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 Hotan[3]
China Eastern Airlines Xi'an
China Express Airlines Kashgar, Korla, Yining
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi[4]
Tianjin Airlines Tumxuk,[5] Yining[5]

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. ^ "冬春航季今启航 | 成都航空32条新航线陆续首航，150元新疆区域"无限飞"！". Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.