Baotou Airport

Baotou Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Baotou, Inner Mongolia
Location Donghe District
Elevation AMSL 1,012 m / 3,320 ft
Coordinates 40°33′35″N 109°59′48″E / 40.55972°N 109.99667°E / 40.55972; 109.99667Coordinates: 40°33′35″N 109°59′48″E / 40.55972°N 109.99667°E / 40.55972; 109.99667
Map
BAV
Location of the airport in Inner Mongolia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,800 9,186 Asphalt
Baotou Airport
Traditional Chinese 包頭機場
Simplified Chinese 包头机场

Baotou Airport (IATA: BAV, ICAO: ZBOW) is an airport serving the city of Baotou in Inner Mongolia, China. Baotou Airport was founded preliminarily in 1934 and opened in 1956. The airport is 14 miles from downtown areas.

It is a class 4D airport. Runway 13-31 is 9186 feet long and 200 feet wide. It is equipped at both ends with Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), Approach Lighting Systems (ALS) with sequenced flashers, and touchdown zone (TDZ) lighting. Both the Boeing 737-900 and Boeing 767-300ER aircraft are capable of landing there.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital
Air Guilin Guilin
Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing–Capital, Sanya, Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines Nanjing, Xi'an, Xiamen
China Eastern Airlines
operated by Shanghai Airlines
Shanghai–Pudong
China Express Airlines Chongqing, Dalian, Tianjin, Zhengzhou
China Southern Airlines Shenyang, Urumqi
China Southern Airlines
operated by Chongqing Airlines
Nanjing
China United Airlines Beijing–Nanyuan, Ningbo
Donghai Airlines Shenzhen, Zhengzhou
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Haikou, Hangzhou, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Shijiazhuang
HK Express Charter: Hong Kong
Hunnu Air Ulaanbaatar
Joy Air Alxa Left Banner, Tianjin, Wuhai, Yulin
Juneyao Airlines Shanghai–Pudong, Ulanqab
New Gen Airways Charter: Bangkok–Don Mueang, Krabi
Nok Air Charter: Pattaya-U-Tapao
Shandong Airlines Taiyuan, Xiamen
Tianjin Airlines Seasonal: Irkutsk[1]
XiamenAir Changsha, Fuzhou

Accidents and incidents

  • On November 21, 2004, China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 crashed shortly after takeoff from Baotou Erliban Airport. All 53 people on board the aircraft were killed plus 2 people on the ground.

References

  1. Liu, Jim (29 June 2017). "Tianjin Airlines adds Baotou – Irkutsk route from July 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 30 June 2017.


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