# Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (YIE / ZBES)

**Arxan Yi'ershi Airport** (IATA: YIE, ICAO: ZBES) is a medium airport in Arxan, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It opened on 28 Aug 2011. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long. In 2022 it handled 21 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YIE / ZBES
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Arxan, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 28 Aug 2011
- Elevation: 892 m / 2,925 ft
- Coordinates: 47.3106, 119.9117
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 20,527 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arxan_Yiershi_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2901996
- Ident: ZBES

## Timeline

- 28 Aug 2011: Arxan Yi'ershi Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 1,083 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 51,978 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 56,022 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 62,350 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 94,099 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 105,043 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 155,187 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 103,880 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 104,036 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 59,021 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 52,860 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 20,527 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [HLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbul.md) Ulanhot Yilelite Airport · China · 202 km / 126 mi · China Express Airlines
- [HET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbhh.md) Hohhot Baita International Airport · China · 965 km / 600 mi · China Express Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YIE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- G5 [China Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-express-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 21K (2022) | #2,426 of 3,974 | #744 in Asia | #251 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =882 in Asia | =221 in CN |
| Elevation | 892 m / 2,925 ft | =5,685 of 43,403 | #509 in Asia | #113 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2011 | =12,827 of 15,079 | =666 in Asia | =149 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Arxan Yiershi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arxan_Yiershi_Airport&oldid=1363014371), revision of 7 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/zbes/data