Harbin Taiping International Airport

Harbin Taiping International Airport (IATA: HRB, ICAO: ZYHB) is the international airport serving Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, China.

 

History

Harbin Taiping Airport, formerly known as Yanjiagang Airport, is located about 37 kilometres (23 mi) southwest of the city of Harbin and was constructed in 1979 with further expansion between 1994 and 1997 at a cost of $960 million RMB. In 1984 it was upgraded to an international airport. Today it serves as an important transportation hub for the northeastern region of China and is the largest airport serving Heilongjiang province.

It is capable of handling 6 million passengers annually and has more than 70 air routes, both domestic and international. Currently it has one 3200m asphalt runway.

By the flight of the Spring Airlines from June 2015, The first LCC international air routes to Nagoya, Japan began.

In 2013, Harbin Taiping International Airport handled 10 million passengers. It is the 23rd Chinese airport which reached the level of 10 million passengers per year.

In 2017, Harbin Taiping International Airport handled 18 million passengers, becoming the 21st busiest airport in Mainland China.[1][2]

To handle the growing number of passengers, the new Terminal 2 opened on April 30, 2018. This terminal is for domestic flights only. All international flights were moved to the old terminal, about 1 mile to the north of Terminal 2, which is being redeveloped to handle international flights.

Scoot’s seven-hour flight to Singapore, which has operated since December 2017, is currently the longest flight out of Harbin.[3]

Description

Harbin Airport was divided into two separate terminals, International and Domestic. On May 22, 2013, in order to build Terminal 2, International Departure and Arrival has been moved to a former terminal.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
9 Air Guangzhou, Haikou, Nanjing, Wenzhou
Aeroflot
operated by Aurora
Khabarovsk, Vladivostok[5][6]
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuyuan, Hangzhou, Jiansanjiang, Kunming, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Weihai,[7] Wuhan
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines Changsha,[8] Haikou,[8] Hangzhou, Nanjing, Sanya, Shijiazhuang
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu, Heihe, Linfen, Manzhouli, Wudalianchi, Xining, Yinchuan
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Heihe, Jiagedaqi, Kunming, Nanchang,[9] Nanjing, Ningbo,[10] Ordos, Qingdao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shangrao,[11] Tianjin, Wuxi, Xi’an, Yantai,[12]Yingkou, Yulin, Zhuhai
China Express Airlines Arxan, Hohhot
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Heihe, Jeju,[13] Jiansanjiang, Jinan,[14] Kunming, Mohe, Nagoya–Centrair,[13] Nanjing, Nanning, Niigata, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Rizhao, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Urumqi,[14] Vladivostok,[15] Weihai, Wuhan, Xi’an, Xiamen, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
China Southern Airlines
operated by Chongqing Airlines
Chongqing, Wenzhou, Zhengzhou
China United Airlines Beijing–Nanyuan, Yingkou[16]
Donghai Airlines Handan, Shenzhen, Wenzhou
Eastar Jet Charter: Cheongju
EVA Air Taipei–Taoyuan
Fuzhou Airlines Anqing, Baotou,[17] Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hailar, Hohhot, Luoyang, Nanning, Sanya, Taiyuan,[18] Xi’an, Yichang, Zunyi–Xinzhou
Grand China Air Beijing–Capital
GX Airlines Nanning, Zhengzhou
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou,[19] Hefei,[20] Nanjing, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenzhen, Tangshan,[21] Tianjin, Tongliao,[19] Xiamen, Xuzhou,[21] Yantai[21]
IrAero Irkutsk
Jiangxi Air Zhengzhou
Joy Air Changbaishan,[22] Jiagedaqi,[22] Jixi,[22] Mohe,[22] Xi’an
Juneyao Airlines Hangzhou, Huai’an, Huizhou, Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi, Yancheng
Kunming Airlines Jinan, Kunming
LJ Air Hefei,[23] Zhuhai
Loong Air Chifeng, Hangzhou, Haikou, Shenzhen, Tongliao, Ulanhot,[24] Xiangyang, Xinzhou,[25] Xuzhou, Yantai, Zhuhai
Lucky Air Jinzhou,[26] Kunming,[27] Shijiazhuang[27]
Okay Airways Changsha, Hangzhou, Sanya, Tianjin, Yantai
Qingdao Airlines Hailar, Hefei, Lanzhou,[28] Qingdao, Quanzhou, Yantai[28]
Ruili Airlines Chengdu, Kunming, Qingyang, Qinhuangdao, Wuhan
Scoot Singapore
Shandong Airlines Chongqing, Datong, Guiyang, Jinan, Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines Jieyang,[29] Jining, Mohe, Shanghai–Pudong, Tongliao, Wenzhou, Yantai
Shenzhen Airlines Changzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang,[30] Haikou, Hefei,[30] Linyi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Ningbo, Sanya, Shenzhen, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Yangzhou, Yantai, Yuncheng, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Sichuan Airlines Beihai, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Hailar, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jieyang, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Linyi, Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi’an, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yantai,[31] Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Spring Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beihai,[32] Huai’an, Ningbo,[33] Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Yangzhou
Spring Airlines Japan Tokyo–Narita
Suparna Airlines Jinan[34]
Tianjin Airlines Hohhot, Tianjin, Xi’an
Tibet Airlines Chengdu
Ural Airlines Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg
West Air Chongqing, Hohhot
XiamenAir Changsha, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Lianyungang, Nanjing, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin,[35] Xiamen, Yancheng, Yantai, Zhengzhou, Zunyi–Maotai
Yakutia Airlines Yakutsk[36]