  3. Liu, Jim. "Air China outlines Beijing Daxing operations from late-Oct 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. "Air China adds Yinchuan – Hong Kong service from late-Jan 2019". routesonline. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  5. 换季啦丨东航大连营业部2019年夏秋季航班时刻表. WeChat (in Chinese). China Eastern Dalian sales.
  6. 又要换季啦！快戳，看我们的新航班. WeChat (in Chinese). China Eastern Xiamen sales.
  7. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/china-southern-moves-ho-chi-minh-flights-to-beijing-459409/
  8. Liu, Jim. "Hebei Airlines outlines Beijing Daxing operations from late-Oct 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  9. "LongJiang Airlines Routes". FlightRadar24. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  10. "Sichuan Airlines to Launch Dubai Service from Sep 2015". airlineroute.
  11. Vietnam Airlines 4Q19 China network additions
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