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Tongliao Airport
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Tongliao Airport (IATA: TGO, ICAO: ZBTL), located in the southwest suburb of Horqin District, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 10 kilometers northeast of the city center of Tongliao, is a 4C-level domestic regional airport.

Tongliao Airport was established in 1958 and put into use in 1959. Its predecessor was Tongliao Station of the CAAC Inner Mongolia Regional Administration. In 2003, after the localization reform of civil aviation, Inner Mongolia Tongliao Civil Aviation Airport Co., Ltd. was registered and established, which belongs to Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Civil Airports Group Co., Ltd. In 2019, it was restructured into the Tongliao Branch of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Civil Airports Group Co., Ltd.

Tongliao Airport covers an area of 179.8 hectares. The current terminal building is the third generation terminal building, which was put into use at the end of 2012, with a total area of 11,579 square meters. It is equipped with four boarding bridges and a total of 11 stands (including ten Class C stands and one Class B stand). There is an asphalt concrete runway with a total length of 2,700 meters and three linking taxiways.

All along, Tongliao Airport has always adhered to the purpose of serving local economic and social development, actively implemented various strategic arrangements made by higher-level civil aviation authorities, and made efforts to build an efficient, convenient, and smooth route network. On November 15, 2019, the annual passenger throughput of Tongliao Airport exceeded one million for the first time, becoming the fifth regional airport under the Inner Mongolia Airport Group with an annual passenger throughput exceeding one million. During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, Tongliao Airport operated a total of 25 routes in 25 cities, with a total transportation take-off and landing exceeding 50,000 sorties, a total passenger throughput exceeding 4.3 million, and a total cargo and mail throughput exceeding 8,000 tons.