Burqin Kanas Airport

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Bu'erjin Kanasi Airport

布尔津喀纳斯机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
Location Burqin, Xinjiang, China
Opened15 August 2007;16 years ago (2007-08-15)
Elevation  AMSL 1,188 m / 3,898 ft
Coordinates 48°13′16″N86°59′53″E / 48.22111°N 86.99806°E / 48.22111; 86.99806
Map
China Xinjiang adm location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
KJI
Location of airport in Xinjiang
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
12/302,5008,202Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers55,252
Aircraft movements1,921
Cargo (metric tons)0.6

Bu'erjin Kanasi Airport (Burqin Kanas Airport) [lower-alpha 1] ( IATA : KJI, ICAO : ZWKN) is an airport that serves Burqin County and the nearby tourist destination Kanas Lake in Xinjiang, China. [1] It is located 50 kilometers south of the lake in Burqin County. The airport was constructed in 2006 and opened on 15 August 2007. [2] Until 2019, the airport was only open for flights in the summer. [3]

Contents

In September 2020, Urumqi Air started flying to Kanas Airport using a Boeing 737-800 with a Kanas lake themed livery and interior. [4] [5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
China Express Airlines Bole, Zhaosu (begins 1 June 2024) [6]
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi
Joy Air Seasonal: Bole, [7] Karamay

See also

Notes

  1. Chinese :布尔津喀纳斯机场

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