Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport 塔什库尔干红其拉甫机场 | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||
Serves | Tashkurgan | ||||||||||
Location | Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China | ||||||||||
Opened | 23 December 2022 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°39′46″N 75°17′32″E / 37.66271°N 75.29227°E | ||||||||||
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Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport [a] is an airport in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It opened on 23 December 2022. [1] At an elevation of 3,200 m, it is Xinjiang's first high plateau airport. [2] [3]
Construction started on 26 April 2020 with an expected investment of CN¥1.63 billion or US$251 million. [2] The airport was designed to handle 400 tons and 160,000 passengers annually. [4] [5] Test flights were started at the airport in May 2022. [6]
The airport is seen to be part of a larger effort to develop the region commercially and to support the land route, a part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, and the larger Belt and Road Initiative. [7] [8] [5] It is also seen as a larger part of China's border infrastructure improvement and its 14th Five Year Plan. [9] [10]
Airlines | Destinations |
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China Southern Airlines | Kashgar, [11] Ürümqi[ citation needed] |
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Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport 塔什库尔干红其拉甫机场 | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||
Serves | Tashkurgan | ||||||||||
Location | Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China | ||||||||||
Opened | 23 December 2022 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°39′46″N 75°17′32″E / 37.66271°N 75.29227°E | ||||||||||
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Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport [a] is an airport in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It opened on 23 December 2022. [1] At an elevation of 3,200 m, it is Xinjiang's first high plateau airport. [2] [3]
Construction started on 26 April 2020 with an expected investment of CN¥1.63 billion or US$251 million. [2] The airport was designed to handle 400 tons and 160,000 passengers annually. [4] [5] Test flights were started at the airport in May 2022. [6]
The airport is seen to be part of a larger effort to develop the region commercially and to support the land route, a part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, and the larger Belt and Road Initiative. [7] [8] [5] It is also seen as a larger part of China's border infrastructure improvement and its 14th Five Year Plan. [9] [10]
Airlines | Destinations |
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China Southern Airlines | Kashgar, [11] Ürümqi[ citation needed] |
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