Yinchuan Hedong International Airport
Airport in Lingwu, Ningxia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 passenger movements of Yinchuan Hedong International Airport in 2023 were 7,712,513, making it the 41st busiest airport in China.[1]
Yinchuan Hedong International Airport 银川河东国际机场 | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Government | ||||||||||
Serves | Yinchuan, Ningxia | ||||||||||
Location | Linhe, Lingwu, Ningxia | ||||||||||
Opened | 6 September 1997 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,141 m / 3,743 ft | ||||||||||
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Website | ningxia | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 银川河东国际机场 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 銀川河東國際機場 | ||||||
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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.
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Hedong Airport railway station was opened in 2019.
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