# Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport, Yinchuan, China

**Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport** was an airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 1935. It closed in Sep 1997. It had one runway, 2,160 m (7,087 ft) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0505

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Yinchuan, Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 1935 (Wikipedia)
- Closed: Sep 1997
- Elevation: 1,112 m / 3,647 ft
- Coordinates: 38.5020, 106.1445
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,160 m / 7,087 ft
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinchuan_Xihuayuan_Airport (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15909230
- Weather station: ZLIC · WMO 53614
- Ident: CN-0505

## Timeline

- 1935: Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport opens.
- 23 Jul 1993: China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119. 55 killed.
- Sep 1997: Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,160 m / 7,087 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Gravel |  | yes |

## Nearby airports

- [INC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlic.md) Yinchuan Hedong International Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [AXF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/axf.md) Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [ZHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlzw.md) Zhongwei Shapotou Airport · 135 km / 84 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yinchuan_Xihuayuan_Airport&oldid=1366731214), revision of 29 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/cn-0505/data