# Yinchuan Helanshan Air Base, Yinchuan, China

**Yinchuan Helanshan Air Base** is a small airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 1970. It has one runway, 3,400 m (11,155 ft) long. In 2002 it handled 29 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Yinchuan, Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 1970
- Elevation: 1,149 m / 3,770 ft
- Coordinates: 38.4819, 106.0090
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,400 m / 11,155 ft
- Passengers: 28,667 (2002)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinchuan_Helanshan_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3756474
- Weather station: ZLIC · WMO 53614
- Ident: YEH

## Timeline

- 1970: Yinchuan Helanshan Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | 28,033 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 37,234 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 28,667 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 29K (2002) | #2,310 of 3,974 | #715 in Asia | #243 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | =585 of 29,858 | =170 in Asia | =53 in CN |
| Elevation | 1,149 m / 3,770 ft | =3,920 of 43,403 | =389 in Asia | #78 in CN |
| Age | Opened 1970 | =6,186 of 15,079 | =336 in Asia | =38 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [INC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlic.md) Yinchuan Hedong International Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [AXF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/axf.md) Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [YEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0362.md) Yinchuan Yueyahu Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [CN-0429](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0429.md) E’Tuo Ke Qian Qi general airport · 115 km / 71 mi
- [OTQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0416.md) Otog Front Banner Oljoq Airport · 125 km / 78 mi
- [ZHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlzw.md) Zhongwei Shapotou Airport · 126 km / 78 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)
- [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/yeh/data