Kashi Laining International Airport

Kashi Laining International Airport (simplified Chinese: 喀什徕宁国际机场; traditional Chinese: 喀什徕寧國際機場; pinyin: Kāshí Láiníng Guójì Jīchǎng; Uyghur: قەشقەر خەلقئارا ئايرودرومى, Қәшқәр Айропорт) (IATA: KHG, ICAO: ZWSH), formerly known as Kashi Airport, is a dual-use military-civilian airport serving Kashgar (also known as Kashi),[4][1][5] a city in Uyghur autonomous region of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China.[2]

Kashi Laining International Airport

喀什徕宁国际机场

Kāshí Láiníng Guójì Jīchǎng
قەشقەر خەلقئارا ئايرودرومى
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesKashgar (Kashi)
Opened10 March 1954 (1954-03-10)
Elevation AMSL4,529 ft / 1,380 m
Coordinates39°32′35″N 076°01′12″E
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
KHG is located in Xinjiang
KHG
KHG
Location of airport in Xinjiang
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers2,171,947
Aircraft movements19,104
Cargo10,577
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
CAAC[3]

It was formerly named Kashi Airport (simplified Chinese: 喀什机场; traditional Chinese: 喀什機場; pinyin: Kāshí Jīchǎng), but it changed to its present name in August 2023.[4]

History

Kashi Airport opened on 10 March 1954. In 2006 the first international flights started.[5]

Facilities
Baggage claim area

The airport resides at an elevation of 4,529 feet (1,380 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with a concrete surface measuring 3,200 by 41 metres (10,499 ft × 135 ft),[1] suitable for serving aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400.[5]

The terminal has an area of 23,800 m2 (256,000 sq ft) and has 8 gates.[5]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Ürümqi
China Eastern Airlines Ngari, Ürümqi, Xi'an
China Express Airlines Aksu,[6] Bole, Karamay, Korla, Shache, Tumxuk[6]
China Southern Airlines Aksu, Altay, Beijing–Daxing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hotan, Korla, Turpan, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yining, Zhengzhou
Chongqing Airlines Aksu,[7] Chongqing[7]
Hainan Airlines Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Zhengzhou[8]
Loong Air Guangzhou,[9] Zhengzhou[9]
Lucky Air Ngari, Ürümqi
Qingdao Airlines Changsha,[10] Lanzhou[11]
Shandong Airlines Jinan, Ürümqi
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu,[12] Ürümqi
Spring Airlines Lanzhou
Tianjin Airlines Ürümqi
Urumqi Air Chengdu–Tianfu,[8] Lanzhou, Ürümqi, Zhengzhou
West Air Turpan,[8] Xining,[13] Zhengzhou[13]

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
YTO Cargo Airlines Karachi[14]

See also

Footnotes
  1. Airport information for Kashi (ZWSH) from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for Kashgar, Xinjiang, China (KHG / ZWSH) at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2016-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "喀什机场更名为喀什徕宁国际机场". 央广网. 2023-08-11.
  5. "国家对外开放的一类航空口岸——喀什国际机场_吞吐量". www.sohu.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  6. "华夏航空4月在疆新开8条航线". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  7. "【换季抢先看】收好这份换季航线表，自在出行不用愁". Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  8. "Hainan Airlines / HNA Group Carriers NW22 Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  9. "大美中国 浙里出发 | 盘点冬航季新变化，点击查看". Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  10. "2023青岛航空夏秋换季航线发布；吉祥航空陆续恢复日本航班". Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  11. "【回国航班】南航12月航班计划、青岛航空2022-2023冬春航季航线网络". Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  12. "2023年新航季川航最新航线出炉，附国际/地区航线新消息". Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  13. "青海民航进入冬航季". Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  14. YTO starts weekly Kashgar-Karachi route


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