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Ningbo Lishe International Airport 宁波栎社国际机场 Níngbō Lìshè Guójì Jīchǎng
IATA: NGB ICAO: ZSNB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ningbo Lishe International Airport Co. Ltd.
Serves	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Elevation AMSL	4 m / 13 ft
Map
NGB Location of airport in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 5,014,002
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Ningbo Lishe International Airport (Chinese: 宁波栎社国际机场) (IATA: NGB, ICAO: ZSNB) is the principal airport serving Ningbo, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the second largest city in Zhejiang Province, China.

In 2011, the airport handled 5.01 million passengers, ranking 32rd in China. It was also the 29th busiest airport in China in terms of cargo traffic in 2011.

History

Ningbo's first airport was opened for civil service on November 16, 1984 when a CAAC Antonov AN-24 aircraft landed at the military Ningbo Zhuangqiao Airport (宁波庄桥机场).

In 1985, the Central Government of China approved the construction of Ningbo Lishe Airport. On June 30, 1990, the new airport opened for service and became the first civil only airport in Zhejiang. The construction cost of the airport was RMB 126 million.

In July 1992, the airport opened for international service and the first international service was opened to Hong Kong later the same year. In November 1998, service to Macau with onward code-share connection to Taipei and Kaohsiung started. International cargo flights also started by the end of 1998.

In March 1997, Great Wall Airlines established a hub at the airport. Currently, the airport has services to 38 domestic destinations in China and also International services to Hong Kong, Seoul, and Macau. It is currently served by 16 airlines.

The airport was renamed Ningbo Lishe International Airport from Ningbo Lishe Airport on November 29, 2005.

Growth

The airport is one of the fastest growing airport in China. In 1992, 286,021 passengers and 4,064 tons of cargo passed through the airport. In 2002, the figures grew to 1.28 million passengers and over 20,000 tons of cargo. Annual growth rate is 17.8% and 19.8% for passenger traffic and cargo traffic respectively.

In 2004, the airport handled 1.85 million passengers and 34,800 tons of cargo and it is expected to handle 2.3 million passengers and 52,000 tons of cargo in 2008.

Foreign investment

The airport's operator signed a strategic partnership agreement on June 10, 2005 with Fraport, the operator of Frankfurt Airport under which it will sell a 25% stake to the German airport operator.

Facilities

A new passenger terminal was opened on October 8, 2002 at a construction cost of RMB 770 million. The new terminal has an annual capacity of 3.8 million passengers. It can handle 1,700 passengers at maximum per hour. The departure lounge occupies 43,500 m². in area. The new apron occupies an area of 87,000 m². The new terminal also has 16 departure gates and 7 jetways. The new parking facility associated has 360 parking spaces.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Chengdu
Air Macau	Macau
Beijing Capital Airlines	Dalian, Haikou, Hohhot, Jinan
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Huai'an, Jieyang, Kunming, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shenzhen], Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines	Hong Kong, Jeju, Taipei-Taoyuan
China Southern Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Jieyang, Lianyungang, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Wuhan
Dragonair	Hong Kong
EVA Air	Kaohsiung
Hainan Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Haikou, Qingdao, Shenzhen
Hebei Airlines	Shijiazhuang, Zhuhai
Hong Kong Airlines Cargo	Cargo: Hong Kong
Hong Kong Express Airways	Seasonal Charter: Hong Kong
Mandarin Airlines	Taichung, Taipei-Taoyuan
Shandong Airlines	Changchun, Guilin, Qingdao, Xiamen
Shanghai Airlines	Lianyungang, Xiamen
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chongqing, Haikou, Harbin, Kunming, Nanchang, Sanya
Tianjin Airlines	Dongying, Haikou, Ordos, Taiyuan, Tianjin
Uni Air	Taichung
West Air (China)	Changsha, Chongqing
Xiamen Airlines	Changchun, Xiamen

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Hong Kong Airlines Cargo	Hong Kong

Ground transportation

There are limousine airport buses operated by various operators to downtown Ningbo every hour. There are also airport buses to prefectures further away from Ningbo with less frequency.

See also

• List of airports in the People's Republic of China
• List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

External links

• Ningbo Airport Official Website
• Ningbo Flight Schedules in English
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