Shache Yarkant Airport

Shache Yarkant Airport

莎车叶尔羌机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesYarkant (Shache), Xinjiang, China
LocationZirefuxiati
Opened1 August 2017
Elevation AMSL1,290 m / 4,232 ft
Coordinates38°14′42″N 77°03′36″E / 38.245°N 77.060°E / 38.245; 77.060
Map
QSZ is located in Xinjiang
QSZ
QSZ
Location of airport in Xinjiang
Map
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 Yarkant Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese莎车叶尔羌机场
Traditional Chinese莎車葉爾羌機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShāchē Yè'ěrqiāng Jīchǎng
Uyghur name
Uyghurيەكەن ئايرودرومى‎

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]

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
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[3] Lanzhou,[3] Turpan,[4] Yining,[3] Yutian[3]
China Eastern Airlines Xi'an
China Express Airlines Aksu,[5] Hotan,[5] Kashgar, Korla, Yining
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi[6]
Tianjin Airlines Tumxuk,[7] Yining[7]
Tibet Airlines Ngari–Gunsa[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d "新航季 | 成都航空夏秋航季全新开启". Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ "莎车机场新开通莎车—吐鲁番直飞航线，开启优惠出行新篇章". Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "【助力暑运】和田昆冈机场恢复多条航线". Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ a b "天津航空夏秋航季超前放送，换季航线，国际复航，更多精彩带您畅享新旅程". Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  8. ^ "航线动态｜西宁-莎车-阿里新航线开通". Retrieved 30 September 2024.