Turpan Jiaohe Airport[a] (IATA: TLQ, ICAO: ZWTP) is an airport serving the city of Turpan in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is located 10 kilometers northwest of the city, and named after the Jiaohe Ruins. First built in the 1950s but out of use by the 1970s, the airport was relocated and rebuilt at the current site starting May 2009, with an investment of 430 million yuan. Turpan Airport was reopened on 9 July 2010.[1] The runway is 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) long.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guangzhou,[2] Xi'an[3]
Air Travel Changsha[2]
Chengdu Airlines Aksu,[4] Altay,[4] Aral,[4] Bole,[4] Chengdu–Tianfu,[4] Dunhuang,[4] Hotan,[4] Karamay,[4] Korla,[4] Kuqa,[4] Nalati,[4] Ruoqiang,[4] Shihezi,[4] Tumxuk,[4] Yining,[4] Zhaosu[4]
China Express Airlines Aksu,[2] Korla
LJ Air Ningbo (begins 18 May 2024),[5] Zhangjiajie[5]
West Air Hefei[6]

Ground transportation

The Turpan North Railway Station of the Lanzhou–Ürümqi High-Speed Railway, opened in November 2014, is located within 500 m from the airport.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Chinese: 吐鲁番交河机场

References