AirportsAlxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Bayanhot, in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AXF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AXF
- ICAO code
- ZBAL
- City
- Bayanhot
- State or region
- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 38.7483° N, 105.5842° E
- Elevation
- 1,390 m (4,560 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AXF means Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZBAL. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 38.7483° N, 105.5842° E. It stands 1,390 metres (4,560 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Yinchuan, about 67 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,400 metres (7,874 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 211.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,400 m 7,874 ft | not listed | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yinchuan Hedong International AirportYinchuan | INC | 85 km |
| Zhongwei Shapotou AirportZhongwei (Shapotou) | ZHY | 136 km |
| Wuhai AirportWuhai | WUA | 156 km |
| Jinchang Jinchuan AirportJinchang | JIC | 282 km |
| Guyuan Liupanshan AirportGuyuan (Yuanzhou) | GYU | 302 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,855 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,829 km | 5 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,901 km | 6 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,693 km | 9 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,187 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,748 km | 13 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,162 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,034 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,349 km | 11 h 45 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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