Tashiku'ergan Hongqilafu Airport

Tashiku'ergan Hongqilafu Airport (Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport) (Chinese: 塔什库尔干红其拉甫机场) is an airport in Xinjiang province, China. It opened on December 23, 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 has been designed to handle 400 tons and 160,000 passengers annually.[4][5] Test flights were started at the airport in May 2022.[6]

Tashiku'ergan Hongqilafu Airport

塔什库尔干红其拉甫机场

Tǎshíkù'ěrgān Hóngqílāfǔ Jīchǎng
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
ServesTashkurgan, Kashgar Prefecture, China
LocationTaxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang
Elevation AMSL3,200 m / 10,499 ft
Coordinates37.66271°N 75.29227°E / 37.66271; 75.29227
Map
HQL is located in Xinjiang
HQL
HQL
Location of airport in Xinjiang
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
3,800 12,467

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 and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi[11]

References
  1. "Xinjiang opens first high plateau airport-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. Jing, Zhao, ed. (27 April 2020). "Xinjiang's first high plateau airport-Tashkurgan Airport starts construction". Seetao. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. 张涵 (4 June 2020). "In pics: construction site of Taxkorgan Airport in Xinjiang". www.xinhuanet.com. Xinhua. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. "Tashkurgan Airport, New Airport Profile". centreforaviation.com. Informa. CAPA Centre For Aviation. Retrieved 23 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Chonkar, Kunal (12 May 2020). "China, Pakistan discuss mutually strategic Tashkurgan airport". News21.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. Bikhchandani, Raghav (20 May 2022). "China commences test flights at 1st 'super-high plateau airport' in Xinjiang region". ThePrint. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. Phillips, Tom (12 May 2017). "World's biggest building project aims to make China great again". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. Krishnan, Ananth (20 April 2015). "China's airport plan on Pamir plateau near PoK worries India". India Today. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. Balakrishnan, Paran (19 June 2021). "Massive Chinese ramp-up of aviation facilities in border regions. Should India be worried?". Telegraph India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. "China to make occupied Tibet a military hub to dominate the Himalayas". Tibetan Review. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  11. "China Will Open Its Westernmost Airport on Friday". 21 December 2022.
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