AirportsHohhot Baita International Airport is a large airport serving Hohhot, in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HET.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HET
- ICAO code
- ZBHH
- City
- Hohhot
- State or region
- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 40.8497° N, 111.8246° E
- Elevation
- 1,084 m (3,556 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,600 m (11,811 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HET means Hohhot Baita International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZBHH. 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 40.8497° N, 111.8246° E. It stands 1,084 metres (3,556 feet) above sea level.
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
Hohhot Baita International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,600 metres (11,811 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 34.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,600 m 11,811 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ulanqab Jining AirportUlanqab | UCB | 112 km |
| Baotou Donghe International AirportBaotou | BAV | 157 km |
| Datong Yungang International AirportDatong | DAT | 165 km |
| Shuozhou Zirun AirportShuozhou | SZH | 190 km |
| Ordos Ejin Horo International AirportOrdos | DSN | 225 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,428 km | 4 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,411 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,440 km | 7 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,845 km | 9 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,936 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,238 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,462 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 2,502 km | 3 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,241 km | 11 h 40 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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