# Wuhai Airport (WUA / ZBUH)

**Wuhai Airport** (IATA: WUA, ICAO: ZBUH) is a medium airport in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 2003. It has one runway, 2,600 m (8,530 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 288 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WUA / ZBUH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Wuhai, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 2003
- Elevation: 1,113 m / 3,650 ft
- Coordinates: 39.7934, 106.7993
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 m / 8,530 ft
- Passengers: 287,981 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhai_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1937357
- Ident: ZBUH

## Timeline

- 2003: Wuhai Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 012° / 192° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 227,021 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 322,195 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 470,152 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 458,873 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 375,031 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 339,824 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 454,296 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 481,269 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 524,168 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 418,147 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 451,489 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 287,981 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (11)

- [HET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbhh.md) Hohhot Baita International Airport · China · 442 km / 275 mi · Tianjin Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Genghis Khan Airlines
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 620 km / 385 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 823 km / 511 mi · Air China
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 836 km / 519 mi · Hainan Airlines
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 856 km / 532 mi · Juneyao Air
- [TSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbtj.md) Tianjin Binhai International Airport · China · 908 km / 564 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [WUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhhh.md) Wuhan Tianhe International Airport · China · 1,207 km / 750 mi · Spring Airlines
- [TGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbtl.md) Tongliao Airport · China · 1,343 km / 835 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [SHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsss.md) Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport · China · 1,623 km / 1,008 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 1,631 km / 1,013 mi · Juneyao Air
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 2,019 km / 1,255 mi · Spring Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (7)

- GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 4
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 2
- HO [Juneyao Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/juneyao-air) · 2
- 9C [Spring Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spring-airlines) · 2
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 1
- 9D [Genghis Khan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/genghis-khan-airlines) · 1
- HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 288K (2022) | #1,368 of 3,974 | #444 in Asia | #140 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | =2,041 of 29,858 | =627 in Asia | =138 in CN |
| Elevation | 1,113 m / 3,650 ft | =4,108 of 43,403 | #401 in Asia | #85 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2003 | =11,754 of 15,079 | =577 in Asia | =106 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| WUA VOR/DME | VOR/DME | 113.900 |
| LOC 19 | LOC19 ILS CAT I | 108.900 |
| GP 19 | GP | 329.300 |
| WuHai TWR | WUA Tower Frequency | 118.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZBMV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0361.md) Dengkou General Aviation Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [CN-0426](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0426.md) Huhe Tata Airport · 115 km / 71 mi
- [OTO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0427.md) Otog Banner Wulan Airport · 133 km / 82 mi
- [YEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0362.md) Yinchuan Yueyahu Airport · 136 km / 84 mi
- [RLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbyz.md) Bayannur Tianjitai Airport · 149 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: “Wuhai Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wuhai_Airport&oldid=1372820628), revision of 2 Sep 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/zbuh/data
