Kuqa Qiuci Airport

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Kuqa Qiuci Airport

库车龟兹机场
كۇچا ئايرودرومى
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Kuqa, Xinjiang, China
Opened7 September 2011;12 years ago (2011-09-07)
Elevation  AMSL 1,074 m / 3,524 ft
Coordinates 41°43′05″N082°59′13″E / 41.71806°N 82.98694°E / 41.71806; 82.98694
Map
China Xinjiang adm location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
KCA
Location of airport in Xinjiang
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
08/262,6008,530
Statistics (2021)
Passengers437,652
Aircraft movements6,098
Cargo (metric tons)351.6
Source: CAAC [1] [2] [3] [4]

Kuqa Qiuci Airport [lower-alpha 1] ( IATA : KCA, ICAO : ZWKC) is an airport serving Kuqa County in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. [3] It is located 38 kilometers from the city. The airport was first built in 1939, but ceased operation in 1998. In 2009 it was moved and rebuilt at its current location with an investment of 333 million yuan, and was reopened in 2011 under the new name Kuqa Qiuci Airport, after the ancient kingdom based in Kuqa. [2]

Contents

Facilities

The airport is situated at an elevation of 1,074 metres (3,524 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway which measures 2,600 metres (8,530 ft). [2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Chengdu–Shuangliu
Chengdu Airlines Altay, [5] Aral, [5] Bole, [6] Hami, [5] Karamay, [5] Kashgar, [5] Nalati, [6] Qiemo, [5] Tumxuk, [5] Turpan, [6] Yining [5]
China Eastern Airlines Ningbo, [7] Xi'an
China Express Airlines Aksu, [8] Altay, Hotan, [9] Korla, Shihezi, [8] Yining
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing, [10] Ordos [10]
Hainan Airlines Ürümqi [11]
Qingdao Airlines Qingdao, [12] Zhengzhou [12]
Tianjin Airlines Ürümqi

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Chinese :库车龟兹机场; pinyin :Kùchē Qiūcí Jīchǎng,Uyghur: كۇچا ئايرودرومى

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