# Hohhot Baita International Airport (HET)

> Hohhot, CN · IATA: HET · ICAO: ZBHH · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `HET` |
| ICAO | `ZBHH` |
| City | Hohhot |
| Country | CN |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 1084 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 40.84966, 111.82460 |

## Description

On 10 March 2026 Hohhot Shengle International Airport cleared its port inspection and won approval as Inner Mongolia's first 4F-class airport, able to handle the Airbus A380 — and it is set to take over from the ageing Baita field, open since 1958, under the IATA code HET. The actual operational transfer is scheduled for 27 November 2026; until then, regular passenger and cargo traffic continues through Baita. Hohhot is home to dairy majors Yili and Mengniu, and freight here is almost entirely belly cargo: dairy products, wool and e-commerce parcels. No significant freighter base has been established; the new airport is built for roughly 200,000 tonnes of annual cargo and is pitched as a node on China's Air Silk Road, with two parallel runways and a 325,000-square-metre terminal. For main-leg international shipments forwarders still route via Beijing (PEK/PKX) or Tianjin (TSN), four to five hours away on the G6 and G7 motorways. Short-haul links to Ulaanbaatar connect Mongolia and add a modest cross-border component.

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