Kashgar Laining International Airport

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Kashi Laining International Airport

喀什徕宁国际机场
قەشقەر خەلقئارا ئايرودرومى
Kashi Int'l Airport.jpg
Kashi Laining International Airport Terminal 2 (20230924151522).jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
Serves Kashgar
Opened10 March 1954;70 years ago (1954-03-10)
Elevation  AMSL 4,529 ft / 1,380 m
Coordinates 39°32′35″N076°01′12″E / 39.54306°N 76.02000°E / 39.54306; 76.02000
Maps
ZWSH-1.pdf
CAAC airport chart
China Xinjiang adm location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
KHG
Location in Xinjiang
China edcp location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
KHG
KHG (China)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
08/263,20010,499 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers2,171,947
Aircraft movements19,104
Cargo10,577
Source: DAFIF [1] [2]
CAAC [3]

Kashi Laining International Airport [lower-alpha 1] [4] [5] ( IATA : KHG, ICAO : ZWSH), formerly Kashgar Airport [lower-alpha 2] until August 2023, [6] is a dual-use military-civilian airport serving Kashgar (Kashi), [1] [6] [7] a city in Uyghur autonomous region of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China. [2] [8]

Contents

Kashi Int'l Airport Logo Kashi Airport Logo.jpg
Kashi Int'l Airport Logo

History

Kashi Laining International Airport opened in October 1953. In 2006 the first international flights started. [7]

Facilities

Baggage claim area Baggage claim area at Kashgar International Airport.jpg
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. [7]

The terminal has an area of 23,800 m2 (256,000 sq ft) and has 8 gates. [7]

Airlines and destinations

A Loong Airlines plane from Zhengzhou lands at Kashi Airport
AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Ürümqi
China Eastern Airlines Ngari, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong (begins 18 May 2024), Ürümqi, Xi'an
China Express Airlines Aksu, [9] Bole, Karamay, Korla, Shache, Tumxuk, [9] Yining, Zhaosu (begins 1 June 2024) [10]
China Southern Airlines Aksu, Altay, Beijing–Daxing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hotan, Islamabad, [11] Korla, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Tashkurgan, [12] Ürümqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yining, Zhengzhou
Chongqing Airlines Chongqing [13]
Hainan Airlines Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Zhengzhou [14]
Loong Air Guangzhou, [15] Hangzhou, [16] Xi'an, [16] Zhengzhou [15]
Lucky Air Ngari, Ürümqi
Qingdao Airlines Changsha, [17] Lanzhou [17]
Shandong Airlines Jinan, Ürümqi
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, [18] Ürümqi
Spring Airlines Lanzhou
Tianjin Airlines Ürümqi, Yining [19]
Urumqi Air Chengdu–Tianfu, [14] Ürümqi, Zhanjiang, [20] Zhengzhou

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
YTO Cargo Airlines Karachi [21]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ simplified Chinese :喀什机场; traditional Chinese :喀什機場; pinyin :Kāshí Jīchǎng

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Airport information for Kashi (ZWSH) [usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. 1 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. ↑ "NW China's Xinjiang begins Kashgar-Cologne chartered cargo flight". China News Service . 20 November 2023. A chartered cargo flight, carrying freight weighing 24.7 tons and worth 8.46 million yuan (approximately 1.18 million U.S. dollars), departed the Kashi Laining International Airport for Cologne in Germany on Sunday.
  5. ↑ "Guangzhou-Kashgar direct flight to open from August 15". Guangzhou International. 14 August 2023. Taking off at 8:00 from Kashi Laining International Airport, the flight (CZ3360) will land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at 14:30.
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