Shache Ye'erqiang Airport

Shache Ye'erqiang Airport (IATA: QSZ, ICAO: ZWSC) is an airport that serves Yarkant County (Shache) in Kashgar Prefecture of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. It is located near Zerepshat/Zirefuxiati Village (زەرەپشات تاجىك يېزىسى, 孜热甫夏提). The airport received approval from the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission in January 2014. The estimated cost of construction was 541 million yuan.[1] Shache Airport opened on 1 August 2017 as the 19th airport in Xinjiang.[2]

Shache Ye'erqiang Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesYarkant (Shache), Xinjiang, China
LocationZirefuxiati
Opened1 August 2017
Elevation AMSL1,290 m / 4,232 ft
Coordinates38.245°N 77.060°E / 38.245; 77.060
Map
QSZ is located in Xinjiang
QSZ
QSZ
Location of airport in Xinjiang
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 3,000 9,843
Statistics (2021)
Passengers277,259
Aircraft movements4,420
Cargo (metric tons)1,378.7
Source:[1]
Shache Ye'erqiang Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese莎车叶尔羌机场
Uyghur name
Uyghurيەكەن ئايرودرومى‎

Facilities

Carnoc reported in 2014 that the airport would have a 3,000-meter runway (class 4C), a 3,000 square-meter terminal building, and four aircraft parking places. It is projected to handle 200,000 passengers and 830 tons of cargo annually by 2020.[1]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
China Eastern Airlines Xi'an
China Express Airlines Kashgar, Korla
China Southern Airlines Urumqi[2][3]
Tianjin Airlines Kuqa, Ürümqi
Tibet Airlines Ngari,[4] Xining[4]

See also

References
  1. 新疆莎车民用机场项目获国务院中央军委批复. Carnoc (in Chinese). 23 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. "Shache, China opens to commercial traffic". ch-aviation. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. "Direct flight connects Xinjiang's Shache, Urumqi". Xinhua News Agency. 25 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. "最新！2023年夏航季西宁机场航班时刻表发布！". Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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