AirportsHaibei Qilian Airport is a small airport serving Haibei (Qilian), in Qinghai Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HBQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HBQ
- ICAO code
- ZLHB
- City
- Haibei (Qilian)
- State or region
- Qinghai Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 38.0081° N, 100.6451° E
- Elevation
- 3,163 m (10,377 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,400 m (11,155 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HBQ means Haibei Qilian Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZLHB. 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 38.0081° N, 100.6451° E. It stands 3,163 metres (10,377 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Zhangye, about 104 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
Haibei Qilian Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,400 metres (11,155 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 51.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,400 m 11,155 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zhangye Ganzhou AirportZhangye (Ganzhou) | YZY | 88 km |
| Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin AirportBadanjilin | RHT | 156 km |
| Jinchang Jinchuan AirportJinchang | JIC | 160 km |
| Xining Caojiabao International AirportHaidong (Huzhu Tu Autonomous County) | XNN | 206 km |
| Jiayuguan International AirportJiayuguan | JGN | 287 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,419 km | 3 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,410 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,466 km | 5 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,475 km | 9 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,252 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,056 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,091 km | 5 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,471 km | 4 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,551 km | 12 h 00 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.
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