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Ningbo Lishe International Airport (ZSNB/NGB) is the principal airport serving Ningbo in China's Zhejiang Province, a major international gateway in the Yangtze River Delta. It traces its lineage to a Republic-era Chinese air force base and has grown into a busy civil hub operated by Ningbo Lishe International Airport Co. Ltd. and used as a focus city by China Eastern Airlines.
Ningbo Lishe International Airport lies in Haishu District, serving Ningbo, the second-largest city in Zhejiang Province and a key port and industrial centre in the Yangtze River Delta. It is operated by Ningbo Lishe International Airport Co. Ltd. and serves as a focus city for China Eastern Airlines. For a simulator pilot, the field offers a long ILS-equipped runway, dense airline traffic, and an interesting history that stretches back to the Republic-era Chinese air force.
The airport sits in Haishu District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. It is a large public international airport handling substantial scheduled airline traffic, with dozens of domestic destinations and a growing number of international and regional routes served by more than forty airlines.
The airfield has a single physical runway, 13/31, with a hard surface and runway lighting. The database lists the two ends at 9,994 ft (Runway 13) and 10,483 ft (Runway 31); both ends are equipped with ILS, giving instrument approach capability from either direction. Field elevation is 10 ft, at coordinates 29.8267 N, 121.463 E.
Ground movements are handled by Ningbo Ground on 121.85 MHz, with the callsign NINGBO GND, while the tower frequency is 118.35 MHz, using the callsign NINGBO TWR. The runway is fitted with ILS on both approach directions.
The site of the modern airport was once an auxiliary base of the Republic-era Chinese Nationalist Air Force. It gained lasting notoriety as the final launching point for a formation of Martin B-10 bombers, commanded by Captain Xu Huansheng and Lieutenant Tong Yanbo of the 14th Bomber Squadron, 8th Bomber Group, which flew a transoceanic raid against Nagasaki and other cities in the Empire of Japan on 19 to 20 May 1938. Construction of a civil airport at Lishe was approved by the Central Government of China in 1985, and the field opened to the public on 30 June 1990 as the first civil-only airport in Zhejiang Province, built at a cost of RMB 126 million. International service began in July 1992 with flights to Hong Kong, followed by Macau and Taipei code-share connections in 1998, and international cargo flights by the end of that year. Great Wall Airlines established a hub there in March 1997. A new passenger terminal (T1) opened on 8 October 2002, and the airport was formally renamed Ningbo Lishe International Airport on 29 November 2005, followed by a flight-area expansion completed in February 2006. A third phase of development began in December 2015, and a new T2 terminal opened on 29 December 2019, with T1 closed at the same time; T1 later reopened in December 2023 after renovation.
Ningbo Lishe International Airport remains one of the fastest-growing airports in China, having expanded from around 286,000 passengers in 1992 to over 16 million in 2025. It functions as a focus city for China Eastern Airlines and is served by a large number of domestic and international carriers, connecting Ningbo to more than ninety destinations across China and beyond, including cross-border routes that have continued to grow in recent years.