Harbin Taiping International Airport

Harbin Taiping International Airport (IATA: HRB, ICAO: ZYHB) is an international airport serving Harbin, the capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. The airport handled 20,431,432 passengers in 2018, making it the 20th busiest airport in mainland China.

Harbin Taiping International Airport 哈尔滨太平国际机场
IATA: HRB ICAO: ZYHB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Civil Government
Serves	Harbin
Location	Taiping, Daoli, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Opened	1979; 46 years ago (1979)
Hub for	China Southern Airlines
Focus city for	China Eastern Airlines Sichuan Airlines
Elevation AMSL	139 m / 456 ft
Coordinates	45°37′24.25″N 126°15′01.18″E
Website	www.hljairport.com.cn (in Chinese)
Maps
CAAC airport chart
HRB/ZYHB Location in Heilongjiang Show map of Heilongjiang HRB/ZYHB Location in China Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05L/23R 3,200 10,499 Asphalt concrete 05R/23L 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Statistics (2023[1])
Passengers 20,805,167 Aircraft movement 147,907 Freight (in tonnes) 131,222.2
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

Harbin Taiping International Airport
Simplified Chinese	哈尔滨太平国际机场
Traditional Chinese	哈爾濱太平國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hārbīn Tàipíng Guójì Jīchǎng

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. It replaced the old Harbin Majiagou Airport (哈尔滨马家沟机场) that was originally built by the Japanese in 1931.^[2][3] In 1984, Taiping 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 3200 m 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.^[4][5]

To handle the growing number of passengers, the new Terminal 2 opened on 30 April 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.

Facilities

Terminal

Harbin Airport was divided into two separate terminals, International and Domestic. On 22 May 2013, in order to build Terminal 2, International Departure and Arrival has been moved to a former terminal.^[6]

Runway

The airport has two runways, 05L/23R and 05R/23L.

The first runway opened with the airport in 1979 as 05/23

The second runway 05R/23L opened on January 23, 2025 as part of the expansion program, at the mean time the old runway 05/23 will be changing its name into 05L/23R to form a two-runway system together with the new runway.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Guangzhou,[7] Guiyang,[7] Lianyungang,[8] Nanjing, Xinzhou[7]
Aeroflot	Krasnoyarsk–International,[9] Vladivostok[10]
Air Chang'an	Xi'an[11]
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dongying,[12] Fuyuan, Hangzhou, Jiansanjiang,[13] Kunming, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Weihai,[14] Wuhan
Air Guilin	Guilin,[15] Jining,[15] Xinzhou[15]
Air Travel	Changsha,[16] Wuxi[16]
Asiana Airlines	Seoul–Incheon
Aurora	Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[17]
Beijing Capital Airlines	Changsha,[18] Fuyang,[19] Guangzhou,[20] Haikou,[18] Hangzhou,[21] Jinan,[22] Kunming,[23] Nanjing, Ningbo,[23] Qingdao,[24] Sanya, Shijiazhuang
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu, Fuyuan,[25] Heihe, Jiagedaqi, Mohe, Mudanjiang,[26] Shijiazhuang,[27] Ulanhot,[27] Weihai,[28] Wudalianchi[29]
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,[30] Chengdu–Tianfu,[31] Dalian, Fuzhou,[32] Guangzhou,[33] Hefei,[33] Heihe, Jiagedaqi, Kunming, Nanchang,[34] Nanjing, Ningbo,[35] Qingdao, Seoul–Incheon,[36] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Tokyo–Narita,[37] Weihai,[28] Wuxi, Xi'an, Yantai,[38] Yinchuan,[39] Zhangjiajie,[40] Zhuhai[41]
China Express Airlines	Baotou,[42] Quzhou,[43] Xi'an,[44] Xilinhot,[42] Yulin (Shaanxi)[44]
China Southern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,[45] Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Heihe, Hong Kong,[46] Jeju,[47] Kunming, Mohe, Nagoya–Centrair,[47] Nanjing, Nanning, Niigata, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Rizhao, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan,[48] Tokyo–Narita, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
China United Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Wenzhou[49]
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing, Qingdao,[50] Zhengzhou[51]
Donghai Airlines	Shenzhen
Eastar Jet	Cheongju[52]
Fuzhou Airlines	Anqing, Fuzhou, Guiyang,[53] Haikou, Hohhot, Jinggangshan,[54] Qingdao,[32] Sanya, Taiyuan,[48] Wuhan,[55] Xiamen,[56] Yichang, Zhoushan,[56] Zunyi–Xinzhou
Grand China Air	Beijing–Capital, Wuhan
GX Airlines	Haikou,[57] Hohhot,[58] Nanning,[58] Shangrao,[59] Tianjin[58]
Hainan Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Chongqing,[60] Guangzhou, Guilin,[15] Haikou, Hangzhou,[61] Hohhot,[62] Jinan,[63] Khabarovsk,[64] Nanjing, Nanning,[65] Qingdao, Qionghai,[66] Sanya, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Tongliao,[61] Xiamen, Xi'an,[11] Yantai[67]
Hunnu Air	Ulaanbaatar[68]
IrAero	Irkutsk Seasonal: Blagoveshchensk[69]
Jeju Air	Seoul–Incheon[70]
Jiangxi Air	Luoyang,[71] Nanchang,[71] Taiyuan,[48] Zhengzhou
Joy Air	Beihai,[72] Changsha,[72] Xi'an, Yantai[73]
Juneyao Air	Hangzhou, Huizhou, Nanjing, Osaka–Kansai,[74] Sanya,[75] Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi
Kunming Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[76] Kunming
LJ Air	Changsha,[77] Changzhou,[78] Guilin,[77] Haikou,[79] Hefei,[77] Hohhot,[77] Lianyungang,[80] Linfen,[79] Nanning,[80] Qingdao,[81] Shenzhen,[78] Suifenhe,[82] Taiyuan,[48] Tianjin,[15] Xishuangbanna,[81] Zhuhai
Loong Air	Haikou,[83] Handan,[84] Hangzhou, Heze,[85] Jinan (begins 29 April 2025),[86] Linyi,[87] Sanya,[88] Shenzhen,[89] Weifang,[84] Weihai,[84] Wuhan,[87] Xi'an,[90] Xiangyang,[83] Xuzhou,[91] Yantai,[84] Zhuhai[41]
Lucky Air	Chengdu–Tianfu,[92] Ganzhou,[93] Haikou,[93] Kunming,[94] Shijiazhuang[27]
Okay Airways	Changsha, Hangzhou, Jinan,[63] Sanya, Tianjin
Qingdao Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[95] Fuzhou,[96] Ningbo,[23] Qingdao, Weihai,[96] Yantai[97]
Ruili Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[98] Datong,[99] Kunming, Nanyang,[99] Tangshan[98]
Shandong Airlines	Chongqing, Guiyang, Jinan, Nanning,[100] Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin,[87] Wuyishan, Xiamen
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou, Yantai
Shenzhen Airlines	Changzhou, Chengdu–Tianfu,[101] Guangzhou, Guiyang,[102] Haikou, Kunming,[103] Linyi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Sanya, Shenzhen, Singapore,[104] Wenzhou, Xiamen, Yangzhou, Yantai, Yuncheng, Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines	Beihai, Changsha,[105] Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu,[105] Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou,[106] Hangzhou, Jinan,[105] Kunming, Lanzhou, Mianyang, Nanjing, Nanning, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou, Yantai,[107] Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Spring Airlines	Huai'an, Jieyang,[108] Ningbo,[109] Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tonghua, Yangzhou
Spring Airlines Japan	Tokyo–Narita
Suparna Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong[110]
Thai AirAsia X	Bangkok–Don Mueang[111]
Tianjin Airlines	Tianjin, Xi'an
Tibet Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu, Taiyuan[112]
Ural Airlines	Irkutsk,[113] Krasnoyarsk–International,[113] Novosibirsk,[113] Vladivostok,[113] Yekaterinburg[114]
Vietnam Airlines	Charter: Nha Trang
West Air	Chongqing, Hefei,[115] Nanchang,[103] Qingdao,[116] Sanya,[117] Xuzhou,[117] Zhengzhou[116]
XiamenAir	Changsha, Fuzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jinan,[118] Lianyungang, Liuzhou,[119] Nanjing, Nantong,[120] Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin,[121] Xiamen, Yancheng, Zhengzhou
Yakutia Airlines	Yakutsk[122]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Yakutia Airlines	Yakutsk[123]

Destinations map

Destinations map
Harbin Heihe Wudalianchi Fuyuan Jiansanjiang Jiagedaqi Mohe Mudanjiang Suifenhe Destinations from Harbin Taiping International Airport within Heilongjiang

Destinations map
Harbin Yakutsk Vladivostok Tokyo-Narita Irkutsk Taipei-Taoyuan Seoul-Incheon Osaka-Kansai Niigata Nagoya-Centrair Khabarovsk Jeju Ulaanbaatar Krasnoyarsk-International Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Novosibirsk Hong Kong Cheongju Blagoveshchensk Bangkok-Don Mueang Yekaterinburg International (including HK/Macao/Taiwan) destinations from Harbin Taiping International Airport

See also

• List of airports in China