Yinchuan Hedong International Airport
Yinchuan Hedong International Airport
Yinchuan Hedong International Airport (IATA: INC, ICAO: ZLIC) is the primary airport serving Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of downtown Yinchuan in the town of Linghe of Lingwu City. A relatively small airport compared to many airports in China, it nevertheless is the autonomous region's main aviation gateway. Its name "Hedong" literally means "East of the River" and derives from the airport's location east of the Yellow River. It is connected to 57 cities by either direct flights, or transferring in Xi'an and Beijing. The terminal building covers a total area of 15,000 square metres (160,000 sq ft). Hedong Airport serves as an important alternate airport for both Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport and Xi'an Xianyang International Airport. Currently, Hedong Airport covers an area of 124,000 square meters and is classified as a 4E civil airport. It has a runway that is 3,600 meters long and 45 meters wide. In 2016, Hedong Airport handled 52,500 flight movements, with a passenger throughput of 6.33 million and a cargo and mail throughput of 36,700 tons. The passenger movements of Yinchuan Hedong International Airport in 2025 were 9,860,514, making it the 42nd busiest airport in China.
Location
38.323°N, 106.393°E · 1.141 m s. n. m. (3.743 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
History
Hedong Airport was constructed after Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport became constrained to expand and modernize. The first test flight was on 21 August 1997, and the airport was officially opened on 6 September that same year.
On June 5, 2008, the T2 terminal of Yinchuan Hedong Airport was officially opened.
On July 23, 2013, the Civil Aviation Administration of China approved the renaming of "Yinchuan Hedong Airport" to "Yinchuan Hedong International Airport," with the English name officially designated as "Yinchuan Hedong International Airport."
On August 24, 2015, the Northwest Regional Administration issued the civil airport usage permit, officially upgrading Yinchuan Hedong International Airport's flight zone classification to 4E, making it the third 4E airport in Northwest China.
On December 27, 2016, the T3 terminal of Yinchuan Hedong International Airport was officially put into operation, and the T2 terminal was closed for renovation.
On February 8, 2018, the new international hall (T2 terminal) of Yinchuan Hedong International Airport was officially opened, and the original international hall (T1 terminal) was closed.
On December 7, 2019, Yinchuan Hedong International Airport joined the ranks of airports with over 10 million passengers annually.
On December 29, 2019, with the opening of the Yinchuan–Lanzhou high-speed railway, the Hedong Airport railway station on the west side of the airport terminal began operation.
In 2013, the airport handled 4,247,843 passengers, in 2017, the airport handled 67,079 flights, almost 8 million passengers and 40,000 tons of cargo.
Airlines operating here · 24
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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BibTeX
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