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Baotou Donghe Airport
Baotou Donghe Airport
Simplified Chinese	包头东河机场
Traditional Chinese	包頭東河機場
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bāotóu Dōnghé Jīchǎng

Baotou Donghe Airport

包头东河机场
Baotou Donghe Airport; 包头东河机场
	IATA: BAV; ICAO: ZBOW;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Baotou
Location	Donghe District, Inner Mongolia, China
Opened	1934; 90 years ago
Elevation AMSL	1,012 m / 3,320 ft
Coordinates	40°33′35″N 109°59′48″E / 40.55972°N 109.99667°E
Map
	BAV Location of airport in Inner Mongolia
Runways
Statistics (2021)
Passengers
Passengers	1,336,911
Aircraft movements	14,320
Cargo (metric tons)	2,927

Baotou Donghe Airport (IATA: BAV, ICAO: ZBOW) is an airport serving the city of Baotou in Inner Mongolia, China. Eurasia Aviation Corporation, a joint venture between Ministry of Transportation and Communications of China and Lufthansa, built the airport in 1934. The airport was occupied by Japan in World War II. It was renovated and expanded multiple times to support the growing demands during the war. The airport is 14 miles (23 km) from downtown areas.

The airport is a class 4D airport which supports take off and landing of aircraft up to the size of Boeing 737-900 and Boeing 767-300ER. Runway 13-31 is 9,186 feet (2,800 m) long and 200 feet (61 m) wide. It is equipped at both ends with Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), Approach Lighting Systems (ALS) with sequenced flashers, and touchdown zone (TDZ) lighting. Terminal 1 was opened in 1999, Terminal 2 was opened in 2014, is a domestic terminal. On the first floor of the terminal 2 complex is the arrival hall, the second floor is the departure hall, with 22 check in counters and 8 security check lanes.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Wuhan
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu, Shenyang, Ulanhot,^[1] Xilinhot^[1]
China Eastern Airlines	Nanjing, Ningbo^[2]
China Express Airlines	Changsha, Chifeng,^[3] Chongqing, Erenhot,^[4] Guiyang,^[5] Hangzhou, Harbin,^[6] Jinan,^[7] Linfen, Manzhouli,^[4] Shenyang,^[4] Taiyuan,^[8] Tongliao, Ulanhot, Xilinhot, Zhengzhou^[8]
China Southern Airlines	Guangzhou,^[9] Zhengzhou^[9]
China United Airlines	Shijiazhuang,^[10] Wenzhou^[11]
Loong Air	Chifeng,^[7] Xi'an^[7]
Ruili Airlines	Kunming, Tianjin
Shandong Airlines	Taiyuan,^[12] Xiamen^[12]
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines	Shenzhen^[4]
Tianjin Airlines	Hailar, Xi'an

Accidents and incidents

On 21 November 2004, China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 crashed shortly after takeoff from Baotou Erliban Airport. All 53 people on board the aircraft and two people on the ground were killed.