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Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport
ZBAL / AXFBayanhot, ChinaELEV 4,560 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
46 nm
To the nearest alternate
Yinchuan Hedong International Airport (INC).
Overview
Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (ZBAL / AXF) sits in Bayanhot, China, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 4,560 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into AXF for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Yinchuan Hedong International Airport (INC, 46 nm), Zhongwei Shapotou Airport (ZHY, 73 nm), and Wuhai Airport (WUA, 84 nm).
Charter pricing from AXF depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Bayanhot.
Field capability
ICAO
ZBAL
IATA
AXF
FAA / Local
ZBAL
Elevation
4,560 ft
Coordinates
38.7483° N · 105.5842° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs China fields
state range 6–14,472 ft
At 4,560 ft, AXF sits higher than 82% of the 227 China fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 46nmINCYinchuan Hedong International AirportYinchuan
- 73nmZHYZhongwei Shapotou AirportZhongwei (Shapotou)
- 84nmWUAWuhai AirportWuhai
- 149nmCN-0136Wuwei Air BaseWuwei
- 152nmJICJinchang Jinchuan AirportJinchang
- 163nmGYUGuyuan Liupanshan AirportGuyuan (Yuanzhou)
Location
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