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Hohhot Baita International Airport 呼和浩特白塔国际机场 ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ ᠣᠯᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ | |||||||||||||||
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 Airport interior, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Hohhot | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Saihan, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 October 1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,084 m / 3,556 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′05.12″N 111°49′26.77″E / 40.8514222°N 111.8241028°E | ||||||||||||||
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  HET Location in Inner Mongolia  HET Location in China | |||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 呼和浩特白塔国际机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 呼和浩特白塔國際機場 | ||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хөххот олон улсын нисэх буудал | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ ᠣᠯᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ | ||||||
Hohhot Baita International Airport (IATA: HET, ICAO: ZBHH) is an international airport serving Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, China. It is the largest airport in Inner Mongolia and lies 14.3 km (8.9 mi) east of downtown Hohhot. Its name Baita, meaning White Pagoda, derives from Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda; one of the historical attractions in Hohhot which lies 5.6 km (3.5 mi) south-east of the airport. In 2013 it served 6,150,282 passengers.