Ningbo Lishe International Airport
airport in Haishu District, People's Republic of China
Ningbo Lishe International Airport (IATA: NGB, ICAO: ZSNB) is an international airport serving Ningbo, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the second largest city in East China's Zhejiang Province.
In 2025, the airport handled 16.1 million passengers, ranking 30th in China. It was the 27th busiest airport in China by cargo traffic in 2025.
History
Ningbo's Lishe was an auxiliary air force base of the Republic-era Chinese Nationalist Air Force, and was the final launching point of Martin B-10 bombers commanded by Captain Xu Huansheng and Lieutenant Tong Yanbo of the 14th Bomber Squadron of the 8th Bomber Group in their famous transoceanic raid to Nagasaki and other cities in the Empire of Japan on 19–20 May 1938.
In 1985, the Central Government of China approved the construction of Ningbo Lishe Airport. On 30 June 1990, it was opened to the public and became the first civil-only airport in Zhejiang. The construction cost was RMB 126 million.
In July 1992, the airport opened for international service with direct flights to Hong Kong. In November 1998, service to Macau with onward code-share connection to Taipei and Kaohsiung started. International cargo flights started by the end of 1998.
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