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Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport 阿拉善右旗巴丹吉林机场
IATA: RHT ICAO: ZBAR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Inner Mongolia Civil Airports Group Co.
Serves	Badanjilin, Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
Opened	17 December 2013; 11 years ago (2013-12-17)
Elevation AMSL	1,420 m / 4,659 ft
Coordinates	39°13′30″N 101°32′46″E / 39.225°N 101.546°E / 39.225; 101.546
Map
RHTLocation of airport in Inner Mongolia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 2,400 7,874 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 2,191 Aircraft movements 105
Source: Flightstats

Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (IATA: RHT, ICAO: ZBAR) is a regional airport serving the town of Badanjilin, the seat of Alxa Right Banner in Inner Mongolia, 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 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 (272,000 square kilometres (105,000 sq mi)) 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. 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.

See also

• List of airports in China
• List of the busiest airports in China

References

1. Flightstats.com
2. ^ 中国首个通勤航空试点项目通航 (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2013-12-17. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
3. 额济纳旗桃来机场正式通航 (in Chinese). Ejin Banner. 2013-12-18. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-27.

• Airports in Inner Mongolia
• Airports established in 2013
• 2013 establishments in China
• Buildings and structures in Alxa League