Workers have been constructing a new terminal building with a floor space of 55,000 square meters and renovating the old 25,800-square-meter terminal. Following the construction, the airport is expected to handle 6 million passengers annually.
In addition, the airport runway will be stretched from its current 3,200 meters to 3,600 meters to accommodate alternate landings for the Airbus A380, the world's largest aircraft.
In August this year, the Baita International Airport, about 10 kilometers east of Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was put into operation after a renovation.
The two year, 1.5 billion yuan project features a new terminal building with a floor space of 55,000 square meters that can handle 3 million passengers annually.
Workers have also built a new tarmac covering 374,000 square meters and doubled the aircraft parking bays to 32.
