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
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Civil Aviation Administration of China
Serves	Hohhot
Elevation AMSL	1,084 m / 3,556 ft
Coordinates	40°51′05.12″N 111°49′26.77″E / 40.8514222°N 111.8241028°E / 40.8514222; 111.8241028
Map
HET Location in Inner Mongolia
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 (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.

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.