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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Donghe District

13/31
  
2,800

Code
  
BAV

Serves
  
Baotou, Inner Mongolia

Elevation AMSL
  
1,012 m / 3,320 ft

2,800
  
9,186

Elevation
  
1,012 m

Baotou Airport

Address
  
Donghe, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, 014040

Baotou Airport (IATA: BAV, ICAO: ZBOW) is an airport serving the city of Baotou in Inner Mongolia, China. Baotou Airport was founded preliminarily in 1934 and opened in 1956. The airport is 14 miles from downtown areas.

It is a class 4D airport. Runway 13-31 is 9186 feet long and 200 feet wide. It is equipped at both ends with Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), Approach Lighting Systems (ALS) with sequenced flashers, and touchdown zone (TDZ) lighting. Both the Boeing 737-900 and Boeing 767-300ER aircraft are capable of landing there.

Accidents and incidents

  • On November 21, 2004, China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 crashed shortly after takeoff from Baotou Erliban Airport. All 53 people on board the aircraft were killed plus 2 people on the ground.

    • References

    Baotou Airport Wikipedia
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