--- iata: HET name: Hohhot Baita International Airport city: Hohhot country: China lastUpdated: '2026-09-19' officialWebsite: 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/' sources: - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/' - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/cnbtjc/jcjj/lmtt.shtml' - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/cnbtjc/cxxz/list_lkfu.shtml' - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/cnbtjc/cydh/list_lkfu.shtml' - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/cnbtjc/sqjt/sqjt.shtml' - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/cnbtjc/jctc/lmtt.shtml' - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/cnbtjc/fwjs/zzfw.shtml' - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/enbtjc/fwjs/zzfw.shtml' - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/cnbtjc/cxgw/jcsy_shlist_5.shtml' - 'http://www.hhhtbtjc.com/wcnbtjc/fwjs/list_content2.shtml' - 'https://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202602/t20260226_230119.html' - 'https://m.huaon.com/channel/industrydata/1149764.html' - 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_China' - 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohhot_Baita_International_Airport' - >- https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%BC%E5%92%8C%E6%B5%A9%E7%89%B9%E7%99%BD%E5%A1%94%E5%9B%BD%E9%99%85%E6%9C%BA%E5%9C%BA - 'https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/hohhot-baita-international' - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/hohhot-baita-international/het3-first-class-lounge - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/hohhot-baita-international/het6-first-class-lounge - 'https://www.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/HET/' - >- https://network.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/detail/156?paramsId=4a4b79b0-e4a0-4178-b969-3a74e4af1fea - 'https://tw.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/HET/l2171/' - 'https://tw.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/HET/l431500/' - 'https://tw.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/HET/l444780/' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741577/c1731205/content.html' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n897453/c1751080/content.html' - 'http://www.helin.gov.cn/ywdt/zwyw/202609/t20260910_2035401.html' - 'http://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/5/202507/t20250710_1388768.html' - 'https://inews.nmgnews.com.cn/system/2025/05/21/030155077.shtml' - 'https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2025-07-01/doc-infcyiie8812459.shtml' quickFacts: - >- CAAC 2025 (English Wikipedia leftover citing the 26 Feb 2026 ranking xlsx): **12,722,692** passengers (national **#36**, Huaon leftover **−3.4% / −443,500**, rank leftover **−2**), **111,576** movements (**#34**, Huaon leftover **−5.4% / −6,300**, rank leftover **−1**), **60,227.8 t** cargo (**#43**, Huaon leftover **+1.8% / +1,000 t**, rank leftover **unchanged**). Huaon 0.01-万人次 rounding leftover **1,272.27 万人次 / 11.16 万架次 / 6.02 万吨**. Domestic leftover **12,649,900** (**99.43%**). International leftover **72,800** (**0.57%**). HMT leftover **700**. Do **not** reprint leftover T2 **3 million / 19.36 million design** as current traffic. - >- Live passenger campus on **19 Sep 2026** is **T2 every domestic + a separate international hall**. **T2 opened 5 Aug 2007**. International leftover **12 Dec 2020** (8,500 m² / 2 bridges / 6 desks / 2 security lanes). Official leftover domestic hall **96,900 m² / 22 bridges / 16 remote gates / 48 desks / 24 security lanes / 6 carousels**. **T1 leftover 1987 is not a live check-in hall.** **盛乐国际机场 is not live** — mayor leftover **9 Sep 2026** was still inspecting the transfer. The 27 Nov 2025 close leftover did **not** happen. - >- Official leftover check-in: arrive **120 minutes** before departure. Self-service leftover from **6 hours**. Staff leftover from the airport’s first departure minus **90 minutes** (Spring / 9 Air leftover **120 minutes**; CA leftover matches the 90-minute first-bank rule). **Every flight dies at 30 minutes**. Bags leftover until cutoff except Spring / 9 Air **120–30 minutes**. Boarding leftover **40–45 minutes**. Gate leftover **15 minutes**. - >- Official leftover **hhhtbtjc.com** (内蒙古民航机场集团公司呼和浩特分公司). Hotline leftover **0471-96777**. ICAO **ZBHH**. Do not invent `/airports/zbhh`. Do not merge **BAV**, **DSN**, **HLD**, leftover **T1-as-live-departures**, leftover **盛乐-as-live**, leftover **08R/26L dual-runway**, leftover **skip-immigration**, leftover **240-hour TWOV at HET**, leftover **ZSOF / Hefei**, or leftover military **空军**. - >- Live runway **one**: official leftover **3,600 × 45 m** leftover **4E** plus a **3,600 × 23 m** parallel taxiway. English leftover **08R/26L** is leftover-wrong — the old strip leftover became the taxiway. Elevation leftover **1,084 m / 3,556 ft**. Official leftover **14.3 km** east of the city admin centre in **赛罕区**. Air China leftover **C909** base (16 aircraft leftover 1 Jul 2025). - >- **240-hour TWOV is NOT** at HET. Inner Mongolia leftover ports are **海拉尔 / 满洲里 / 二连浩特**, not Baita. **24-hour TWOV IS** (all open ports, sterile). **24-hour skip-immigration is NOT** — the 5 Nov 2025 add-on ten leftover is **TSN / DLC / NKG / FOC / TAO / WUH / NNG / HAK / CKG / KMG**. bentoTips: - label: Timing title: Treat 30 minutes as the hard close detail: >- Self-service leftover from 6 hours. Staff leftover from the first bank minus 90 minutes except Spring / 9 Air at 120. Official leftover 95% of domestic security under 12 minutes. summary: >- Official leftover: every flight’s desk dies 30 minutes before departure. Gate leftover 15. category: timing - label: Terminal title: Domestic is T2. International is a separate box detail: >- Priority Pass leftover-labels Terminal 1 for the Gate 6/16 rooms — leftover-wrong. 盛乐 leftover is not live on 19 Sep 2026. summary: >- T2 opened 5 Aug 2007 and takes every domestic flight. The international hall leftover is 8,500 m² with a free shuttle. category: terminal - label: Food title: 'Eat at Gate 8 or Gate 7, not in the PP rooms' detail: >- Named leftover 紫悦 / 呼市名小吃 at Gate 9 and 蒙恩羊乳 at Gate 7. PP Lounge 2 leftover is soft drinks. summary: >- Air China leftover 蒙馨 noodles opposite Gate 8. Lounge 1 leftover opposite Gate 7 is the paid hot-meal room. category: food - label: Status title: 240-hour TWOV is not a Baita product detail: >- 24-hour sterile TWOV leftover is every open port. Skip-immigration leftover is the 5 Nov 2025 add-on ten, which does not include HET. summary: >- HET is not on the 240-hour port list. Hailar, Manzhouli and Erenhot leftover are. category: status lounges: - name: First Class Lounge 2 zone: domestic airside hours: '04:25–23:45 leftover (Priority Pass het3)' access: - Priority Pass het3 - DragonPass - LoungeKey - Transfer day pass ¥50 without a meal bestFor: - Short domestic waits - Priority Pass without airline metal summary: >- Opposite Gate 6 on T2 2F east. Official leftover snack room at ¥50/¥120 for transfers. No hot meal on the PP card. verdict: depends terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Soft drinks leftover - Air conditioning leftover - Newspapers leftover - name: First Class Lounge 5 zone: domestic airside hours: '06:00–23:45 leftover (Priority Pass het6, 2-hour stay)' access: - Priority Pass het6 - DragonPass - LoungeKey bestFor: - Gates in the 16 cluster - Priority Pass summary: >- Opposite Gate 16 after T2 security. Same snack-grade product as Lounge 2, later hours, two-hour stay leftover. verdict: depends terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Soft drinks leftover - Flight screens leftover - Televisions leftover - name: First Class Lounge 4 zone: domestic airside hours: >- Confirm the desk — official leftover lists it with Lounges 2 and 5 for the ¥50 transfer product access: - DragonPass - Transfer day pass ¥50 without a meal bestFor: - DragonPass - Gate 14 cluster summary: >- Opposite Gate 14 after T2 security, turn right. Live on DragonPass. Not on the two Priority Pass pins. verdict: depends terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Soft drinks leftover - Seating leftover - name: First Class Lounge 6 zone: domestic airside hours: Confirm the desk access: - DragonPass bestFor: - Remote 10x gates - DragonPass summary: >- DragonPass leftover: after security walk right to Gate 13, escalator down, near Gate 106. Easy to miss if you stay on 2F. verdict: depends terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Seating leftover - Ground-floor remote-gate leftover - name: First Class Lounge 1 zone: domestic airside hours: Confirm the desk — meal windows leftover lunch/dinner access: - Airline first/business contracted to 1号 - Transfer day pass ¥100 with a meal (¥150 walk-up leftover) bestFor: - A real meal without CA metal - Same-day transfers summary: >- Opposite Gate 7. Official leftover is the only numbered CIP room that includes a meal. Not on Priority Pass. verdict: worth-it terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Hot meals leftover - Seating leftover - name: Air China Inner Mongolia Lounge zone: domestic airside hours: Confirm the desk against the CA bank access: - 'Air China first/business, CA metal leftover' - Air China Gold/Silver on CA metal leftover bestFor: - CA metal - A regional meal summary: >- Opposite Gate 8, ~147 m² leftover. Traveler leftover small door, actual food. Not on Priority Pass. verdict: worth-it terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Hot meals leftover 蒙馨 beef noodles - Shaomai / milk tea leftover - Wi-Fi leftover - Wireless charging leftover waterOptions: - kind: purchase name: 呼市美食城 zone: landside price: confirm the drinks fridge summary: >- Landside leftover is the cheapest bottle before you commit to airside markups. location: >- 2F check-in hall, east side (official leftover transfer meal pickup also uses this shop) terminal: Terminal 2 isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: 飞旅购 (Gate 6) zone: airside price: confirm the shelf summary: >- Closest bottle to Lounge 2. Official leftover lists cosmetics here; the fridge is the backup, not a water fountain map. location: 'Opposite Gate 6 in the T2 sterile hall, official leftover 08:00–22:00' terminal: Terminal 2 - kind: purchase name: 紫悦 / 呼市名小吃 zone: airside price: confirm the menu drink summary: >- Named kitchen leftover on the 2F spine. Use it when Lounge 2 is a snack bag and you still need a hot drink. location: Opposite Gate 9 (DragonPass leftover restaurant pin) terminal: Terminal 2 - kind: purchase name: 蒙恩羊乳 zone: airside price: confirm the shelf summary: >- Next to Lounge 1. Local milk drinks leftover beat a warm PP soft-drink can. location: 'Beside Gate 7, official leftover 08:00–22:00 specialty dairy' terminal: Terminal 2 isBestQuality: true airportistScore: 7.3 slug: het region: Asia-Pacific --- > Markdown for [/airports/het](/airports/het). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/het) - [Lounge directory](/airports/het/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Hohhot Baita International Airport (HET) Hohhot, China · Asia-Pacific Hohhot’s 12.7-million T2 is a real Line 1 / transfer machine with honest 12-minute security — paid for with snack-grade Priority Pass rooms, a separate international box, and no 240-hour TWOV. ## Airportist Score **7.3 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 7.4 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.2 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 6.8 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 8.4 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 6.8 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 6.6 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 12,722,692 (CAAC 2025) - Terminals: T2 domestic + separate international hall (T1 not a live check-in hall; 盛乐 not live; one 4E runway) - Typical security: 12 min - On-time: 95% - Disruption: normal ## Best for - Same-day Inner Mongolia connections (60-minute MCT leftover) - Metro into town under a ¥6 cap - CA metal that wants 蒙馨 noodles at Gate 8 - Compact one-hall domestic departures ## Watch out for - Priority Pass leftover-labels Terminal 1 — live domestic is T2 - No 240-hour TWOV and no skip-immigration - International is a separate hall with no sterile transfer - 盛乐 leftover is still not live — do not plan on the new airport ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/het/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/het/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/het/amenities.md) (free) - [Traveler tips](/airports/het/tips.md) (free) - [Water](/airports/het/water.md) (free) - [Full guide](/airports/het/guide.md) (free) - [Disruptions](/airports/het/disruptions.md) (free) - [Reviews](/airports/het/reviews.md) (free)