Ejin Banner Taolai Airport 额济纳旗桃来机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Inner Mongolia Civil Airports Group Co. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ejin Banner,Inner Mongolia, China | ||||||||||
| Opened | 17 December 2013; 11 years ago (2013-12-17) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 935 m / 3,068 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°0′56″N101°0′2″E / 42.01556°N 101.00056°E /42.01556; 101.00056 | ||||||||||
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  EJN Location of airport in Inner Mongolia | |||||||||||
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| Source: Flightstats[1] | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 额济纳旗桃来机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 額濟納旗桃來機場 | ||||||
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Ejina Banner Taolai Airport (IATA:EJN,ICAO:ZBEN) is a regional airport servingEjin Banner inInner Mongolia,China.[2][3]
Taolai Airport is one of the three airports ofAlxa League in western Inner Mongolia, the other two beingAlxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport andAlxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport. The three airports form a commuter airport network that connects the three banners of Alxa League, which covers a vast area (272,000 square kilometres (105,000 sq mi)) of theGobi Desert.[2]
Construction for the airports started in August 2012, with a total investment of 389.5 millionyuan, and all three airports opened on 17 December 2013.[2] All three airports are classified 3C, suitable for 50-seat aircraft such as theXian MA60. Taolai Airport is projected to handle 80,000 passengers annually by 2020, compared with 250,000 for Bayanhot and 45,000 for Badanjilin.[2]