Kashgar Laining International Airport

Kashi Laining International Airport^[5][6] (IATA: KHG, ICAO: ZWSH), formerly Kashgar Airport^[a] until August 2023,^[7] is a dual-use military-civilian airport serving Kashgar (Kashi),^[2][7][8] a city in Uyghur autonomous region of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China.^[3][9]

Kashgar Laining International Airport 喀什徕宁国际机场 قەشقەر خەلقئارا ئايرودرومى
IATA: KHG ICAO: ZWSH
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Government
Serves	Kashgar
Opened	10 March 1954; 71 years ago (1954-03-10)
Elevation AMSL	4,529 ft / 1,380 m
Coordinates	39°32′35″N 076°01′12″E
Maps
CAAC airport chart
KHG/ZWSH Location in Xinjiang Show map of Xinjiang KHG/ZWSH KHG/ZWSH (China) Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2023 [1])
Passengers 3,354,371 Aircraft movements 25,671 Cargo (metric tons) 16,071.1
Source: DAFIF[2][3] CAAC[4]

Kashgar Laining International Airport
Simplified Chinese	喀什徕宁国际机场
Traditional Chinese	喀什徕寧國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kāshí Láiníng Guójì Jīchǎng

History

Kashi Laining International Airport opened in October 1953. In 2006 the first international flights started.^[8]

Facilities

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),^[2] suitable for serving aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400.^[8]

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

Airlines and destinations

A Loong Airlines plane from Zhengzhou lands at Kashi Airport

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Tianfu,[10] Ürümqi
Chengdu Airlines	Altay,[11] Aral,[11] Chengdu–Shuangliu,[11] Karamay,[11] Khujand,[12] Kuqa,[11] Qitai,[13] Ruoqiang,[11] Tacheng,[11] Tashkurgan,[14] Turpan,[11] Ürümqi,[11] Yining[11]
China Eastern Airlines	Ngari–Gunsa, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Ürümqi, Xi'an
China Express Airlines	Aksu,[15] Aral,[16] Bole, Hami,[16] Hotan,[16] Korla, Kuqa,[16] Qitai,[17] Shache, Tumxuk,[15] Yining, Yutian,[16] Zhaosu[18]
China Southern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Changsha,[19] Chengdu–Tianfu,[20] Guangzhou, Hotan, Islamabad,[21] Jinan,[22] Korla,[23] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen,[20] Tashkurgan,[24] Ürümqi, Zhengzhou
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing[25]
Fuzhou Airlines	Lanzhou[26]
Hainan Airlines	Beijing–Capital,[27] Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Zhengzhou[28]
Loong Air	Guangzhou,[29] Hangzhou,[30] Xi'an,[30] Zhengzhou[29]
Lucky Air	Ngari–Gunsa, Ürümqi
Qingdao Airlines	Changsha,[31] Lanzhou[31]
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Ürümqi
Sichuan Airlines	Beijing–Capital,[27] Chengdu–Shuangliu,[32] Ürümqi
Spring Airlines	Lanzhou
Tianjin Airlines	Ürümqi, Yining[33]
Urumqi Air	Chengdu–Tianfu,[28] Ürümqi, Zhanjiang,[34] Zhengzhou

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
YTO Cargo Airlines	Karachi[35]

See also

• China portal
• Aviation portal

• List of airports in the People's Republic of China
• Varanasi International Airport

Notes

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