Baotou Airport

Baotou Airport 包头机场 Bāotóu Jīchǎng
IATA: BAV – ICAO: ZBOW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Baotou, Inner Mongolia
Location	Donghe District
Elevation AMSL	1,012 m / 3,320 ft
Coordinates	40°33′35″N 109°59′48″E / 40.55972°N 109.99667°E / 40.55972; 109.99667Coordinates: 40°33′35″N 109°59′48″E / 40.55972°N 109.99667°E / 40.55972; 109.99667
Map
BAV Location of the airport in Inner Mongolia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 2,800 9,186 Asphalt

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.

Airlines and destinations

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.

See also

• List of airports in China

References

External links

• Accident history for BAV at Aviation Safety Network