Ningbo Lishe International Airport

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
IATA: NGB ICAO: ZSNB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ningbo Lishe International Airport Co. Ltd.
Serves	Ningbo
Location	Haishu District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Opened	30 June 1990; 34 years ago (1990-06-30)
Focus city for	China Eastern Airlines
Elevation AMSL	4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates	29°49′36″N 121°27′43″E
Maps
CAAC airport chart
NGB/ZSNB Location in Zhejiang Show map of Zhejiang NGB/ZSNB Location in China Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2023[1])
Passengers 12,901,552 Aircraft movements 99,330 Cargo 142,757.9
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Ningbo Lishe International Airport
Simplified Chinese	宁波栎社国际机场
Traditional Chinese	寧波櫟社國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Níngbō Lìshè Guójì Jīchǎng

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.^[2]

History

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.^[3][4]

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Growth

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

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

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 seven jetways. The new parking facility associated has 360 parking spaces.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Guangzhou,[5] Guiyang, Haikou,[6] Huizhou,[6] Shenyang
AirAsia	Kota Kinabalu,[7] Kuala Lumpur–International[7]
Air Chang'an	Guiyang,[8] Jingdezhen, Xi'an
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Guangzhou[9]
Air China Inner Mongolia	Beijing–Capital[10]
Air Macau	Macau
Beijing Capital Airlines	Harbin,[8] Kunming[8]
Cambodia Airways	Phnom Penh[11]
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong[12]
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[13] Chenzhou,[13] Guiyang, Hengyang, Hohhot,[14] Lijiang
China Eastern Airlines	Baotou,[15] Beijing–Daxing, Changsha,[8] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dalian,[8] Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin,[16] Ho Chi Minh City,[17] Hong Kong,[18] Huizhou,[19] Jieyang,[20] Kunming, Kuqa, Lanzhou,[8] Liuzhou,[21] Osaka–Kansai,[17] Qingdao, Shenyang, Singapore (ends 29 March 2025),[22] Taipei–Taoyuan,[23] Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, Yanji,[19] Yantai,[19] Zhengzhou, Zhuhai,[24]
China Express Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[8] Chongqing,[8] Jingzhou,[25] Jiujiang
China Southern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Changchun,[8] Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Jieyang,[26] Nanning,[27] Shenyang,[8] Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
China United Airlines	Beijing–Daxing[19]
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing, Guangzhou,[8] Yichun (Jiangxi)
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Chongqing,[28] Wanzhou,[29] Xingyi,[28] Yibin
Dalian Airlines	Beijing–Capital[30]
Donghai Airlines	Zhuhai[31]
Hainan Airlines	Changsha, Dalian, Guiyang, Haikou, Qingdao, Taiyuan,[8] Ürümqi, Xi'an, Yingkou,[8] Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,[32] Shijiazhuang
HK Express	Hong Kong[33]
LJ Air	Taiyuan,[34] Zhangjiajie[34]
Loong Air	Bazhong,[35] Bijie,[36] Chongqing, Ganzhou,[37] Guiyang, Jeju,[38] Lanzhou,[39] Lianyungang,[40] Lijiang,[36] Luzhou,[41] Mangshi,[42] Shenyang,[43] Taiyuan,[40] Weihai,[43] Xiangxi,[8] Xiangyang,[44] Xichang,[45] Yinchuan, Zhuhai[31]
Lucky Air	Dali,[46] Guiyang, Kunming, Lijiang,[47] Xishuangbanna,[47] Yichang
Okay Airways	Xi'an[8]
Qingdao Airlines	Harbin,[8] Nanning,[48] Qingdao,[48] Weihai[8]
Royal Air Philippines	Charter: Caticlan
Ruili Airlines	Kunming[8]
Shandong Airlines	Haikou, Qingdao
Shanghai Airlines	Budapest,[49] Changchun,[50] Shanghai–Pudong, Yantai[50]
Shenzhen Airlines	Harbin, Linyi, Shenzhen, Yuncheng,[51] Zhengzhou[8]
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Kunming, Luzhou, Sanya, Tianjin, Xichang, Xishuangbanna[52]
Spring Airlines	Changchun, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou,[8] Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou,[8] Harbin, Huai'an, Jeju, Jieyang,[53] Jinggangshan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Mianyang, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen,[8] Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Ürümqi, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Spring Airlines Japan	Tokyo–Narita[54]
Thai VietJet Air	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Tianjin Airlines	Tianjin
VietJet Air	Seasonal charter: Phu Quoc[citation needed]
West Air	Changsha,[8] Chongqing,[55] Zhengzhou[55]
XiamenAir	Changchun, Xiamen

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Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
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

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

• On 7 August 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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• China portal
• Aviation portal

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

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External links

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