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Hohhot Baita International Airport is the principal gateway to Hohhot, the capital of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and remains the region's largest and busiest airport pending the opening of its planned replacement. It offers a single very long, ILS-equipped runway well suited to large jet operations, set within an increasingly built-up part of the city it serves.
Hohhot Baita International Airport serves Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, and is the largest airport in the autonomous region. Its name, Baita, meaning White Pagoda, is taken from the nearby Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda, a well-known local landmark. For the simulator pilot the field offers a single, exceptionally long runway with full instrument approach capability, handling a dense mix of domestic and a smaller number of international and regional flights, plus a busy cargo operation, though the airport is destined to be superseded by a new international airport currently under construction.
The airport lies at 40.8483N, 111.823E in Saihan district on the eastern side of Hohhot, roughly 14 km from the city centre, in an area that has become increasingly urbanised as the city has expanded around the field. The Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda, from which the airport takes its name, sits about 5.6 km to the south-east and is a useful landmark when orientating relative to the field. Field elevation is 3,533 feet.
The airport has a single physical runway, 08/26, of hard surface construction measuring approximately 11,787 feet in length. Both directions are lit and served by ILS, giving straightforward instrument approaches in either direction and ample length for wide-body jet operations.
Hohhot Ground operates on 121.65 MHz, Hohhot Tower on 118.1 MHz, and ATIS is broadcast on 126.25 MHz. Both runway directions are equipped with ILS.
The Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda (the White Pagoda after which the airport is named) lies about 5.6 km south-east of the field and serves as a prominent visual reference point when approaching from that side of the city.
Hohhot Baita Airport opened on 1 October 1958, when it consisted of a single 1,500 metre by 100 metre dirt runway, three single-storey buildings and five tents. It underwent two rounds of expansion during the 1980s and 1990s, and a new terminal was built in June 2007, covering 54,499 square metres with eleven parking jetways and capacity for three million passengers a year. Around the same period the runway was lengthened and widened to accommodate large aircraft such as the Airbus A380. The airport served as one of the designated diversion fields for air traffic during the 2008 Summer Olympics. With the city having grown up around it, Baita Airport has no further room to expand, and the new Hohhot Shengle International Airport is being built in Horinger County to replace it, with Baita due to close once the new field opens.
Baita remains a major hub airport, handling a large domestic network alongside a smaller number of international and regional routes, and a substantial cargo operation. It continues to operate as Inner Mongolia's principal airport while the replacement Hohhot Shengle International Airport is under construction, after which Baita is expected to close.