Linfen Yaodu Airport — Linfen (Yaodu), China

Linfen Yaodu Airport serves the city of Linfen in China's Shanxi province, in the country's north on the Fen River in a region long central to Chinese history. At an elevation of about 1,483 feet, it has a single asphalt runway near 8,530 feet, connecting this industrial and coal-mining area to Beijing, Xi'an, and other cities. Linfen sits in the loess country of central Shanxi, an area of ancient settlement and heavy industry. The airport gives the region an air link across the distances of northern China. The LFQ code identifies this field, serving the Linfen area of Shanxi province in the country's industrial north.