Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport

Urumqi Diwopu International Airport or Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (IATA: URC, ICAO: ZWWW) is an airport serving Ürümqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. It is located in the Diwopu township of Xinshi district, 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of downtown Ürümqi. As a hub for China Southern Airlines and as a focus city for Hainan Airlines, the airport handled 23,027,788 passengers in 2018, making it the 19th busiest airport in China by passenger traffic.[3]

Ürümqi Airport in 1999, showing a lineup of Xinjiang Airlines Boeing 757s

Urumqi Diwopu
International Airport

ئۈرۈمچى دىۋوپۇ خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى
乌鲁木齐地窝堡国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorXinjiang Airport Group Co. Ltd.
ServesÜrümqi, Xinjiang
LocationDiwopu Township, Xinshi District, Ürümqi
Opened1973 (1973)
Hub for
Focus city forHainan Airlines
Elevation AMSL648 m / 2,126 ft
Coordinates43°54′26″N 87°28′27″E
Websitewww.xjairport.com
Map
URC is located in Xinjiang
URC
URC
Location in Xinjiang
URC is located in China
URC
URC
Location in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers16,880,507
Aircraft movements138,724
Cargo (metric tons)137,444.8
Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese乌鲁木齐地窝堡国际机场
Traditional Chinese烏魯木齊地窩堡國際機場
Uyghur name
Uyghurئۈرۈمچى دىۋوپۇ خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى‎

History

Urumqi Airport was opened to foreign passengers in 1973,[4] and has been used for emergency landings for flights between Europe and west Asia.

Facilities

The airport covers an area of 484 hectares (1,200 acres). Its newly built runway is 3,600 m (11,800 ft) in length. The airport can allow the landing of large aircraft such as the Boeing 747. The 110,000 m2 (1,200,000 sq ft) apron can accommodate over 30 aircraft.

Runways
  • The first runway (07/25) was built in 1994 to accept the expansion, the flight zone level 4E, runway length 3,600 meters (11,811 ft), 45 meters (148 ft) wide, PCN value of 74, elevation 648 meters, with Class II precision approach.
  • The second runway (???): under construction, located to the north of the current runway, flight zone level 4F, runway length 3,600 meters (11,811 ft), 60 meters (197 ft) wide.
  • The third runway (???): under construction, located to the north of the current runway, flight zone level 4F, runway 3,200 meters (10,499 ft) long, 60 meters (197 ft) wide.

Terminal 1

The original terminal opened in 1974. It was closed between April 23, 2011, and August 30, 2013, for renovation.[5] On April 1, 2014, operations were resumed.[6] After the transformation of the T1 terminal has six security channels, 19 check-in counters, with the peak hourly 700 times the business capacity.[7] This terminal is mainly for regional aviation around Xinjiang province and low-cost aviation use, including Tianjin Airlines, Capital Aviation, Spring Airlines, Yunnan Xiangpeng Airlines, China United Airlines, Okay Airways and Western Airlines.[8]

  • Exterior view of Terminal 1
    Exterior view of Terminal 1

Terminal 2

Construction on this terminal started in April 1994, was completed in December 2001 through the national acceptance, and on May 12, 2002, the terminal opened. On July 10, 2010, it closed for a renovation project, and resumed operations on April 16, 2011.[9] It serves most domestic routes outside of Xinjiang province, except for China Southern, Xiamen and Chongqing Airlines flights.

  • Exterior view of Terminal 2
    Exterior view of Terminal 2
  • Interior view of Terminal 2
    Interior view of Terminal 2

Terminal 3

Construction of Terminal 3 to the west of the older terminal building began in April 2007 at a cost of 2.8 billion yuan (350 million U.S. dollars). It increased Diwopu's ability to handle more than three times its 2007 capacity of 5.13 million passengers annually to 16.35 million passengers annually. It can also handle 275,000 tons of cargo and 155,000 aircraft a year. Terminal 3 added 22 more jet bridges and nearly 106,000 square meters of new terminal space.[10] The terminal opened in 2009.

  • Exterior view of Terminal 3
    Exterior view of Terminal 3
  • Aerobridges in Terminal 3
    Aerobridges in Terminal 3

Terminal 4

An expansion project, which began in 2017, is underway and will see a new terminal building covering almost 400,000 sq meters as well as two additional runways north of the existing one.[11]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Altay, Guangzhou, Xining, Zhongwei
Air China Aksu, Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hotan, Kashgar, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xining, Yining, Yuncheng
Hajj: Jeddah, Medina
Ariana Afghan Airlines Seasonal: Kabul
Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Hangzhou, Shijiazhuang, Xiamen, Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Kashgar, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shiyan, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an
China Southern Airlines Aksu, Almaty, Altay, Aral, Ashgabat, Astana, Baku, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Baotou, Bazhong, Beijing–Daxing, Bishkek, Bole, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Dalian, Dubai–International (resumes 29 October 2023),[12] Dushanbe, Fuyun, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Hohhot, Hotan, Huizhou, Islamabad, Jinan, Kanas, Karamay, Kashgar, Khujand, Korla, Kunming, Kuqa, Lahore, Lanzhou, Mianyang, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nanyang, Novosibirsk, Qiemo, Qingdao, Ruoqiang, Saint Petersburg, Samarqand,[13] Sanya, Shache, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tacheng, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tashkent, Tashkurgan, Tbilisi, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tianjin, Tumxuk, Vienna, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Xuzhou, Yinchuan, Yining, Yiwu, Yutian, Zhaosu, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Chongqing Airlines Chongqing
FlyArystan Astana[14]
GX Airlines Yichang
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Hotan (begins 29 October 2023),[15] Jinan, Kashgar, Kuqa, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yichang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Hebei Airlines Shijiazhuang
Jiangxi Air Nanchang, Xi'an
Juneyao Airlines Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air Seasonal: Seoul–Incheon
Loong Air Hangzhou, Shanghai–Pudong, Yinchuan
Lucky Air Chengdu–Tianfu, Kashgar, Kunming, Lanzhou, Ngari
Okay Airways Changsha, Xi'an
Qingdao Airlines Lanzhou, Nanyang, Qingdao
Shandong Airlines Aksu, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Hotan, Jinan, Kashgar, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Xiamen, Yantai, Yinchuan
Shanghai Airlines Hotan, Lanzhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines Korla, Lanzhou, Shenzhen
Sichuan Airlines Beihai, Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangyuan, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kashgar, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Luzhou, Mianyang, Nanning, Quanzhou, Sanya, Sydney, Xi'an, Xining, Yibin, Zhengzhou, Zhongwei
Spring Airlines Lanzhou, Luoyang, Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shijiazhuang, Xi'an, Yangzhou
Suparna Airlines Jinan, Yining
Tianjin Airlines Aksu, Altay, Beijing–Daxing, Bole, Changchun, Changsha, Chongqing, Datong, Haikou, Hami, Hangzhou, Hotan, Kashgar, Korla, Kuqa, Nalati, Qingdao,[16] Sanya, Shache, Tacheng, Tianjin, Wuhan, Wuhu, Xi'an, Yining, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou
Urumqi Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Fuzhou, Haikou, Hong Kong, Hotan, Irkutsk, Jinan, Kanas, Karamay, Kashgar, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Longnan, Luoyang (begins 30 October 2023),[17] Mianyang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nha Trang (begins 29 October 2023),[17] Pattaya (begins 1 November 2023),[17] Qingdao, Qionghai, Shihezi, Wanzhou, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yancheng, Yining, Yulin (Shaanxi),[18] Yutian, Zhengzhou
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent
West Air Chongqing, Zhengzhou
XiamenAir Beijing–Daxing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Huai'an, Jinan, Quanzhou, Tianjin, Xiamen, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines Belgium Liège
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Addis Ababa[19]
Silk Way Airlines Baku
Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat
Uzbekistan Airways Ostrava
YTO Cargo Airlines Islamabad[20]

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at URC airport. See Wikidata query.

Other facilities

When the airline existed, China Xinjiang Airlines had its headquarters on the airport property.[21]

Ground Transport

Line 1 of Ürümqi Metro opened on 25 October 2018 and links the airport to downtown Ürümqi.

See also

References
  1. Airport information for ZWWW from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for URC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. "2017年民航机场生产统计公报". www.caac.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. Wu Fuhuan; Guo Taishan (2008). Xinjiang 30 Years of Reform and Opening-up Overview. Xinjiang People's Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-228-11641-6.
  5. Tianshan Net (天山网) (18 February 2014). 乌鲁木齐地窝堡国际机场T1航站楼2014年4月将重新启用. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. 亚心网 (1 April 2014). 乌鲁木齐国际机场T1航站楼启用 7家航空公司在此运营. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  7. 国际机场T1航站楼4月“复出”. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  8. 亚心网 (1 April 2014). 乌鲁木齐国际机场T1航站楼启用 7家航空公司在此运营. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  9. 民航资源网 (29 March 2011). "乌鲁木齐机场T2航站楼4月16日重新投入使用". Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  10. "Urumqi airport expansion to triple passenger capacity". People's Daily. 19 April 2007. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010.
  11. 网易航空 (4 August 2016). "乌鲁木齐机场将建T4航站楼 面积40万平方米". Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  12. "China Southern Resumes Urumqi – Dubai Service in NW23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  13. "China Southern Schedules Samarkand Service in Oct 2023". AeroRoutes. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  14. "FlyArystan Adds Astana – Urumqi Service From Sep 2023". AeroRoutes. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  15. "民航局202324年冬春航季换季颁发、注销国内航线经营许可信息通告". Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  16. "天津航空换季航线超前预告来了，天津=郑州=悉尼国际航线3月24日重新启航". Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  17. "Urumqi Air NW23 Southeast Asia Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  18. "榆林机场2023夏航季航班换季，有你想去的远方吗？". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  19. "Ethiopian Cargo launches Urumqi service from late-June 2022". AeroRoutes. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  20. YTO Cargo flight stats
  21. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 1–7 April 1998. 57. "Diwopu International Airport, Urumqi, 830016, Xinjiang, China."
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