BAV

Baotou Donghe International Airport

ICAO ZBOW40.5600°N 109.9970°E1,012 m / 3,321 ftLarge airport
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Baotou Donghe International Airport (IATA: BAV, ICAO: ZBOW) is a large airport in Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 1956. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 1.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1956–1956
1956
OpenedBaotou Donghe International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
13/31130° / 310° · LIT
LENGTH2,800 m9,186 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
1.3M
1.6M
1.7M
1.8M
1.9M
1.9M
2.1M
2.0M
2.3M
1.2M
1.3M
1.0M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

18 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miTYN · Taiyuan Wusu International Airport · 386 km / 240 miSJW · Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport · 477 km / 296 miPEK · Beijing Capital International Airport · 562 km / 349 miLYA · Luoyang Beijiao Airport · 680 km / 423 miXIY · Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · 689 km / 428 miCGO · Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · 752 km / 467 miCIF · Chifeng Yulong Airport · 759 km / 472 miBPE · Qinhuangdao Beidaihe Airport · 777 km / 483 miTGO · Tongliao Airport · 1,060 km / 659 miSHE · Shenyang Taoxian International Airport · 1,135 km / 705 miWUH · Wuhan Tianhe International Airport · 1,152 km / 716 miHLH · Ulanhot Yilelite Airport · 1,154 km / 717 miHLD · Hulunbuir Hailar Airport · 1,232 km / 766 miCSX · Changsha Huanghua International Airport · 1,407 km / 874 miHRB · Harbin Taiping International Airport · 1,432 km / 890 miMXZ · Meizhou Meixian Changgangji International Airport · 1,899 km / 1,180 miXMN · Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · 1,935 km / 1,202 miHAK · Haikou Meilan International Airport · 2,294 km / 1,425 miHAKXMNMXZHRBCSXHLDHLHWUHSHETGOBPECIFCGOXIYPEKSJWLYATYNBAV
Year-round18
TYNTaiyuan Wusu International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines386 km240 miSJWShijiazhuang Zhengding International AirportChina · China Express Airlines477 km296 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China562 km349 miLYALuoyang Beijiao AirportChina · China Express Airlines680 km423 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Loong Air689 km428 miCGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · China Express Airlines752 km467 miCIFChifeng Yulong AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Loong Air759 km472 miBPEQinhuangdao Beidaihe AirportChina · China Express Airlines777 km483 miTGOTongliao AirportChina · Genghis Khan Airlines1,060 km659 miSHEShenyang Taoxian International AirportChina · China Express Airlines1,135 km705 miWUHWuhan Tianhe International AirportChina · Air China1,152 km716 miHLHUlanhot Yilelite AirportChina · Genghis Khan Airlines1,154 km717 miHLDHulunbuir Hailar AirportChina · China Express Airlines1,232 km766 miCSXChangsha Huanghua International AirportChina · China Express Airlines1,407 km874 miHRBHarbin Taiping International AirportChina · China Express Airlines1,432 km890 miMXZMeizhou Meixian Changgangji International AirportChina · China Express Airlines1,899 km1,180 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines1,935 km1,202 miHAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · China Express Airlines2,294 km1,425 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BAV. From the Wikipedia article “Baotou Donghe International Airport” (revision of 3 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

5 airlines · destinations from BAV
Passenger5
G5China Express Airlines12CAAir China29DGenghis Khan Airlines2GJLoong Air2SCShandong Airlines2

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from BAV. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.0M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#817of 3,974 · #256 Asia · #76 CNLongest runway2,800 m9,186 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,615of 29,858 · =458 Asia · =99 CNElevation1,012 m3,321 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=4,703of 43,403 · #442 Asia · #99 CNAgeOpened 19562026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,178of 15,079 · =229 Asia · =23 CNRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =185 Asia · =31 CN
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record