# Zhongwei Shapotou Airport (ZHY / ZLZW)

**Zhongwei Shapotou Airport** (IATA: ZHY, ICAO: ZLZW) is a medium airport in Zhongwei (Shapotou), Ningxia Autonomous Region, China. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 42 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZHY / ZLZW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Zhongwei (Shapotou), Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
- Elevation: 1,246 m / 4,088 ft
- Coordinates: 37.5731, 105.1545
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft
- Passengers: 42,473 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Website: http://www.westaport.com/nr.asp?leaf_id=112
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongwei_Shapotou_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1019317
- Ident: ZLZW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft |  | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 88,569 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 87,734 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 71,390 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 91,466 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 93,760 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 102,834 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 159,744 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 243,519 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 265,650 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 222,230 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 216,414 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 42,473 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (10)

- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 476 km / 296 mi · Juneyao Air
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 810 km / 503 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 851 km / 529 mi · West Air, Donghai Airlines
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 885 km / 550 mi · West Air
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 1,029 km / 639 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 1,402 km / 871 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [TLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtl.md) Turpan Jiaohe Airport · China · 1,487 km / 924 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 1,684 km / 1,046 mi · Juneyao Air
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 1,855 km / 1,153 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [KHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsh.md) Kashgar Laining International Airport · China · 2,532 km / 1,573 mi · West Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- PN [West Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/west-air) · 3
- EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 2
- DZ [Donghai Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/donghai-airlines) · 2
- HO [Juneyao Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/juneyao-air) · 2
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 42K (2022) | #2,145 of 3,974 | #670 in Asia | #232 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | =458 in Asia | =99 in CN |
| Elevation | 1,246 m / 4,088 ft | =3,382 of 43,403 | #369 in Asia | #70 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [YEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yeh.md) Yinchuan Helanshan Air Base · 126 km / 78 mi
- [AXF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/axf.md) Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport · 136 km / 84 mi
- [INC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlic.md) Yinchuan Hedong International Airport · 137 km / 85 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: “Zhongwei Shapotou Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhongwei_Shapotou_Airport&oldid=1363089125), 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/zlzw/data