# Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (AXF / ZBAL)

**Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport** (IATA: AXF, ICAO: ZBAL) is a medium airport in Bayanhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It opened on 17 Dec 2013. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 43 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/axf

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AXF / ZBAL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bayanhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 17 Dec 2013
- Elevation: 1,390 m / 4,560 ft
- Coordinates: 38.7483, 105.5842
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 42,982 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alxa_Left_Banner_Bayanhot_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16258986
- Ident: AXF

## Timeline

- 17 Dec 2013: Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft |  | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 2,053 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 76,886 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 77,848 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 56,690 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 121,884 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 165,858 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 156,042 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 97,855 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 66,151 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 42,982 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 43K (2022) | #2,140 of 3,974 | #666 in Asia | #230 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =882 in Asia | =221 in CN |
| Elevation | 1,390 m / 4,560 ft | =2,593 of 43,403 | #315 in Asia | #60 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2013 | =12,989 of 15,079 | =683 in Asia | =158 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [YEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yeh.md) Yinchuan Helanshan Air Base · 47 km / 29 mi
- [INC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlic.md) Yinchuan Hedong International Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [YEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0362.md) Yinchuan Yueyahu Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [CN-0426](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0426.md) Huhe Tata Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [ZHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlzw.md) Zhongwei Shapotou Airport · 136 km / 84 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/axf/data