Kashgar Laining International Airport

Kashgar Laining International Airport

喀什徕宁国际机场
قەشقەر خەلقئارا ئايرودرومى
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesKashgar
Opened10 March 1954; 70 years ago (1954-03-10)
Elevation AMSL4,529 ft / 1,380 m
Coordinates39°32′35″N 076°01′12″E / 39.54306°N 76.02000°E / 39.54306; 76.02000
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
KHG is located in Xinjiang
KHG
KHG
Location in Xinjiang
KHG is located in China
KHG
KHG
KHG (China)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers2,171,947
Aircraft movements19,104
Cargo10,577
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
CAAC[3]
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 PinyinKāshí Láiníng Guójì Jīchǎng

Kashi Laining International Airport[4][5] (IATA: KHG, ICAO: ZWSH), formerly Kashgar Airport[a] until August 2023,[6] is a dual-use military-civilian airport serving Kashgar (Kashi),[1][6][7] a city in Uyghur autonomous region of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China.[2][8]

Kashi Int'l Airport Logo
  1. ^ a b Airport information for Kashi (ZWSH)[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ a b Airport information for Kashgar, Xinjiang, China (KHG / ZWSH) at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2016-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "NW China's Xinjiang begins Kashgar-Cologne chartered cargo flight". China News Service. 20 November 2023. A chartered cargo flight, carrying freight weighing 24.7 tons and worth 8.46 million yuan (approximately 1.18 million U.S. dollars), departed the Kashi Laining International Airport for Cologne in Germany on Sunday.
  5. ^ "Guangzhou-Kashgar direct flight to open from August 15". Guangzhou International. 14 August 2023. Taking off at 8:00 from Kashi Laining International Airport, the flight (CZ3360) will land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at 14:30.
  6. ^ a b "喀什机场更名为喀什徕宁国际机场". 央广网. 2023-08-11.
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  8. ^ "机场集团:喀什机场正式更名为喀什徕宁国际机场". Xinjiang SASAC. 2023-08-19. Retrieved 2024-01-24.


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