Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport () is a regional airport serving the town of Badanjilin, the seat of
Alxa Right Banner
Alxa Right Banner ( Mongolian: ''Alaša Baraɣun qosiɣu''; ) is a banner in the southwest of Inner Mongolia, China, bordering Gansu province to the south and southwest. It is under the administration of Alxa League
Alxa League or Ālāsh ...
in
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
, China.
Overview
Badanjilin Airport is one of the three airports of
Alxa League in western Inner Mongolia, the other two being
Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport
Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport is a regional airport serving Bayanhot, the main urban center of Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia, China.
Overview
Bayanhot Airport is one of the three airports of Alxa League in western Inner Mongolia, the o ...
and
Ejin Banner Taolai Airport. The three airports form a commuter airport network that connects the three banners of Alxa League, which covers a vast area () of the
Gobi Desert.
Construction for the airports started in August 2012, with a total investment of 389.5 million
yuan, and all three airports opened on 17 December 2013.
All three airports are classified 3C, suitable for 50-seat aircraft such as the
Xian MA60
The Xian MA60 (新舟60, ''Xīnzhōu liùshí'', "Modern Ark 60") is a turboprop-powered airliner produced by China's Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation under the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). The MA60 is a stretched versio ...
. Badajilin is the smallest among the three, and it is projected to handle 45,000 passengers annually by 2020, compared with 250,000 for Bayanhot and 80,000 for Taolai.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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List of airports in China
This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by provincial level division and sorted by main city served. It includes airports that are being built or scheduled for construction, but excludes defunct airports and ...
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List of the busiest airports in China
China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the officia ...
References
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Airports in Inner Mongolia
Airports established in 2013
2013 establishments in China
Buildings and structures in Alxa League