Remote gateway serving the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai Province.
Location
Mengnai, China
Huatugou Airport (IATA: HTT, ICAO: ZLHX) is a small regional airport located near Huatugou town in the Mengnai District of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. It serves the oil and gas industry workers and local residents of the Qaidam Basin region.
The airport sits at a high elevation characteristic of the Tibetan Plateau and operates limited scheduled domestic services connecting the remote area to larger Chinese cities. Its primary importance is supporting the petroleum extraction industry that dominates the local economy.
Terminals
The airport has a small single-terminal facility appropriate for its low passenger volumes.
Getting to & from
Ground transport to the town of Huatugou and surrounding industrial areas is primarily by road via private or chartered vehicle.
Airlines here
Qinghai Airlines and other regional Chinese carriers have operated services to and from Huatugou Airport.
Notable facts
- ›Located in the Qaidam Basin, one of China's major petroleum and natural gas producing regions.
- ›Situated in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
- ›The airport operates at high altitude typical of the Tibetan Plateau region.
- ›Primarily serves oil and gas industry personnel working in the basin.
- ›One of several small airports in Qinghai serving remote industrial and administrative centers.
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