Ningbo Lishe International Airport

Summary

Ningbo Lishe International Airport (IATA: NGB, ICAO: ZSNB) is an international airport serving Ningbo, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the second largest city in East China’s Zhejiang province.

Ningbo Lishe International Airport

宁波栎社国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorNingbo Lishe International Airport Co. Ltd.
LocationHaishu, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Opened30 June 1990; 33 years ago (1990-06-30)
Focus city forChina Eastern Airlines
Elevation AMSL4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates29°49′36″N 121°27′43″E / 29.82667°N 121.46194°E / 29.82667; 121.46194
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
NGB is located in Zhejiang
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Location in Zhejiang
NGB is located in China
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Location in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers9,462,501
Aircraft movements77,705
Cargo112,685.6
Ningbo Lishe International Airport
Simplified Chinese宁波栎社国际机场
Traditional Chinese寧波櫟社國際機場

In 2013, the airport handled 5.4 million passengers, ranking 36th in China. It was the 29th busiest airport in China in cargo traffic in 2012.[1]

History edit

Ningbo's Lishe was an auxiliary air force base of the Republic-era Chinese Nationalist Air Force, and was the final launching point of Martin B-10 bombers commanded by Captain Xu Huansheng and Lieutenant Tong Yanbo of the 14th Bomber Squadron of the 8th Bomber Group in their famous transoceanic raid to Nagasaki and other cities in the Empire of Japan on 19–20 May 1938.[2][3]

Lishe airport was opened for civil service on 16 November 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 30 June 1990, it opened for service and became the first civil-only airport in Zhejiang. The construction cost was RMB 126 million.

In July 1992, the airport opened for international service. 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 started by the end of 1998.

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

It was renamed Ningbo Lishe International Airport from Ningbo Lishe Airport on 29 November 2005.

In February 8, 2006 the flight area expansion was completed.

In December 2, 2015 the third phase of the project started in full.

In December 29, 2019, the T2 terminal of Ningbo Lishe International Airport was officially transferred and opened, and the T1 terminal was closed simultaneously.

In April 8, 2022, the T1 terminal renovation project of Ningbo Lishe International Airport officially started.

In December 22, 2023, the T1 terminal of Ningbo Lishe International Airport was officially reopened.

Growth edit

The airport is one of the fastest growing 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. It was expected to handle 2.3 million passengers and 52,000 tons of cargo in 2008.

Foreign investment edit

Its operator signed a strategic partnership agreement on 10 June 2005 with Fraport, the operator of Frankfurt Airport under which it will sell a 25% stake to the German airport operator. [citation needed]

Facilities edit

A new passenger terminal was opened on 8 October 2002 at a construction cost of RMB 770 million with 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. The new apron occupies an area of 87,000 m2. The new terminal has 16 departure gates and 7 jetways. The new parking facility associated has 360 parking spaces.

Airlines and destinations edit

Passenger edit

AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Beijing–Daxing,[4] Guiyang, Luang Prabang,[5] Vientiane[5]
Air Chang'an Guiyang,[6] Jingdezhen, Xi'an
Air China Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangzhou,[6] Wanzhou
Air China Inner Mongolia Beijing–Capital[7]
Air Macau Macau
Air Travel Changsha[6]
Beijing Capital Airlines Harbin,[6] Kunming[6]
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[8] Chenzhou,[8] Guiyang, Hengyang, Lijiang
China Eastern Airlines Baotou,[9] Beihai,[10] Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha,[6] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dalian,[6] Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin,[11] Hong Kong,[12] Jieyang,[13] Kunming, Kuqa, Lanzhou,[6] Nanning,[14] Qingdao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan,[15] Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, Yantai,[16] Zhengzhou, Zhuhai[17]
China Express Airlines Ankang,[6] Chengdu–Tianfu,[6] Chongqing,[6] Shiyan[6]
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Changchun,[6] Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Jieyang,[13] Nanning,[18] Shenyang,[6] Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing
Chongqing Airlines Chongqing, Guangzhou,[6] Yichun (Jiangxi)
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[6] Yibin
Dalian Airlines Beijing–Capital[19]
Hainan Airlines Changsha, Dalian, Guiyang, Haikou, Qingdao, Taiyuan,[6] Ürümqi, Xi'an, Yingkou,[6] Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines Shijiazhuang
HK Express Hong Kong[20]
LJ Air Taiyuan (begins 20 April 2024),[21] Turpan,[21] Xining (begins 20 April 2024),[21] Zhangjiajie (begins 4 May 2024)[21]
Loong Air Bazhong,[22] Bijie,[23] Chongqing, Ganzhou,[24] Guiyang, Lanzhou,[25] Lijiang,[23] Luzhou,[26] Shenyang,[27] Weihai,[27] Wulong,[6] Wushan,[28] Xiangxi,[6] Xiangyang,[29] Xichang,[30] Xingyi,[31] Yinchuan
Lucky Air Dali,[32] Guiyang, Kunming, Yichang, Zhengzhou[32]
Okay Airways Xi'an[6]
Qingdao Airlines Harbin,[6] Nanning,[33] Qingdao,[33] Weihai[6]
Royal Air Philippines Charter: Caticlan
Ruili Airlines Kunming[6]
Scoot Singapore[34]
Shandong Airlines Haikou, Qingdao
Shanghai Airlines Budapest,[35] Shanghai–Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines Harbin, Linyi, Shenzhen, Yuncheng,[36] Zhengzhou[6]
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Kunming, Luzhou, Sanya, Tianjin, Xichang, Xishuangbanna[37]
Spring Airlines Changchun, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou,[6] Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou,[6] Harbin, Hohhot,[38] Huai'an, Jeju, Jieyang,[39] Jinggangshan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Mianyang, Nanning,[33] Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shenzhen,[6] Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Ürümqi, Xi'an, Yancheng, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Spring Airlines Japan Tokyo–Narita[40]
Suparna Airlines Shenzhen
Tianjin Airlines Tianjin
Urumqi Air Zhanjiang[41]
VietJet Air Seasonal charter: Phu Quoc
West Air Changsha,[6] Chongqing (resumes 2 May 2024),[42] Zhengzhou[42]
XiamenAir Changchun, Xiamen

[43]

Cargo edit

AirlinesDestinations
Central Airlines Osaka–Kansai
China Cargo Airlines Amsterdam
Hong Kong Air Cargo Hong Kong
Longhao Airlines Manila, Osaka–Kansai
Qantas Freight Hobart
YTO Cargo Airlines Seoul-Incheon

Ground transportation edit

Free bus service between the airport and Lishe International Airport Station is available every 10 minutes. There are limousine airport buses to downtown Ningbo every hour. There are buses to prefectures farther away from Ningbo with less frequency.

Accidents and incidents edit

  • On August 7, 2023, a Kalitta Air Boeing 747-481F (N401KZ), operating from Anchorage to Ningbo, suffered a runway excursion upon landing at the airport. There have been no injuries reported from the incident. The incident resulted in the closure of the airport with arriving flights already airborne diverting, while the remainder of flights departing from the airport on the day canceled.[44]

See also edit

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External links edit

  • Official website (in Chinese)
  • Official website (in English)